Strategies for Preventing Institutional Brain Drain

SHRM 2011 Annual Conference
You will be armed with resources for creating or improving knowledge transfer, knowledge management, career development, and mentoring programs in your organizations.

Track: Talent Management

Institutional brain drain is a huge risk today. Years of wisdom will evaporate with the coming tsunami of baby boomer retirements compounded by Gen X and Gen Y workers changing jobs as the economy rebounds. This session will expose you to strategies for mitigating this risk, by first understanding what makes a person an expert on the job, and then by showing how to leverage that wisdom in knowledge management, career development, and mentoring programs.

Date(s) & Time(s): 
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 11:30am to 12:45pm
Presenter: 

Deb Peluso

Deb
Peluso
Deb Peluso has spent over a decade collaborating with clients in military, government, non-profit and Fortune 500 organizations to improve organizational performance and execute large scale change initiatives. She began her career studying how experts size up their environments and make quick decisions in complex, time pressured situations in fields as diverse as healthcare, government compliance, consumer products development, international peacekeeping, urban combat, and software development. Her work focused on eliciting tacit knowledge and finding the best ways to enable the transfer of knowledge and expertise to others – through the design of jobs, knowledge management systems, user interfaces, and training programs. She has also held positions as an organization development consultant in a major academic medical center and in two Fortune 100 financial services and manufacturing organizations, where she focused on individual, team, and enterprise-wide change management projects and initiatives. Deb holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Dayton and a Master of Organization Development from Bowling Green State University.
Location: 
Hilton Ballroom C
Amount of Credit: 
1.25
Credit Type: 
HR Credit
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