IHRIM 2009 Keynote Speakers
 

Monday Opening General Session
John W. Boudreau, Ph.D.

John W. Boudreau, Ph.D., Professor and Research Director at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and Center for Effective Organizations, is recognized worldwide for breakthrough research on the bridge between superior human capital, talent and sustainable competitive advantage. Dr. Boudreau consults and conducts executive development with companies worldwide that seek to maximize their employees’ effectiveness by discovering the specific strategic bottom-line impact of superior people and human capital strategies.

His recent books include Beyond HR: The New Science of Human Capital, with Peter M. Ramstad, published by Harvard Business School publishing, in 2007, and Investing in People, with Wayne F. Cascio, published by Pearson, in 2008.

His consulting and research clients include American Express, Asian Development Bank, Avon, Baxter Healthcare, Boeing, Bristol-Myers, Citigroup, Corning, Dell, Electronic Arts, Frito-Lay, Gap, GE, The Hartford, HP, Mattel, Merck, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Novartis, PepsiCo, Shell International, Royal Bank of Canada, ScotiaBank, Sun, United Technologies, Unisys, the United Nations, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and Williams-Sonoma. He is an invited contributor to executive programs with IMD, Wharton, and Cornell University. He a strategic advisor to a wide range of organizations, including early-stage companies, global corporations, government and military agencies, and non-profit organizations.

He was the first Visiting Director of Sun Microsystems’ unique Research and Development Laboratory for Human Capital. He co-authored a best-selling textbook on human resource management that reached its eight edition and was translated into Chinese, Czech, Spanish and others. His research has received the Academy of Management’s Organizational Behavior New Concept and Human Resource Scholarly Contribution awards.

Dr. Boudreau has published more than 50 books and articles. Dr. Boudreau’s large-scale research studies and focused field research addresses the future of the global HR profession, HR measurement and analytics, decision-based HR, executive mobility, HR information systems and organizational staffing and development. His scholarly research is published in Management Science, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Asia-Pacific Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Human Relations, Industrial Relations, and Journal of Human Resources Costing and Accounting. Features on his work have appeared in Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Fast Company and Business Week, among others.

He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. The recipient of the General Mills Award for teaching innovations at Cornell University, Dr. Boudreau founded the Central Europe Human Resource Education Initiative, connecting American HR professionals and academic researchers with faculty and students in the Czech and Slovak Republics. A strong proponent of corporate/academic partnerships, Dr. Boudreau helped to establish and then directed the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS), at Cornell University, where he was a professor for over 20 years, and continues in his current role as Research Director for the Center for Effective Organizations, at the University of Southern California.

Dr. Boudreau is a member of the board of advisors the Human Resource Planning Society and WorldatWork, and a Trustee for the Foundation of the National Academy of Human Resources. He has chaired the Advisory Board of the California Strategic HR Partnership, a silicon-valley HR executive consortium, and served as an advisor to the Saratoga Institute, a global source of human capital benchmarking and performance measures. He has been elected to the executive committees of the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Dr. Boudreau holds an undergraduate degree in business from New Mexico State University, and a Masters degree in Management and Ph.D. in industrial relations from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management.

Tuesday Luncheon
Chistine Cashen

Fasten your seatbelt and enjoy the ride. Christine Cashen delivers a fast –paced, hilarious program with useful content that makes her a sought after speaker worldwide. For more than 10 years, she has jazzed an amazing variety of audiences throughout the United States, Canada, South Africa and Australia. Christine is an authority on sparking innovative ideas to handle conflict, reduce stress and energize employees.

Before hitting the speaking scene, CC was a university admissions officer, corporate trainer and broadcaster. Christine holds a Bachelors Degree in Communication and a Masters Degree in Adult Education. She is a member of the National Speakers Association and is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). CSP is an earned designation awarded by the National Speakers Association and the International Federation for Professional Speakers. It is the speaking profession’s international measure of speaking experience and skill. Fewer than 7% of the speakers on the planet hold this designation.

 What makes her unique is the “real” factor. Whether talking about her “hottie engineer” husband, pet peeves or growing up in an Italian/Irish household, audience members can relate to her experiences, struggles and lessons. She combines a down-to-earth attitude with a colorful artistic streak. Comments from audience members such as “I feel like I’ve known her forever,” “we must take her back to our workplace” and “it felt as if Christine was speaking directly to me,” are a testament to her effectiveness and style.

Christine has been featured as a creativity expert in HOW Designs at Work magazine and is a co-author of the book Mission Possible, Volume Eight. She has also developed the A Dynamic Speaker series of learning resources: Get What You Want With What You’ve Got DVD, Why Can’t Everybody Just Get Along CD and Got Humor Video. Christine resides in Dallas with her husband, their young children and a chocolate lab puppy.