Leveraging Culture as a Source of Competitive Advantage: Shaping Mindset and Behavior

Ray Kleeman – Chief Human Resources Officer, Reinsurance Group of America, Inc

This session will cover the CHRO’s role as a catalyst for accelerating cultural transformation and driving business outcomes. In this session you will:

• Understand the Importance of Balancing Strategy and Culture: Recognize the need to allocate equal time and energy to both strategy and culture for organizational success.
• Evaluate Cultural Alignment: Learn to assess culture not as right or wrong, but in terms of its alignment or misalignment with strategic execution needs.
• Identify Cultural Opportunities from Strategic Goals: Develop the ability to work backwards from strategic results to pinpoint cultural opportunities that can drive those outcomes.