Today’s Future of Work podcast guest is Ellyn Shook, the Chief Leadership and Human Resources Officer of Accenture.  Accenture is a global professional services organization and has over 360,000 around the world.  Their mission is to help improve the way the world works and lives, and lead the digital disruption on behalf of their clients. Ellyn is responsible for leading the global team of human resources experts, who aim to deliver exceptional employee experiences for Accenture’s people.  Today, we speak on talent practices for the 21st century.  Accenture believes that the growth of their people, leads to the growth of their business.

Ellyn has been with Accenture since 1988 and became a partner in 2003. She is also on a number of boards including the advisory board of Women in Business at Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and the Women's Leadership Board of the Women and Public Policy program at Harvard's Kennedy School.  Ellyn is helping lead how the workplace is changing, not just as Accenture, but around the world as well.

What you will learn in this episode

• Importance of Experimenting and Testing Ideas in the Workplace
• The 4th Industrial Revolution
• Customized Experiences for Employees
• Changes in Annual Reviews, Bonuses, and Career Progression
• The Role of HR and Evolution
• How Companies are Moving Away From Multi Year Implementation Programs
• How Accenture is Crowd-sourcing Ideas

Links from the episode

Ellyn Shook on Twitter

Ellyn Shook - Huffington Post 

Accenture.com

(Music by Ronald Jenkees)

For the first Future of Work Podcast for 2016, I speak with David Rodriguez the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer of Marriott International. The topic of this podcast is all around the business impact of employee health and wellness. This is a huge theme that we will see and increase in investment for 2016 and beyond. David provides insight on why Marriott is investing in health and wellness promotions, and the benefits of healthy employees who participate in these programs.

With over 400,000 employees in their managed locations, Marriott spans 31 brands, across 100 countries all over the world. They are the largest hotel company in the world, knitted together by their people centric culture.   David has been with the company since 1998, holding the Global CHRO title since 2006. Marriot was founded on the principles that if you take care of employees, they will in turn, take care of customers; employees feeling good about themselves will be inspired to serve others. It is this belief that is utilized for business effectiveness. David shares what Marriott has implemented, and gets personal as he shares how their programs literally saved his life after his battle with leukemia. Tune in to hear that story and much more!

What you will learn in this episode

• How Marriott takes care of its people
• How Marriott became a Best Employer
• Attracting and Obtaining Top Talent
• How Health and Wellness Programs Are Used to Blend Generations
• The Role of Leadership in Health and Wellness Programs
• The Impact of Airbnb on the Hotel Industry

Links from the episode

Marriott Careers

Marriott Jobs on YouTube

(Music by Ronald Jenkees)