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The Talent Summit

National Employment Week 2016 – Videos From The Talent Summit

The Talent Summit

Here are the full videos from each session of the Talent Summit 2016 which was held in the Mansion House in Dublin.

 

Building a Culture with Purpose 

 

Patty McCord, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix in conversation with Robert Mac Giolla Phádraig, CCO at Sigmar Recruitment.

 

Values Based Leadership 

 

Speakers included; Brian Cody, Manager, Kilkenny Hurling Team; Cliff Taylor, Business Editor, The Irish Times; Dr. Robert Mauro, Director, Global Leadership Institute at Boston College; Cathriona Hallahan, Managing Director, Microsoft Ireland; Michael Flynn, Assistant Professor & Director of Trinity MBA Programme, Trinity College.

 

Employer Engagement

 

Speakers included; Sarah Marrs, Employee Engagement Expert, Qualtrics; Patricia DuChene, Director of International Sales, Wrike; Darragh Curran, VP of Engineering, Intercom; Eileen O’Mara, Senior Area Vice-President, Salesforce; Rossa Mullally, Associate Director, Sigmar Recruitment.

 

Diversity 

Speakers included; Adam Harris, Founder, As I Am; Margot Slattery, Managing Director, Sodexo Ireland; Kristen Doran, Senior Human Resources Business Partner, SAP; Ingrid Devin, EMEA Diversity and Inclusion Lead, Dell; Marina Morrissey, Operations Manager, Sigmar Managed Services.

 

Employer Branding

Speakers included; Andrea Bertone, President of Europe, Monster; Lauren Wright, Director of EMEA, Glassdoor; Geraldine Finn, Head of Recruitment EMEA, Twitter; James Sherrett, Accounts and Marketing Lead, Slack; Robert Mac Giolla Phádraig, CCO, Sigmar Re

 

The Future World of Work

Speakers included; Holly Fawcett, Curriculum Development Director, Social Talent; John Nurthen, Executive Director of Global Research, Staffing Industry Analysts; Sean McDonagh, Managing Partner, Dalríada Executive Search & Selection; David Head, Managing Director, Recruitment International; Frank Farrelly, COO, Sigmar Recruitment.

Posted by Jamie Harnett, Associate Director Marketing & People Engagement on 7 December 2017

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