People as Power: Leveraging Culture and Talent for Sustainable Success
By becoming trust partners to executives, HR professionals drive sustainable growth by harnessing the transformative potential of talent and culture. This keynote delves into two critical strategies: reaffirming talent as a competitive advantage through executive/HR partnerships that help attract, develop, and retain top performers; and aligning people strategies with organisational values to cultivate a high-performance culture that fuels innovation and long-term success. Packed with practical insights and illustrative examples, this session enables HR leaders to leverage talent and culture to guide their organizations toward sustainable success in our changing competitive landscape.
BIO
Suzanne C. de Janasz, Ph.D. has 30 years of experience teaching in industry and academia (with appointments at IMD, Seattle U, and GMU, along with a Fulbright in Poland), having taught on six continents, in dozens of countries, and for executives in companies such as BAE Systems, Freddie Mac, Deloitte, Nestlé, Citigroup, ChevronPhillips, ISS, Metso, OMW, Safran, Pictet, Rio Tinto, Allianz Bank, Novartis, NovoNordisk, Rabobank, and WWF. She’s also served on the board of and delivered programs for a UK charity in a program designed to empower formerly trafficked women with interpersonal and entrepreneurship skills. An award-winning teacher and scholar, her expertise has been published in high-quality academic (e.g., Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, British Journal of Management) and practitioner (e.g., Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Executive, Dialogue) outlets and is featured regularly in global newspapers, radio/podcasts, and online outlets (e.g., CNN.com, HBR.org, WSJ.com). She is the author of the leading text Interpersonal Skills in Organizations (McGraw Hill, 8th edition, 2025; including various international versions) and Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (Sage Publications, 3rd edition in progress). Her industry appointments have included leadership/organization development roles at MITRE, Hughes Aircraft Company, and Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company.
