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Contributors

Chet Kuchinad
Chet Kuchinad
EVP HR & CEO, Starbucks
“In challenging times you dig in deep, you stick to your values and you do the right thing. You take care of your people and that’s what we do.”

Edith Cooper
Edith Cooper
Head Global Capital Management, Goldman Sachs
Blue Sky Thinking

Barbara Baker
Barbara Baker
Cultural Enhancement, Umpqua Bank
Welcome to:

Helen Darling
Helen Darling
President, Business Group on Health
Getting Better?

Chris Fey
Chris Fey
CEO, US Preventive Medicine
Getting Better?

Interviews

In challenging times you dig in deep, you stick to your values and you do the right thing. You take care of your people and that’s what we do.
Chet Kuchinad, EVP Partner Resources, Starbucks
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Blue Sky Thinking
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Welcome to:
With self-proclamation as ‘The World’s Greatest Bank,’ Umpqua has challenges to face and promises to keep. At the heart of this mission is Barbara Baker, Umpqua’s EVP for Cultural Enhancement. HRM’s Matt Buttell spoke with Baker about how working under this slogan shapes the bank’s HR philosophy.
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Other Interviews

Taking It Personally
Quite simply, Audrey Boone Tillman is a people person. From beginnings in law, her rise to EVP of Corporate Services at Aflac, a major provider of insurance and health benefits, has been characterised by a tenacious commitment to improving the lives of workers.
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Exit Interview
1970: a year that saw the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, Concorde’s first supersonic flight and the split of The Beatles. It was also the year that Jim Freer, fresh out of college, joined Ernst & Young as an accountant in the company’s Seattle office.
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Giving Something Back
Bruce Pfau, Vice Chair of Human Resources at KPMG LLP, on how rewards, social responsibility and career development make his firm one of the world's best places to work.

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Supporting a Company in Transformation
As one of the leading tech firms in the world, HP is used to being at the forefront of technology and innovation in their industry. But the ultimate strength of any company is hidden away behind the circuit boards and servers: its workforce. HRM spoke to Marcela Perez de Alonso, HP’s Executive Vice President HR, and found out how innovation at the company reaches into all its functions.
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Diversity on a Global Scale
HRM’s Leslie Knudson speaks with Ron Glover, VP for Global Workforce Diversity at IBM, about what it means to retain a true culture of diversity and why it’s IBM’s greatest competitive advantage.
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Healthcare Cost & Productivity: Where Next?
IBM’s vision for the wellbeing of its people is healthy people for high performance.
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The future of health care in a modern workplace
By David Randall Employers across the United States are all too familiar with the dramatic increase in health benefit costs over the last decade.
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Aligning your goals
Patricia Leonard, Executive Vice President of the American Management Association tells HRM about the importance of aligning the goals of your enterprise with the most important factor: your staff.
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A winning formula
Jack Mollen makes it all sound so easy.
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Spreading the net
As one of the largest financial institutions in the world Bank of America serves more than 56 million consumer and small businesses. But it is more than just results that matter: it’s how they achieve those results.
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Work hard, play hard
From its modest beginnings as an entrepreneur’s dream back in 1976, Genentech has grown steadily to be a market leader in the creation of science.
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Innovation is key
Keep pushing boundaries with rewards program and you’ll keep your people happy, explains Verizon
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Keeping them happy
Keeping them happy
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Smart Moves
Speaking exclusively with HRM, Sharon Smart, COO and HR Shared Services Director at Wachovia, explains the banking giants approach to recruitment and staff education
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Executive interview: The future of EAPs
As healthcare costs increase, employers are forced to watch costs, to be creative in making sure employees have coverage without breaking the proverbial bank.
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Back Chat: Executive Interview with…
Colonial Supplemental Insurance is a market leader in providing voluntary insurance to employees and their families through the workplace, along with personal benefits communication, enrollment capabilities and a commitment to service.
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Do you have a partner that understands your needs?
A business “partner” is a colleague that works with you toward a common goal.
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Chadick Ellig – What We’ve Learned in Thirty Years
With thirty years of experience under our belts, we’ve learned a great deal about what makes a successful collaboration between search advisor and client.
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Your number one asset
Valero is the largest independent oil refiner in the US, and one of one of the nation's largest retailers. With 20,000 employees and revenues of around US$55 billion it ranks 22 on the Fortune 100.
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Filling the gap
Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) is relatively new in the business world, but as with outsourcing other business processes, it is becoming a fundamental strategy to major corporations.
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Creating a culture of innovation
Innovation is so important to businesses profitability that it shouldn’t be left to chance. Edward Reilly, CEO of the American Management Association, explains how management can build a culture of innovation.
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The Publication COVER: HR Management 9

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