SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PwC US will share insights on how HR organizations can transform to meet today's talent challenges and compete effectively at SuccessFactors' SuccessConnect San Francisco, the company's Americas global customer conference focused on business execution. The event will be held at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco from June 5-7.
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"With organizations constantly rethinking business strategies to meet the needs of the changing economy, top management is seeking more strategic support from the HR organization in finding fresh ideas to ensure they have the talent necessary to execute on strategy more effectively," said Ed Boswell, PwC's U.S. Advisory People and Change Practice Leader. "According to our research, CEOs point to talent management as a top priority, and yet they continue to struggle to overcome challenges related to their organization's workforce performance and retention. We look forward to sharing our insights and knowledge at SuccessConnect San Francisco 2012 to help companies think about executing the right human capital strategies."
According to recent research released by PwC, 78 percent of CEOs expect to make changes to their strategies for managing talent over the next 12 months; however, 68 percent of global CEOs and 71 percent of U.S. CEOs wish they could spend more time focused on developing the leadership of their business and their talent pipeline. PwC's People and Change Practice Principals, Diane Youden and Sayed Sadjady, will share more key findings from PwC's 15th Annual Global CEO Survey during their presentation entitled, "It's time to love HR again." This keynote address will be held on Thursday, June 7 at 10:45 a.m. PT and will be focused on transforming HR to meet today's talent challenges to compete effectively in the current economy.
PwC's relationship with SuccessFactors helps companies sustain competitive advantage by driving an organization's values and business objectives. Together, PwC and SuccessFactors leverage the understanding and proven track record within the people and change market to reach higher levels of excellence in human capital management and business execution, while helping to drive innovation and business performance.
"SuccessConnect brings together organizations of all sizes in all industries to discuss today's number one business imperative - how companies execute," said Mercedes Ellison, vice president, global alliances, SuccessFactors. "PwC's leadership and innovation aligns with SuccessFactors' commitment to helping clients improve talent management and business development strategies for positive change within an organization."
PwC is a Platinum level sponsor of SuccessConnect San Francisco 2012. For more information on the conference, visit: http://www.successfactors.com/successconnect/san-francisco/.
PwC's People and Change professionals help clients execute on business strategies by helping develop the right talent and leadership strategies, change and communications strategies, organizational design, operating model, and support functions such as HR, IT and finance.
For more information on PwC's People & Change practice, visit: www.pwc.com/us/peopleandchange.
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