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HR & Leadership Strategy
at Northrop
Grumman
Barbara P. Goretsky
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defense company headquartered in
Los Angeles, California whose motto is “Defining the Future”. Northrop
Grumman provides technologically advanced, innovative products, services and
solutions in systems integration, defense electronics, information
technology, advanced aircraft, shipbuilding and space technology. With more
than 125,000 employees, and operations in all 50 states and 25 countries,
Northrop Grumman serves U.S. and international military, government and
commercial customers.
After
a decade of mergers and acquisitions, Northrop Grumman has focused on fully
leveraging its vast set of talent and other resources. How can it best
integrate all of its assets? How shall “one Northrop Grumman” be defined?
How can greater collaboration be fostered in such a complex and rapidly
changing business environment? What are the priorities for change? What do
leaders need to do to fulfill the corporation’s quest to “define the
future”?
Barbara Goretsky, Director
Leadership and Organization Effectiveness, will present Northrop Grumman
Corporation's HR strategic framework and describe its four major
dimensions: Quality of Leadership, Capacity for Change; Operational
Excellence; and, HR Functional Excellence. These four strategic HR thrusts
will help to Northrop Grumman to fulfill it stated vision, values and
“behaviors”. They will help manage the talent that CEO
Ronald D. Sugar
says “is so vital to the development of superior technologies and
ultimately, our company’s sustained success”. In this in-depth briefing and
discussion, Barbara will describe how Northrop Grumman HR is
evolving to continue to support a high growth, successful business and what
lessons have been learned that may be helpful to other HR leaders.
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Transformational HR:
People
Strategies to Fuel Growth
Deborah E. Barber,
Jackson Hole Group
As companies like yours grow globally, a mission-critical role of human
resource departments is to lead, catalyze, leverage, and sustain people
strategies that fuel growth. This requires HR's ability to implement
transformative change resulting from a shift in the way leadership,
management and talent align around business success factors and strategic
business priorities.
In this timely discussion, HR transformation
expert Deborah Barber, Principal Jackson Hole Group, will explore practical,
actionable approaches and frameworks for: 1) clarifying your companies key
business priorities; 2) defining your company's People and Organizational
Strategy; 3) assessing and developing your HR organization s capabilities to
execute on a People Strategy. Ms. Barber will explore how approaches and
frameworks can help you gain the mandate, talent, and fortitude required to
ensure and grow your company s competitive strength. Showcasing step-by-step
actionable items and examples of organizational transformation where HR
delivered the highest possible value, she will present new approaches in
creating and implementing a transformational HR mindset in your company-- a
mindset where people strategies and HR operating models embrace capacity,
growth, and corporate competitiveness.
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