Beth Flynn-Ferry is Executive Director of CAHRS in the ILR School at Cornell University. She earned her MBA in Strategic Management & Marketing at the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, MN and earned a B.S. Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1987. Upon graduating from Cornell, she joined Hercules, Inc. (now Ashland) and worked for five years in corporate HR/OE roles as well as a unionized plant in Savannah, GA.
The Urgent Role of Human Resources
Event Overview
In uncertain times, HR practitioners are responsible for ensuring accurate and rapid dissemination of information on how businesses will operate and how employees will be supported and kept safe.
Cornell’s panel of faculty experts will discuss how HR can quickly rise to the challenge of managing a workforce during a crisis, and prepare for what lies ahead.
What You'll Learn
- How to ensure fast and effective decision making
- How to support the mental and physical health of leaders
- How to create effective communication plans
- How to provide professional and personal support for an impacted workforce
- How to plan beyond the crisis
Speakers
Bradford S. Bell is the William J. Conaty Professor of Strategic Human Resources and Director of the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) in the ILR School at Cornell University. He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Maryland at College Park and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Michigan State University. Professor Bell’s research and teaching interests include talent management, team development and effectiveness, and virtual work. He is a former editor of Personnel Psychology and a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and the American Psychological Association (APA).
Christopher J. Collins is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Director of CAHRS in the ILR School at Cornell University. He earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.
Dr. Collins’ teaches, conducts research, and does consulting in the areas of strategic human resource management, the role of HR practices and leadership in driving employee engagement, and the role of HR in driving firm innovation and knowledge creation. His research has been accepted for publication in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Human Resource Management Review, and Human Performance. In addition, Dr. Collins serves on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Management, and Personnel Psychology.
He currently teaches courses in Human Resource Management, Organizational Consulting, and Business Strategy to masters and undergraduate students in the ILR School at Cornell University. Dr. Collins has taught executive development programs at Cornell University and the Society of Human Resource Management. He has also worked as a private HR consultant or conducted executive development programs to multiple Fortune 500 organizations and several startup organizations. His consulting work has primarily focused on talent management, employee engagement, and strategic HR planning.
Dr. Collins is a member of the Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, and Society for Human Resource Management.
Before joining Livent, Kathleen was the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Frontier Communications and held Chief Human Resources Officer positions at Cisco Systems, SunGard Data Systems, Shearman & Sterling, and Covance. Kathleen also held senior Human Resources positions at Deloitte and Lehman Brothers, and began her career with GTE, now known as Verizon.
Kathleen serves as a member of the Dean’s ILR Advisory Council, a member of the President’s Council on Cornell Women, and as a Trustee of Hood College. She earned her Juris Doctorate degree from the Pace University School of Law, a Masters from ILR, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Spanish from Hood College.
Beth Flynn-Ferry is Executive Director of CAHRS in the ILR School at Cornell University. She earned her MBA in Strategic Management & Marketing at the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, MN and earned a B.S. Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1987. Upon graduating from Cornell, she joined Hercules, Inc. (now Ashland) and worked for five years in corporate HR/OE roles as well as a unionized plant in Savannah, GA.
Bradford S. Bell is the William J. Conaty Professor of Strategic Human Resources and Director of the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) in the ILR School at Cornell University. He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Maryland at College Park and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Michigan State University. Professor Bell’s research and teaching interests include talent management, team development and effectiveness, and virtual work. He is a former editor of Personnel Psychology and a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and the American Psychological Association (APA).
Christopher J. Collins is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Director of CAHRS in the ILR School at Cornell University. He earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.
Dr. Collins’ teaches, conducts research, and does consulting in the areas of strategic human resource management, the role of HR practices and leadership in driving employee engagement, and the role of HR in driving firm innovation and knowledge creation. His research has been accepted for publication in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Human Resource Management Review, and Human Performance. In addition, Dr. Collins serves on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Management, and Personnel Psychology.
He currently teaches courses in Human Resource Management, Organizational Consulting, and Business Strategy to masters and undergraduate students in the ILR School at Cornell University. Dr. Collins has taught executive development programs at Cornell University and the Society of Human Resource Management. He has also worked as a private HR consultant or conducted executive development programs to multiple Fortune 500 organizations and several startup organizations. His consulting work has primarily focused on talent management, employee engagement, and strategic HR planning.
Dr. Collins is a member of the Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, and Society for Human Resource Management.
Before joining Livent, Kathleen was the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Frontier Communications and held Chief Human Resources Officer positions at Cisco Systems, SunGard Data Systems, Shearman & Sterling, and Covance. Kathleen also held senior Human Resources positions at Deloitte and Lehman Brothers, and began her career with GTE, now known as Verizon.
Kathleen serves as a member of the Dean’s ILR Advisory Council, a member of the President’s Council on Cornell Women, and as a Trustee of Hood College. She earned her Juris Doctorate degree from the Pace University School of Law, a Masters from ILR, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Spanish from Hood College.
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