Great Place to Work® Best Practices Forum
Date: November 11, 2008
Location: Bell Atlantic Tower
         Philadelphia, PA

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Best Practices Forum

Confirmed participants at the 2008 Best Practices Forum include:

  • Assistant Vice President, Amica Mutual Insurance Company
  • Branch Sales Manager, Amica Mutual Insurance Company
  • Human Resources Administrator, Atlanta Pediatric Therapy
  • President/CEO, Atlanta Pediatric Therapy
  • HR and Work Life Consultant, Baptist Health South Florida
  • Group Director - Public Affairs, Campbell Soup Company
  • Vice President, Capital One
  • Director, Capital One
  • Marketing Services Manager, Dechert LLP
  • Talent Communications, Deloitte
  • Director, Human Resources, Employee Benefit Data Services
  • HR Generalist, Employee Benefit Data Services
  • Recruitment Specialist, Employee Benefit Data Services
  • VP Human Resources, Harleysville Insurance
  • HPO Communications Analyst, Highmark, Inc.
  • VP, Human Resources, Highmark, Inc.
  • Business Analyst 4 – HPO, Highmark, Inc.
  • VP, Finance & CFO, Highmark, Inc.
  • Director, Corporate Diversity & Work Life, Highmark, Inc.
  • Director, Community Affairs, Highmark, Inc.
  • Director Financial and Compliance Management, Highmark, Inc.
  • Manager, HPO Information & Events, Highmark, Inc.
  • Director, Health Services Administration, Highmark, Inc.
  • HR Project Consultant, Highmark, Inc.
  • Director of Strategic Planning, Idaho National Laboratory
  • Facilitator, Idaho National Laboratory
  • Manager, Recruitment & Staffing, John Deere
  • Six Sigma Black Belt / Data Analyst, John Deere
  • Manager, eMarketing & Business Development, Mountain State BCBS
  • Director, Administration, Mountain State BCBS
  • Director, Human Resources & Training, NAMSA
  • Health Care Analyst, NCQA
  • Chief Operations Officer, NCQA
  • Director, Human Resources, NCQA
  • Human Resources Specialist, Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Sr. Human Resources Consultant, Scripps Health
  • Director of Human Resources, St. Mary's Hospital
  • Deputy Director of Corporate Comm. & Public Relations, Stanford Financial Group
  • HR Manager, Stanford Financial Group
  • Senior Manager, Global HR Projects, Stanford Financial Group
  • Global HR Director, Stanford Financial Group
  • HR Project Director, Xcel Energy


Read what last year’s participants had to say about the Best Practices Forum:

  • 90% of participants completed feedback forms; of these, 100% said they would recommend the Forum to a colleague.
  • Participants left with tangible next steps and practices they could implement upon returning to the workplace:
    • "Inspiring, tangible take home ideas/practices opportunity to share and learn from others"
    • "Great take aways that can actually be accomplished"
  • Wonderful opportunity to network and learn from colleagues
    • "Discussing best practices, not just from guest speakers but from also attendees. Also was good to focus on own challenges and getting "consulting advice" from others"
    • "I feel new partnerships and friendships"
  • Participants found it very useful to hear from our Best Company speakers
    • "Networking with other geeks! Barbara and Heidi were inspirational and awesome!!"
    • "Enjoyed the Umpqua and Yahoo! presentations and the chance to have round table discussions with other HR"
  • Participants left feeling energized and inspired to create change
    • "So much to learn, inspiring to  know that real companies are practicing or planning to become a great workplace"
    • "Opens your mind to develop plans specific to your organization instead of copying others"