Using Experience to Develop Leadership Talent

The Contributors

Nisha Advani, a senior principal in global talent management and development, Pharma Medicines, Roche, Inc., is responsible for designing and driving talent management strategies across the global pharma medicines division. Prior to this, as director of talent and organization development at Genentech, a member of the Roche group, she led a group of senior organization development, workforce analytics, and talent management consultants. In her more than fifteen-year corporate career in market-leading companies, including Genentech, Cisco, Anthem Electronics, and Intercontinental Hotels, Nisha has designed and implemented leadership development as well as a variety of organization development solutions. She is passionate about strategic talent development and applies social science principles to create business-relevant solutions for developing executive pipelines and effective human organizations. Nisha holds a Ph.D. in social-organizational psychology from Columbia University, a master's degree from Cornell, and an M.A. in social relations from The Johns Hopkins University.

Aditya Ahuja works at Tata Group Human Resources and is currently leading the TAS program. In this role he is responsible for identification of talent and talent development, with a view to create a leadership pipeline for the Tata Group. Aditya has diverse experience in the field of human resources spanning fourteen years, during which he has worked across companies in the energy, consumer goods, and industrial consumables sectors. He holds a master's degree in personnel management and is passionate about organization development. Aditya believes strongly in simple and efficient solutions to complex issues. In his spare time, he pursues hobbies that fire his creative side.

Asma Bagash has been a consultant in the talent acquisition team of Group HR, Tata Sons. In her seventeen-year career, she has worked in the area of human development across the education and corporate sectors. She began her career as a pre-primary teacher and later taught junior college students in India. She has been associated with the Tata Group since 2002, when she joined the Group HR team and was involved in talent management processes. She later moved to VSNL, the group's telecom company, where she managed the talent development and leadership development endeavors. A constant learner by nature, she believes in learning from experiences and using them to improve herself. She obtained her master's degree from the London School of Economics in industrial relations and human resource management.

Prakash V. Bhide served as group president, JK Organisation (Eastern Zone) for ten years until April 2012. He initiated and led the HR transformation at JK Organisation, which resulted in HR becoming a strategic partner with group businesses. In this role, he successfully conceptualized and implemented the Indian way of Krishna–Arjuna coaching and mentoring for six hundred high performer and high potential leaders and the Fire of Experience initiative for leadership development. He is also leading the Game Changing Innovation initiative in the JK Group. Prakash is a sought-after speaker and thought leader in the field of talent management, leadership development, 360-degree feedback, executive coaching and mentoring, building the leadership pipeline, and the differentiated workforce. He has a B. Tech (Mechanical) from the Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay, India) and a Ph.D. in leadership from XLRI (Jamshedpur, India) and the Academy of Human Resources. He has International Coaching Certification and has been honored with a Fellowship by the All India Management Association.

Brad Borland is senior director of global talent management and leadership development at Kelly Services, Inc. Brad is a lifelong learner and practitioner in the areas of human and organization development. He has a deep curiosity and interest in topics that include appreciative inquiry, experience-based leadership development, and client-driven organization change. In his current role, Brad is responsible for senior leadership development systems and practices, succession planning, executive coaching, and facilitating organization development interventions. He originally joined Kelly Services in 1995 as human resources development manager and returned to Kelly in 2007 as director of leadership development. Brad has worked in industries and organizations that include higher education, health care, and information solutions. He earned a B.S. from Ohio Northern University and an M.A. from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Steve Chapman is an independent change and creativity consultant who is fascinated as to how organizations really work as opposed to how they are supposed to work. Having spent more than twenty years in the corporate world, including as a senior learning and organization development director in a major blue-chip company, he brings a mix of experience and experimentation to his work. He has worked with a wide variety of clients in the pharmaceutical, FMCG, mobile telecoms, airlines, water, arts and culture, and charity sectors, helping them through times of change by developing their own creative and innovative spirit. He holds a M.Sc. with distinction in organizational change from Ashridge Business School, where he returns as visiting faculty to talk about change and improvisation. He is a speaker on change and creativity and writes a popular blog on the subject. His six-year-old daughter is his creative mentor and artistic director.

Dagmar Daubner works at HEINEKEN International, based in Amsterdam. She is currently responsible for the company's global diversity and inclusion strategy. Dagmar joined HEINEKEN in 2009 as an independent consultant, and in 2011 she was employed as a learning and development consultant. In this role, Dagmar was responsible for leadership development, in particular for HEINEKEN's global first-line manager development program (FLM-DP) and the international graduates' development. Dagmar is from Germany, where she previously worked in marketing and human resources roles in the white goods industry. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and an M.A. in organizational psychology. Dagmar is currently pursuing an external Ph.D. in organizational behavior at the VU University Amsterdam.

Vicki Flaherty helps individuals express their full potential and bring their best to their work. She is a leadership development consultant in IBM's talent organization. During her nearly fifteen years with IBM, she has led a variety of talent programs in the areas of on-boarding, leadership development, coaching, mentoring, learning, and career development. She is an IBM Corporate Service Corps alumnus, was a key member of the research team that developed IBM competencies, and has won awards for her work designing global career frameworks. She was instrumental in launching IBM's Storage Solutions certification portfolio and led various quality initiatives for the Professional Certification Program from IBM. She has consulted with companies across a variety of industries to transform their businesses via human performance and change management initiatives. She served on the board of directors for Green Building Certification Institute and as a commissioner for the Institute for Credentialing Excellence. Vicki received her doctorate from the University of Georgia.

J. Tim Galbraith retired as vice president of People Development for Yum! Brands, Inc., in 2012 after a twenty-seven-year career. His most recent areas of focus include leveraging organizational culture to drive business performance, facilitating leadership and executive development for breakthrough results, and partnering with Yum! Brand's chairman and CEO to deliver the chairman's signature leadership development program to executives around the world. Tim held various positions in management development and human resources at Frito-Lay, Inc., and led the training and development function for the U.S. and international businesses at Kentucky Fried Chicken. He played an instrumental role in structuring the new restaurant organization during the spinoff from PepsiCo and was named head of People Development for Yum! Brands. In this role he led all aspects of organization design, culture transformation, and executive and leadership development. Tim received a Ph.D. in industrial and organizational psychology from Bowling Green State University.

Terry Hauer is director of leadership development at Kelly Services, Inc., and a member of the organization's global talent management group. She led the cross-functional, global project team that completely revamped Kelly's performance management process. Terry also supports leadership selection, coaching, and executive assessment efforts, along with succession planning and strategic workforce planning. In Terry's previous roles with Kelly, she provided Kelly's branch operations and external customers with a variety of pre-employment tools and consultative support; and as a member of the HR development group, designed and facilitated development programs for people leaders. Terry has worked in industries and organizations that include public sector, consumer products, and HR consulting.

Randall W. Hill, Jr., is the executive director of the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies (USC-ICT). A leader in understanding how classic storytelling and high-tech tools can create meaningful learning experiences, Randall...