
ONBOARDERS VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
JANUARY 30-31 / Zoom
Onboarders Talks Next Practices...On Demand
In light of the pandemic and a revised conversation on the nature of work organizations are struggling with acquisition and attrition of talent.
This creates a powerful opportunity for Onboarding to show itself as the strategic lever it can be for attraction, retention and the engagement of talent.
Join us for this virtual gathering of practitioners from companies examining the role of Onboarding in the modern landscape of work.
CLASSIFICATION CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS
The recent shift by companies to augment their workforce with alternative resources such as part-time workers, retirees, and gig freelance workers, given the challenges in the employment market has increased the focus on the issue of worker classification. Worker classification involves the proper classification of a worker as either a contingent worker (CW) or independent contractor (IC). ​The misclassification of employees as independent contractors is a growing concern across the globe.​ Let me share with you how Charles River built an external workforce program and educated managers, TA and procurement on worker classification
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Karen Taylor
Associate Director, Global Onboarding and
Contingent Workforce
For Charles River Laboratories (CRL), a global CRO (Contract Research Organization) located in over 125 locations in 25+ countries, Karen leads their Onboarding program and strategy for a global, hybrid workforce. She passionately works with a diverse global team of onboarding champions that consistently listen to their new talent and their stakeholders to provide updates and enhancements to their resources, process, and the program overall. They are focused on fueling belonging and enabling the success of new talent joining the organization, but more importantly for their managers, buddies and onboarding champions that support them making sure they understand why onboarding matters and how to do it best. She has been with Charles River for 16 years having previously held various IT positions including Project Manager, Change Management Lead and Executive Assistant. Karen is a great example of OWNing her career growth by saying yes to unique projects, challenging herself, and loves what she does.

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Colette Williamson
Manager, Leadership & Employee Training

Colette Williamson has been working for Southwest Airlines as a Training and Development Leader since 2010. She is an accomplished leader with over 25 years of experience as an effective Leader, Trainer, Facilitator, and Instructional Designer. She began her career in Canada in education as a teacher. She taught for several years in Canada and then moved to Texas where she decided to combine her passion for training with her love of travel. She serves as the Manager of Leadership and Employee Training for Southwest Airlines.
The Criticality of Coaching (In the OnBoarding Process)
The Coaching Commitment
Why Coaching is critical in the OnBoarding
process
What is Coaching (really)?
Who Coaches?
How do we build and deliver effective
Coaching programs?
The significant benefits of Coaching
3 Takeaways
I understand the potential benefits and lasting impacts that coaching can
bring to my organization as part of the OnBoarding process
I can talk about what coaching is and is not, though I may choose to use a
different word for it
I know how to go about implementing a coaching component in my
OnBoarding program (that also reflects the language and values of my
organization).
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Maureen (McLaren) Love
Global Sales Strategy and Enablement
Mo Love has been leading diverse teams to achieve phenomenal results for over 30 years. With deep experience at the innovative intersection between education and technology, Mo brings her passion for lifelong learning and shared success to every organization she supports. Mo led teams across multiple disciplines including Sales, Enablement, Project and Product Management, and global regions in North America, Asia Pacific and Japan, and EMEA. She has also spent significant time in the Public Sector, specifically assisting Educational organizations and Nonprofits, and credits her start as a public high school teacher with her unwavering commitment to help all people achieve their highest potential. Most of her career centered around SaaS Talent Management and HR technology at Cornerstone. She also worked at McKinsey & Co. and DigitalThink honing her expertise in eLearning development and high- impact hybrid learning environments. Mo holds a bachelor’s degree in American Studies with a specialization in Race and Ethnicity and a master’s in Education from Stanford University where she also won six NCAA championships with the women’s swimming and volleyball teams. She currently lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia with her husband and two daughters but will be returning to the D.C. area this summer and is excited to get back to leading teams of people that are over 6 years old.
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Bringing the Customer Experience to Life During
the New HIre Experience
This session will explores the importance of bringing the business' Customer Experience into focus is crucial to an improved New Hire Onboarding and Orientation. This advanced practice can contribute to: engagement as the new hire learns where their individual performance can benefit that of the organization's. It brings to life culture, cross-functional hand-offs and areas of support as well as giving the new hire a sense of ownership and there place within the company.
Focus areas include:
- Customer and employee journey framework
- Aligning the employee lifecycle to the journey
- Impact to role training and long term cross-functional engagement
Elizabeth Pierce
Director, Learning Experience
Consulting Leader


Elizabeth is an established talent industry professional dedicated to driving a progressive learning culture throughout organizations to meet company, customer, and employee goals for strategic growth. She has 20+ years of in-depth knowledge focusing on employee development, talent lifecycle design, and leadership evolution. Her experience ranges from large scale organizations such as Oracle and Walmart eCommerce to hyper-growth startups Uber, Eventbrite, Glassdoor and Zenefits. She was recently honored to be part of the Top 50 Leaders in Learning and Development, Americas by Corinium.