21st Century Talent Management and Virtual Global Teams
September 21, 2006
7:30-10:00am

Integrated Talent Management provides a strategic organization-wide focus on the development of current and potential talent. To successfully execute the functions that create seamless talent management, many executives need the ability to lead and manage virtual teams, which are fast becoming the basic unit of 21st century organizations. For example, High Potential Talent development strategies such as stretch assignments, cross-functional and international rotations, and short-term special project or taskforce assignments more often than not, involve virtual team work and leadership.  In this session, expert Ana Reyes, New Worlds Enterprise and senior executive, Paul Orleman, Director of Top Talent Management, SAP Americas, will discuss incorporating the development of virtual teaming capabilities into integrated talent management efforts.  SAP's highly mobile workforce has been using virtual forms of collaboration for over a decade. Paul and Ana will share their experiences and lessons learned. The session will cover:

• Incorporating Virtual Teamwork into Talent Management
•  Virtual Team Leadership Competencies
• Enabling conditions for effective virtual teaming in organizations

About the Presenters

Ana Reyes, New Worlds Enterprise
Ana Reyes, PhD, is Affiliated Faculty, Center for Organizational Dynamics, and partner and co-owner of New Worlds Enterprise, an international leadership and organization consulting firm. She is currently involved in executive coaching, trans-cultural management consultation, and virtual organization development. Her academic interests include the anthropology of high tech work, particularly virtual forms of inter-cultural collaboration.

Paul Orleman – SAP Americas.
Paul is the Director of Top Talent Management, SAP Americas, in the Office of the CEO.  He is responsible for accelerating the development of SAP’s high potential pool.  His passions include managing across cultures, global leadership development, intercultural team effectiveness, management excellence, and employee engagement.  Paul has just returned from a five-year expatriate assignment in Paris and Heidelberg, where he served as head of Global Management Development for SAP.