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Tuesday, June 30,
2009
6 :30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
COME EARLY TO MINGLE!!
NYU Wasserman Career Center
133 E. 13th Street, 2nd Floor
(between 3rd and 4th Avenues)
I-O Psychology with a Seat
at the Table: A Talk with Senior Leaders from the Inside
Anthony McBride, Brstol
Myers Squibb
Bernard Bedon, Starcom MediaVest
*** Please note venue change ***
Please join us on Tuesday, June 30th
for the final METRO meeting of the season. We are fortunate
to have two I/O psychologists who are currently heading up HR and
Talent Management functions at global companies share with us their
experiences leading their organizations’ in these critical
capacities. They will share with us their perspective on how their
I/O background informs HR strategy on the global management of talent,
succession planning, work engagement, and workplace metrics. We
will gain insight into what these HR leaders see as the most pressing
issues and challenges facing companies right now and how they see
I/O psychology being able to impact companies’ ability to
meet these challenges. Joining us will be Anthony McBride,
SVP of Human Resources at Bristol Myers Squibb, and Bernard Bedon,
EVP, Global Director of Talent and Innovation at Starcom MediaVest
Group,
About the Speakers
Bernard Bedon, Ph.D.
is Executive Vice President/Global Human Resources Director for
Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), a division of the Publicis Group.
At SMG, Bedon is charged with attracting, nurturing and retaining
the best talent needed to create a proactive, global company that
embraces the new realities of media and consumer relationships.
In his prior global talent management role
for Publicis Groupe, Bedon diagnosed the network’s talent
management needs and created solutions that fit the company’s
business strategies. Bedon’s priorities included succession
management and global mobility; leadership development; and the
integration of performance management and core competencies across
the network. He also implemented and managed executive coaching
engagements across SMG.
Bedon joined Publicis Groupe in 2006
from Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) where he was the talent management
director for its global technical operations and healthcare business.
Prior to joining BMS in 2001, Bedon was a senior consultant at Towers
Perrin’s New York human capital management practice, specializing
in the design and evaluation of measurement processes supporting
human resources management. In the early 1990s Bedon worked at William
M. Mercer in Washington, D.C. in the productivity consulting group.
He conducted research across various industries linking HR practices
to organizational productivity.
Bedon holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in industrial and organizational psychology
from the University of Maryland and a B.A. in cognitive psychology
from Georgetown University. Bedon’s other interests include
music, languages and martial arts. He is the editor of a recent
martial arts reference book, The Korean Martial Arts Handbook: A
Reference to Korean Arts, Styles, Systems, Forms and Terminology-Past
and Present.
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