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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