Wednesday, April 10, 2013
'Why Good People Can't Get Jobs: The skills gap and what companies can do about it'
L-R: ISE Student Intern Sandra Thomas, Speaker Peter Cappelli, George W. Taylor Professor of Management and Director, Center for Human Resources, and Professor of Education, U Penn, The Wharton School; ISE Student Intern Alexandra Vargas and ISE Graduate Assistant Pooja Aravkar.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
“Creating Growth in a Storm: a Roadmap from the Front Lines'
L-R, Dr. Jeana Wirtenberg, ISE Senior Advisor, External Relations; Pooja Aravkar, ISE Grad Assistant and Project Manager, ISE/CHRMS Seminar Series; presenting Certificate of Appreciation to speaker Rick Miller, President and CEO, Choices and Success.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
“First Annual Survey of NJ Business Sustainability - The State of the State'
L-R, Dr. Jeana Wirtenberg, ISE Senior Advisor, External Relations; Discussant Matt Polsky, ISE Senior Fellow; Presenter Dr. Joel Harmon, Director, ISE; Presenter Dr. Kent Fairfield, Assistant Professor of Management; Discussant Athena Sarafides, NJDEP; Pooja Aravkar, ISE Graduate Assistant and Seminar Project Manager, and Bill Russell, ISE Research Fellow
Friday, December 21, 2012
“The Shareholder Value Myth”
Panelists:
Lynn Stout, Ph.D.
Professor of Law, Cornell University
Frank M. Werner
Associate Professor Finance, Fordham University
Friday, November 16, 2012
“Environmental Sustainability in the Workplace”
Panelists:
Susan Jackson
Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University; Past President, Academy of Management
Stephan Dilchert
Assistant Professor, Baruch College, CUNY
Deniz Ones
Hellervik Professor; Distinguised McKnght Professor, University of Minnesota
l - r: Drs. Kent Fairfield, ISE Interim Director; Susan Jackson, Speaker; Deniz Ones, Speaker; Stephen Dilchert; Speaker, and Jeana Wirtenberg, ISE Senior Advisor, External Relations
Friday, October 19, 2012
'Ingersoll Rand's Journey to Sustainability'
W. Scott Tew
Executive Director, Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
Ingersoll Rand
Friday, September 21, 2012
“SPRINGING BEYOND RIO+20:
Toward a True Global Compact for Sustainable Development”
Speakers:
Tim Wall
Strategic Communication Consultant, United Nations Global Compact
Amanda Nesheiwat
UN Youth Representative for the Foundation for Post Conflict Development; Director, NJ Sustainable Collegiate Partners
Ashwani Vasishth
Director of the Center for Sustainability; Associate Professor in Environmental Studies, Ramapo College
HANDOUTS
'Business, the Sustainable Development Goals and post-2015 development framework and the UN Global Compact' (Tim Wall)
Rio + 20 Selected News Coverage (Tim Wall)
'Manifesto of the Peoples' Sustainability Treaties' (Ashwani Vasishth)
Friday, June 15, 2012
'Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development: A Historic Opportunity to Shape the Future We Want'
Ira Feldman, Speaker
President & Senior Counsel, Greentrack Strategies; Faculty, University of Pennsylvania
Amanda Nesheiwat
UN Youth Representative for The
Foundation for Post Conflict Development;
Director, NJ Sustainable Collegiate Partners
Bill Russell, Discussant
Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise
6/21/12 Daily Record article: 'Sustainability conference challenge: Make a difference' written by Jamie Duffy for NJ Press Media, on the June 15th ISE/CHRMS Breakfast Seminar.
Friday, May 18, 2012
“Global Strategic Organizational Effectiveness:
Assessing HR and OD Strategy and Execution'
Speaker:
Howard Deutsch
CEO, Quantisoft
Friday, April 20, 2012
“Compassion Inc.: Charity and Corporate Marketing of Misfortune'
Speaker:
Mara Einstein, Ph.D.
Author and Associate Professor of Media Studies
Queens College, CUNY
*The speaker, Dr. Mara Einstein, requests that If you quote from the slides to please source her book.
Friday, March 23, 2012
“Operationalizing Sustainability: How to Translate Sustainable Thinking into Action!”
Speaker:
Govi Rao
President & CEO, Noveda Technologies
Friday, February 17, 2012
'The Convergence of Business and Biodiversity Conservation'
Speaker Helen Crowley, left, Conservation & Ecosystem Services Specialist, PPR, being presented with Certificate of Appreciation by Graduate Assistant Brian Corea and ISE's Jeana Wirtenberg
Enthusiastic participants listen to Dr. Crowley's presentation
READ DAILY RECORD ARTICLE on breakfast seminar, 'The Business of Biodiversity'
Friday, December 16, 2011
Our Sustainability Journey at BD: History, Strategy and Performance'
Speaker:
Glenn Barbi
Vice President, The Office of Global Sustainability, Becton Dickinson
Friday, November 18, 2011
'Talent Management: Creating a Sustainable Competitive Advantage by Selecting, Developing and Promoting the Best People'
Speaker:
Lance Berger
Editor, The Talent Management Handbook, 2003 and 2010
HANDOUTS:
Friday, October 21, 2011
“UPCYCLING: Growing and Profiting from an Emerging, Sustainable Industry'
Speaker:
Andrew Sell
Chief Hipcycler,
Hipcycle LLC
PRESENTATION
Article in the New York Times, 'Hipcycle, a Place for Recycled Goods'
Friday, September 16, 2011
'Creating Performance Breakthroughs through Self-coaching'
Speaker:
Howard
Guttman
Guttman Development Strategies
PRESENTATION
'Coach Yourself to Win' by Howard Guttman named one of Washington Post.com's Top 5 Business Books
Friday, June 17, 2011
“Sustainability in Pharmacy: from the Jungle to the Patient”
Speakers:
Ruth E. Nemire
BSPh, PharmD, EdD.
Dean and Professor, FDU's Medco School of Pharmacy
and
Dr. Susan Snodgrass
BPharm, M D.
Senior Director Clinical Research, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
PRESENTATION
Friday, May 20, 2011
'Driving Sustainability Throughout the Enterprise'
Speaker:
Fred Smagorinsky
CEO, Marcal Manufacturing, LLC
PRESENTATION
PRESS RELEASE
Friday, April 15, 2011
'The New Rules of Green Marketing'
Speaker:
Jacquelyn Ottman
Author, 'The New Rules of Green Marketing'
PRESENTATION
Friday, March 25, 2011
“Green and Sustainable Manufacturing:
Sprouting New Green Initiatives to Stay Competitive”
MODERATOR:
Joe Schneider
Founder, Linking B2B
PANELISTS:
Steve Fromkin
Manager, EHS, Alcoa Howmet
Joe D'Urso
Product and Services Manager, NJ Manufacturing Extension Program
and
Bill Russell
ISE Research Fellow and Principal, Transitioning to Green
PRESENTATION
Friday, February 18, 2011
“Sustainable People: The Ultimate Employer Goal in the Talent War and Productivity”
Speaker:
Greg Thomson
President, The Thomson Group
PRESENTATION
Friday, January 14, 2011
“The Leadership Challenge: How to Build Resilient, High Commitment, High Performance Organizations”
SPEAKER
Michael Beer
Chairman, TruePoint
Author, 'High Commitment, High Performance'
Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School
PRESENTATION - 'The Leadership Challenge'
PRESENTATION - 'In Pursuit of High Performance'
Friday, December 17, 2010
'BASF: Creating Chemistry for a Sustainable Future'
SPEAKER
Charlene Wall-Warren
Sustainability Leader, BASF
PRESENTATION
Friday, November 19, 2010
'DEP's Role in Sustainability...your state partner in responsible economic growth.'
PANELISTS
Jaime Ewalt
Senior Environmental Specialist
NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection
Office of Economic Growth and Green Energy
Gary Sondermeyer
Director, Technology Department
Bayshore Recycling
Former Chief of Staff, NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection
and
Matt Polsky
Former Sustainability Team Leader, NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection
and
Senior Fellow for Sustainability Innovation & Multidisciplinary Thought
Institute for Sustainable Enterprise
HANDOUTS
Friday, October 15, 2010
'Transforming the Organization’s Culture: Culture as an enabler of success'
SPEAKERS:
David Jenkins, Chief IT Security Officer, Administration for Children and Families, US Dept. of Health and Human Services
Shir Nir, President/Partner, The Handel Group
PRESENTATION
Friday, September 17, 2010
'Alcatel-Lucent's Eco-Sustainability Programs and Green Touch'
Barry Dambach, EHS Director, Alcatel-Lucent
and
Tom Okrasinski, Senior Manager, Product Eco-Sustainability, Alcatel-Lucent
PRESENTATION
See related articles....
Alcatel-Lucent Cuts Carbon Footprint13 Percent in 2009
Alcatel-Lucent 2009 CSR Initiatives
Friday, June 18, 2010
'Using Partnerships to Enhance Sustainability Outcomes'
Speakers: Ed Barker, Director of Corporate Partnerships, Earthwatch Institute, and
Laurie Roy, HR Manger, Alcoa Power and Propulsion
PRESENTATION
Friday, May 21, 2010
'Sustainability and Driving Innovation in the Hospitality Sector'
Speaker: Faith Taylor
Corporate Vice President, Sustainability and Innovation
Wyndham Worldwide
PRESENTATION
Friday, April 16, 2010
'A Bridge to Prosperity: Resilient Infrastructure Makes a Resilient Nation'
Speaker: Mitchell Erickson
Director, Northeast Operations, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
PRESENTATION
Friday, March 26, 2010
'Forging Collaborative Partnerships for Sustainability'
Speaker: David Grant, President and CEO, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Article in Daily Record (3/27/10) on 3/26 Breakfast Seminar:
'Sustainability creates better world, FDU gathering told'
Friday, February 19, 2010
'Giving Voice to Values: the 'How' of Business Ethics'
Speaker: Mary Gentile, Ph.D., Director of 'Giving Voice to Values'
From left: Speaker Mary Gentile, Ph.D. accepting tokens of appreciation from ISE Senior Advisor, External Relations Jeana Wirtenberg, Ph.D., and ISE Graduate Assistant Sneha Nair.
INFORMATION ON 'GIVING VOICE TO VALUES'
Friday, January 15, 2010
'HR Leadership and Sustainability Strategy: Missed Opportunity?'
From left: Presenter Joel Harmon, Ph.D. Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise, Fairleigh Dickinson University; Discussant Padma Thiruvendagam, Global Head of Business Integration (former Head of HR), Global Oncology, Pfizer Inc; Presenter Kent Fairfield, Ph.D. Director, Education Initiatives, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Moderator Jeana Wirtenberg, Ph.D., Ph.D. Director, Education Initiatives, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise, Fairleigh Dickinson University
PRESENTATION
Friday, December 18, 2009
'THE IMPACT OF SUSTAINABILITY ON MARKETING:
Are You Doing More than You Say or Saying More than You do?'
MODERATOR: David Rosen, President & CEO, Acrelic Group
PANELIST: Shari Aaron, Sustainability and Market Research Expert; Author, Climb the Green Ladder
PANELIST: Leonard Gordon, Director, Northeast Regional Office, Federal Trade Commission
Mr. Rosen's Presentation
Ms. Aaron's Presentation
Mr. Gordon's Presentation
Friday, November 20, 2009
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Presenter: Allison Hornstein, Food and Beverage Sustainability Analyst, Risk Metrics Group
and
II. 'Building Sustainability into the Fabric of Business Strategy'
Presenter: Dave Stangis, Vice President for CSR and Sustainability, Campbell's Soup
PRESENTATION
Friday, October 16, 2009
'Beyond GDP: Operationalizing Indicators of Sustainability and Quality of Life'
Remote Speaker: HAZEL HENDERSON
President, Ethical Markets Media
Discussants:
Frank Werner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Finance, Fordham University
Fern Jones, Founder & Managing Director, FJ Corporation
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Friday, September 18, 2009
'Reinventing Talent Management: How to Maximize Performance in the New Marketplace'
Speaker: William Schiemann, Ph.D., Founder & Ceo, Metrus Group
Presenter: Jerry Seibert, Global Director, Diagnostic Services, Metrus Group
Discussant: Anna Tavis, Global Head, Talent Management & Organizational Development, AIG Investments
MR. SCHIEMANN'S PRESENTATION
Thursday, July 16, 2009
'Paradoxes, Practices, and Promises'
Speaker: Julius Walls, CEO, Greyston Baker; Sr. VP, Greyston Foundation
PRESENTATION
Julius Walls' book, 'Mission, Inc.'
Story on Greyston Bakery broadcast on '60 Minutes'
Friday, June 19, 2009
'Proven Strategies for Making Existing Buildings Energy and Operationally Efficient'
Speaker: John Conover, President, Trane Commercial Systems Business in the Americas
and
Discussant: Philippe C. Dordai, AIA, LEED ap
Principal, RMJM, USGBC-NJ
PRESENTATION - TRANE
PRESENTATION - USGBC - NJ
Friday, May 15, 2009
'Beyond Green: Operationalizing Sustainability in a Changing Environment'
(top - bottom) Veronica Croucher, Director, Group Sustainability Projects, sanofi-aventis
Peter Lalli, Senior Director, Business Planning and Sustainability,
sanofi-aventis
PRESENTATION
Friday, March 27, 2009
'Green Jobs: Fueling the Green Economy'
(top - bottom) Jennifer Cleary, Senior Project Manager
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University
Elizabeth Reynoso, Coordinator New Careers, NJISJ
Michael Winka, Director, Office of Clean Energy
PRESENTATIONS:
'Green Jobs in New Jersey’s Energy Economy' – Jennifer Cleary
'New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program: Opportunities of Green Jobs' – Michael Winka
'Preparing the Workforce for a 'Green Jobs' Economy' - Jennifer Cleary and Allison Kopicki
January 23, 2009
'A Natural Perspective on Sustainability - Human Health and Biodiversity'
Speaker: Aaron Bernstein, M.D.
PRESENTATION
December 19, 2008
'Redefining Environment'
Speaker: Dr. John Francis, Planetwalker
Watch video on Dr. John Francis, Planetwalker
November 21, 2008
'Reinventing Energy in the 21st Century'
Speaker: WILLIAM MAKOFSKE
Professor Emeritus of Physics, Ramapo College of NJ
PANEL:
Al Matos, PSE&G
Tom Mierzeski, HydroCoil
DR. MAKOFSKE'S PRESENTATION
MR. MATOS' PRESENTATION
September 19, 2008
'People Engagement in a Lean Environment'
Speaker: James B. Johnson, Alcoa
PRESENTATION
May 16, 2008
'Partnering with Stakeholders for Competitive Advantage: Case Studies and Their Impact on the Corporate P&L
Speaker: Bryan Thomlison, Our Community Works, Inc.
PRESENTATION
April 18, 2008
'Organizational Bystanders: Why do well-intentioned people often fail to act in the face of uncertainty and risk?'
Speakers: Marc Gerstein, MGA
and
Robert Shaw, Princeton MCG
PRESENTATION
March 28, 2008
'Edgewalkers: People and Organizations that Take Risks, Build Bridges, and Break New Ground'
Speaker: Judi Neal, Spirit at Work
PRESENTATION
Edgewalker Questionnaire
February 15, 2008
'Conflict Management as a Core Competency for Leaders'
Speaker: Howard Guttman, Guttman Development Strategies, Inc.
PRESENTATION
January 18, 2008
'The Journey To Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry'
Speakers:
Ellen Sinclair, Vice President, Benchmark Hospitality International
and
Janice Maffei, Partner, Vision First
PRESENTATION
October 19, 2007
'World Inc. Why going Global will Collide with going Green each day of this New Century'
Speaker: Bruce Piasecki, President , American Hazard Control Group; Author, 'World Inc.'
VIDEO of PRESENTATION
PRESENTATION
Handouts:
September 21, 2007
'The Ombuds’ Role: Helping Create an Ethical and Transparent Culture for Sustainability'
Panelists:
Randy Williams, Redmond, Williams & Associates, LLC
Nicholas Diehl, Princeton University
Janis Schoenauer, AllianceBernstein, L.P.; President,
Int'l Ombudsman Association
PRESENTATION
Handouts:
June 15, 2007
'Innovative Leadership: A Strategic Imperative for Global Business Sustainability'
Speaker: James B. Swartz
Author, 'Seeing David in the Stone'
PRESENTATION
EAM - May 17, 2007
ISE-sponsored Symposium at the Eastern Academy of Management
“Creating and Managing Sustainable Organizations and Systems”
Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ
HR and SUSTAINABILITY
DRIVERS AND CHALLENGES IN THE CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY JOURNEY
April 20, 2007
'Relevancy and Sustainability as Core Premises of Today's Science Museums'
Speaker: Emlyn Koster
President and CEO, Liberty Science Center
PRESENTATION
March 23, 2007
'Leadership: A Non-Traditional Approach to a Traditional Topic'
Speaker: Kenny Moore
Director of HR and Corporate Ombudsman, KeySpan Corporation
Co-author of “The CEO and the Monk: One Company’s Journey to Profit and Purpose”
PRESENTATION
February 16, 2007
'Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Five Years Later:
Has Compliance Killed Ethics?'
Speaker: Keith Darcy, Executive Director, Ethics & Compliance Officer Association (ECOA)
PRESENTATION
January 19, 2007
'Leadership Coaching, Learning Theory and High Performance
The Case of the FDU Executive MBA Program'
Speaker: Kaveh Naficy, Co-Founder, Philosophy IB
PANEL
Gerald Poolman, Regina McNeil, Michael A. Delmage, Chuck Pascarelli
PRESENTATION
December 15, 2006
'Global Talent Management: The Third Generation'
Speaker: Anna Tavis, Ph.D.
PRESENTATION
November 17, 2006
'HR's Role in Building a Sustainable Enterprise: Insights from Some of the World's Best Companies'
- Jeana Wirtenberg, ISE Director of External Relations and Services
- Joel Harmon, ISE Director of Research and Professor of Management, Silberman College of Business, Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Kent Fairfield, Assistant Professor of Management, Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Bill Russell, Founder and President, SKN Worldwide, USA
PRESENTATION
October 20, 2006
Building a Sustainable Leadership and Talent Management Strategy
Speaker: Craig R. Gill, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
PRESENTATION
It's 2008: Do you Know Where your Talent is? Why Acquisition and Retention Strategies Don't Work
September 15, 2006
'Mid-Course Correction'
Speaker: Ray Anderson, Founder & Chairman of the Board, Interface
PRESS RELEASE
May 19, 2006
'Reinventing Employee Surveys: New Strategic Management Tools for Managing Talent and Strategy Execution'
Speakers:
Brian S. Morgan, Ph.D and J.T. Kostman, Ph.D, The Metrus Group
PRESENTATION
April 21, 2006
'Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation and Long-Term Value'
Speaker: Beth Young, Sr. Research Associate, The Corporate Library
Panel:
Dr. Rosina Dixon, Nat'l Assn. of Corporate Directors
Dr. Mark Sickles, President, Nat'l Assn. of Corporate Directors
Dr. Gordon Sollars,
Professor of Management, FDU
PRESENTATION
Mark Sickles' Presentations:
March 24, 2006
'Wins for People, Planet, and Profits: The E+Co Story'
Phil LaRocco, President, E+Co
VIDEO OF PRESENTATION
PRESENTATION
February 17, 2006
'Sustainability and the Capital Markets: The Global Challenge for Human Resource Management'
Speaker: Bruce M. Kahn, Ph.D
PRESENTATION
January 20, 2006
'Leader Survey Results:Challenges and Opportunities in the For Profit and Non-Profit Sectors'
Speakers: Jeana Wirtenberg, Ph.D, ISE Director of External Relations and Services and Tim Lannan, M.S.O.D., R.S.O.D.
'For Profit' panel:
Non-Profit panel:
Gayle Ellen Davis, Girl Scouts of the USA
Paige Carlson-Heim, Housing and Community Development Network of NJ.
PRESENTATION