From Workers as Assets to Workers as Investments

September 16, 2015
Hosted by Bonnie D. Graham

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The buzz: Future-proofing. Wake up, HR! The Industrial Age that demanded workforce consistency and compliance is long gone. It's time to abandon the unspoken notion that your workers are simply expendable resources, and instead shift to the concept of workers as an investment in your company’s future. Whether your organization is in a growth, stabilization, or reduction mode, your business will thrive only through the continual nurturing of your most valuable asset: people. The experts speak. Tom Koulopoulos, Delphi Group: “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time” (Abraham Lincoln). Karie Willyerd, SAP: “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn” (Alvin Toffler). Sherryanne Meyer, ASUG: “Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future” (Walt Disney). Join us for From Workers as Assets to Workers as Investments.

Game-Changing HR Leaders, Presented by SAP

Thursday at 11 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Business Channel

Game-changing technology strategies are transformational, exciting and disruptive for a reason. They shake up your status quo. They get you thinking about new ways to scale, compete and grow. They move you in amazing new directions.

Join host Bonnie D. Graham as she invites you to take an additional Coffee Break with Game-Changers for our special series on Game-Changing HR Leaders. We’ll explore how Human Resources executives are creating the next generation of leaders, and shaping corporate culture to adapt to increasingly rapid technology and social changes.

Learn how you can become the savvy Leader who takes your company across the finish line as you look ahead to the next wave of business innovation. Game-Changing HR Leaders, presented by SAP and ASUG, can be heard live Wednesdays on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel.

Bonnie D. Graham

Bonnie D. Graham produced and hosted her first live talk radio show in 1998 on AM1240–WGBB, Long Island, NY’s oldest terrestrial radio station. A few years later, she moved from terrestrial to Internet radio with her author interview show, “Up Close and Personal.” In 2011, working at the enterprise software leader SAP, she developed the concept for a weekly live global business thought leadership roundtable series on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel – and launched “Coffee Break with Game-Changers” on October 5, 2011. Over the next nine years, Bonnie D. created, produced and hosted 46 additional SAP series on the Business Channel, attracting millions of listeners around the world. Since becoming an independent broadcaster in 2019, she has developed and hosted live radio and podcast series on the Business Channel for eight additional organizations, as well as her own weekly series, “Read My Lips: Cool Conversations with Creatives with akaRadioRed,” on the Empowerment Channel. In 2023, her live-streaming “Technology Revolution: The Future of Now” series was ranked No. 6 on FeedSpot’s Top 70 Technology Podcasts to Listen to in 2023. What powers Bonnie D.’s passion for radio? She “loves speaking with smart people!”


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