Webcast Series: Managing through Economic Turmoil

Towers Perrin presents a 5-part Webcast series on setting priorities to balance cost pressures and workforce needs:

• How to remain focused on long-term business objectives while addressing critical short-term financial issues
• The impact declining pension assets will have on the balance sheet — and employees' ability to retire
• Whether your top talent is at risk, especially with anticipated reductions in merit pay and bonus pools
• Whether layoffs are necessary and how you can handle them to minimize erosion in productivity and morale
• Ways to maintain high visibility and constant communication with employees
• The importance of connecting your best people to leadership's agenda — and keeping them engaged during tough times.

Topics include:

• Pension risk management amid market turmoil
  November 17 at 12:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. PT
  Continuing volatility in the financial markets has severely eroded defined benefit plans' funded status. Learn how your organization can mitigate the risks.
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• Balancing cost and talent needs
  November 19 at 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT
  Less never is more when it comes to reward budgets, design and delivery. With programs increasingly under siege at the very time companies need to identify, retain and reward key talent, learn what to do to minimize retention and performance risks, enhance employee engagement and productivity, and maximize return on the total investment in rewards
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• Enhancing Leadership Performance in Uncertain Times
  December 4 at 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT
  How leaders respond to employees' anxiety can make or break a company's ability to ride out a rough patch. It's the time for candid communications, a strong, reassuring presence and a concentrated focus on top talent. How can leaders effectively lead with so many demands on their time and attention?
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• HR service delivery in uncertain times
  December 10 at 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT
  HR faces special challenges in the current crisis — from managing staff reductions to dealing with delays in upgrading technology. Learn how to ensure your HR organization is prepared to get through the crisis and build a more effective service model for the future
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• Workforce planning for 2009 and beyond
  December 15 at 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT
  Now is the time to balance short-term solutions to staffing and labor cost issues with longer-term decisions about aligning talent with growth plans and strategy. Learn how pivotal role analysis can identify essential roles and individuals, and help ensure that performance management and pay systems appropriately support role and contribution.
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