Speaker

Kevin Delaney

The pace of work has never been faster—AI is compressing timelines, flattening hierarchies, and raising expectations for what high performance looks like. But as organizations push for more output with leaner teams, the best leaders know that recruiting and retaining top performers requires more than competitive salaries and productivity gains. It demands trust, leadership, and the kind of workplace culture and benefits that make people want to show up and do their best work. We’ll discuss how to build ambitious, high-performing teams that motivate and engage workers without sacrificing the human elements of work in an AI-driven era. 

Session speakers

Katie Burke — Chief operating officer, Harvey AI

Doniel Sutton — Chief People Officer, Pinterest

Employer brand isn't built on perks and ping-pong tables—increasingly, it's built on whether workers believe a company will invest in their growth. Walmart, once seen primarily as a low-wage employer, has spent years investing in skills development and career pathways for its 1.6 million US workers, helping to rewrite that narrative. New research from the Burning Glass Institute ranks more than 1,700 companies on the career advancement they offer workers. We’ll discuss the transformation of Walmart’s employer brand and the power of career growth in defining it.

Session speakers

Lo Stomski — Chief talent officer, Walmart

Matt Sigelman — President, Burning Glass Institute

Moderator: Jena McGregor

A stagnating economy, disruption from AI, and changing team structures are reshaping the traditional career ladder. At a time when moving up that ladder is getting harder—and for some employees, less appealing—more employers are investing in ways to move around the organization, from rotational programs to internal gigs. This conversation will explore the age of the “portfolio career,” and what it means for internal mobility, young workers who’ve just entered the workforce, and more senior leaders itching for new challenges.

Session speakers

D.V. Williams — Chief people officer, Match Group

Sarah Gretczko

Moderator: Jacob Clemente

The secret to cultivating and sustaining innovation is not hiring brilliant individuals, but building cultures that encourage collaboration, experimentation, and learning, argues Harvard Business School Professor Linda A. Hill in her recent book, Genius at Scale. Learn how top companies like Mastercard, Delta Air Lines, Procter & Gamble, and Pfizer use culture to embed genius into their employer brand. 

Session Speaker

Linda Hill

Economic headwinds, AI anxiety, and performance pressures can all stymie the creative process—but they don’t have to. Learn from leaders of creative teams about the leadership practices that reinforce creative cultures amid uncertainty and change, from using external constraints to solve problems to adding new technologies that accelerate the creative process. 

Session speakers

Andrew Robertson — Chairman, BBDO

Moderator: Michelle Peng

Kerry Crowley, sports editor at The San Francisco Standard, joins Charter in New York for a live taping of Section 415, The Standard’s Bay Area sports podcast. Joining him is Sarah Jones Simmer, chief operating officer of the National Women's Soccer League and former COO of Bumble. With franchise valuations spiking, attendance on the rise, and TV ratings increasing—and with the World Cup about to begin—Crowley and Simmer will discuss the lessons business leaders can learn about building a base of raving fans, fostering thriving team cultures, and converting cultural momentum into long-term loyalty.

Session speakers

Sarah Jones Simmer — Chief Operating Officer, National Women's Soccer League

Moderator: Kerry Crowley — Sports Editor, The San Francisco Standard

Most workers show up to do a job. But what happens when they show up as owners? Employee ownership—whether through broad-based equity programs, ESOPs, or profit-sharing—may be one of the most underutilized tools in the employer brand arsenal. We’ll explore what it takes to build a true ownership culture, the impact employee ownership has on a company’s talent brand, and practical ideas for how it can transform financial wellness, while helping businesses attract and engage their workforce.

Session speakers

Pete Stavros — Partner, Co-Head of Global Private Equity

Karen Coleberg — CEO, King Arthur Baking

At the heart of any employer brand is the communication strategy that translates internal policies and cultures into a narrative that engages job applicants, current employees, and the general public. Hear from two top business journalists about how employee voice has changed the rules of corporate reputation, why what happens inside companies is now impossible to keep inside, and why any gap between public relations and employee experience has never mattered more. 

Session speakers

Jamie Heller — Editor in Chief, Business Insider

Nikki Waller — Managing editor, Bloomberg

Moderator: Kevin Delaney

Dr. Becky Kennedy, a clinical psychologist and bestselling author known to her fans as “Dr. Becky,” has built a booming empire sharing evidence-backed best practices for effective parenting. In this session, Kennedy will discuss the mindsets, traits, and behaviors that both good parents and good leaders share—”parenting,” she has said, “is the ultimate form of leadership”—with a focus on the experiences that make parents better leaders, and vice versa. Attendees will walk away with ideas for embedding Dr. Becky’s idea of “sturdy leadership” into their culture, practices, and employer brand.

Session speakers

Dr. Becky Kennedy — Clinical psychologist and founder, Good Inside

Moderator: Massella Dukuly

Speaker

Kevin Delaney