Driving Business Growth Through HR Innovation & Flexible Work

Case Study

Land O’Lakes is redefining the role HR plays in empowering current and prospective employees

HR has long been viewed as a tactical execution arm of business leaders. But in today’s environment, growing businesses require more innovative approaches to transform not only their HR departments, but their overall workforce.

Speaker

Julie Sexton

SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer

Land O’Lakes

Julie Sexton, Chief Human Resource Officer at Land O’Lakes, Inc., has driven operational excellence and strategic business acumen to create a talent experience that meets business needs while empowering employees across departments – on farm fields, in manufacturing facilities, research centers, and corporate offices. During her presentation, Julie will share insights into how Land O’Lakes has leveraged HR as an agent of growth across the company, including:

Supporting the launch of new Flex Work roles for manufacturing employees to create a stronger value proposition for job seekers and address talent shortages.
Implementing a new HR structure that offers strategic support and leadership on critical talent challenges that each of Land O’Lakes’ four business units is facing.
Challenging her HR team to shift its mindset away from being task managers to being strategic thought partners.

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Speaker

Julie Sexton

SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer

Land O’Lakes