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Samantha
Sullivan
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
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Samantha Sullivan is a Chief Human Resources Officer who believes business strategy creates value only when organizations build the capability to execute it. She partners with CEOs, boards, and executive leadership teams to align leadership, organizational design, workforce strategy, and the systems that shape how people are selected, developed, and prepared for what's next - transforming strategic priorities into day-to-day organizational practice. Across large, complex enterprises and fast-growing mid-market organizations in defense, manufacturing, distribution, consumer products, real estate, and business services, Samantha has built independent HR operating models amid corporate transitions, dramatically improved talent acquisition efficiency, redesigned performance and leadership systems, and led enterprise succession planning at scale. She combines enterprise discipline with the agility organizations need to compete, grow, and transform. Based in the Chicagoland area, Samantha is known for helping organizations strengthen execution capability and build the organizational effectiveness required to sustain competitive advantage through change.
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18 November 2025 11:30 - 12:15
Panel | The retention reset: What high-performing employees expect from work in 2026
The old employment contract is dead. High-performing employees - your most valuable talent - no longer stay for salary alone. They're evaluating every aspect of work through a fundamentally different lens: purpose, flexibility, genuine development, and wellbeing. Organizations that don't adapt their value proposition will lose their best people, not to competitors, but to roles that actually align with how today's workforce wants to live and work. We'll explore the data behind where retention programs are failing and what high performers are actually seeking. Learn how to diagnose your organization's value proposition gaps, rebuild your employee promise authentically, and create conditions where talented people choose to stay and grow. This session equips CPOs to reset retention strategy for an evolved workforce. Key Takeaways: - Redefine your employee value proposition - move beyond compensation to alignment on flexibility, development, wellbeing and purpose that resonates with high performers. - Personalize development pathways - shift from generic training to individualized growth that connects daily work to long-term career aspirations. - Embed purpose intentionally - ensure organizational mission translates into meaningful impact at every level and role.