Eva Sage-Gavin

Eva Sage-Gavin

San Francisco, California, United States
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In my Advisor role and former Senior Managing Director of Talent and Human Potential at…

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  • From Versus to Plus in Future of Work: Human + Machine

    From Versus to Plus in Future of Work: Human + Machine

    From Versus to Plus in Future of Work: Human + Machine By Eva Sage-Gavin How will automation impact jobs? New studies…

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  • The Transformation of Work: Will HR Lead or Follow

    The Transformation of Work: Will HR Lead or Follow

    http://tinyurl.com/People-strategySummer2015 The pace of change and demands of the workplace require traditional HR…

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Experience

  • Accenture Graphic

    Accenture

    San Francisco, California, United States

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    Gaithersburg, MD

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    Redwood City, CA

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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Education

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University Graphic

    Advisory Council Member

    The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University

    - Present 3 years

  • Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business Graphic

    Executive in Residence and and WCBR Advisory Board

    Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business

    - Present 8 years 7 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Serve as the inaugural Executive in Residence for the Initiative for Women's Economic Empowerment (IWEE) sponsored by Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business and the Miller Center for Social Entreprenuership. IWEE accelerates economic empowerment of women leaders in Silicon Valley, STEM disciplines, and in the developing world as social entrepreneurs. IWEE convenes leaders to discern common challenges and opportunities to advance economic empowerment; mentor women scientists…

    Serve as the inaugural Executive in Residence for the Initiative for Women's Economic Empowerment (IWEE) sponsored by Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business and the Miller Center for Social Entreprenuership. IWEE accelerates economic empowerment of women leaders in Silicon Valley, STEM disciplines, and in the developing world as social entrepreneurs. IWEE convenes leaders to discern common challenges and opportunities to advance economic empowerment; mentor women scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and professionals; help social enterprises led by and serving women scale their impact; and educate future women leaders.

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    Executive in Residence, School of Industrial and Labor Relations

    Cornell University

    - Present 10 years

    Education

    Serve as the first Executive in Residence at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, including facilitating class lectures, executive education programs and mentor and advise students. Featured topics include Social Innovation, the role of the Modern Chief HR Officer, Global Diversity and Culture, the Future of Work and Leading High Impact Global Change.

  • Center for Effective Organizations at USC Marshall  Graphic

    Founding Team, Consortium to Reimagine HR, Employment Alternatives, Talent and the Enterprise

    Center for Effective Organizations at USC Marshall

    - Present 11 years 7 months

    Economic Empowerment

    A small coalition of top CHROs and academic thought leaders convened in 2013 to found an open source coalition that strives to advance the HR profession forward faster. The CHREATE Coalition has now grown to include over 200 HR leaders focused on reimagining how HR must evolve to meet future challenges, to identify pivotal initiatives to accelerate that evolution and to design the actions needed to make the future a reality.

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    Former Vice Chairman, Skills for America's Future

    The Aspen Institute

    - 5 years 8 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Skills for America’s Future at the Aspen Institute spotlights effective practices, generates ideas, and identifies solutions about how community colleges and workforce training programs can support jobseekers, local economies, and the businesses that make them run. A network of over 300 partnerships has been established, including over 40 employers and more than 230 community colleges collaborating nationally where high-performing community colleges are connected with high-impact employers who…

    Skills for America’s Future at the Aspen Institute spotlights effective practices, generates ideas, and identifies solutions about how community colleges and workforce training programs can support jobseekers, local economies, and the businesses that make them run. A network of over 300 partnerships has been established, including over 40 employers and more than 230 community colleges collaborating nationally where high-performing community colleges are connected with high-impact employers who are seeking trained workers in their region or industry sector.

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    Chair, Workforce Development Committee

    HRPA - Human Resources Professionals Association

    - 3 years 7 months

    Economic Empowerment

    During tenure as Chair, Workforce Development, implemented 3 core strategic initiatives: Jobipedia.org is an interactive website where HR Policy members offer real-world advice to students and recent graduates with questions about job searching. WeHireAmerica.jobs is a fully functioning job-board created to index and promote all HR Policy members’ jobs for free. Blueprint for Jobs in the 21st Century: A Vision for a Competitive Human Resource Policy for the American Workforce is a comprehensive…

    During tenure as Chair, Workforce Development, implemented 3 core strategic initiatives: Jobipedia.org is an interactive website where HR Policy members offer real-world advice to students and recent graduates with questions about job searching. WeHireAmerica.jobs is a fully functioning job-board created to index and promote all HR Policy members’ jobs for free. Blueprint for Jobs in the 21st Century: A Vision for a Competitive Human Resource Policy for the American Workforce is a comprehensive report written by America’s chief human resource officers to restore job growth and competitiveness in the United States.

  • Co-Chair

    Women Corporate Directors Bay Area

    - Present 2 years 4 months

    Economic Empowerment

Publications

  • Harvard Business School Hidden Workers Report Launch, September 2021

    HBS in partnership with Accenture

    Companies are increasingly desperate for workers. As they continue to struggle to find people with the skills they need, their competitiveness and growth prospects are put at risk. At the same time, an enormous and growing group of people are unemployed or underemployed, eager to get a job or increase their working hours. However, they remain effectively “hidden” from most businesses that would benefit from hiring them by the very processes those companies use to find talent.
    Several…

    Companies are increasingly desperate for workers. As they continue to struggle to find people with the skills they need, their competitiveness and growth prospects are put at risk. At the same time, an enormous and growing group of people are unemployed or underemployed, eager to get a job or increase their working hours. However, they remain effectively “hidden” from most businesses that would benefit from hiring them by the very processes those companies use to find talent.
    Several barriors contribute to keep these workers “hidden”: a widening training gap, inflexibly configured automated recruiting systems, and failure to recognize and elevate the business case. Companies can take several steps to include hidden workers, and in doing so, create a new and valuable pipeline of talent. Chief among them: reforming their approach to talent acquisitions overall and developing a customized approach to hiring hidden workers

  • Honing Your Edge - 2020 Global Digital Fluency Strategy

    Accenture

    Being digital is an imperative for survival. Digital fluency is a framework measured by your digital workforce’s technology quotient (TQ) + digital operations + digital foundations + digital leadership and culture.
    Organizations worldwide organizations had to move the majority of their workforces and operations offsite due to the pandemic. This feat would not have been possible without digital technology. Digital transformation has been a priority for companies in recent years, with talk…

    Being digital is an imperative for survival. Digital fluency is a framework measured by your digital workforce’s technology quotient (TQ) + digital operations + digital foundations + digital leadership and culture.
    Organizations worldwide organizations had to move the majority of their workforces and operations offsite due to the pandemic. This feat would not have been possible without digital technology. Digital transformation has been a priority for companies in recent years, with talk about managing change, equipping workers with digital skills and moving to the cloud. Today, this move is no longer an aspiration.

  • Modern Boards

    Accenture

    Today’s boards are changing. They are becoming more diverse across attributes from gender to race to level of education and years of experience. While board composition is changing, so is the world around them. New and diverse perspectives and mindsets are needed to help boards lead business, enable a future workforce and create sustainable value beyond what is seen on balance sheets.

    Boards of directors are finding themselves pressed to recalibrate business strategy and governance…

    Today’s boards are changing. They are becoming more diverse across attributes from gender to race to level of education and years of experience. While board composition is changing, so is the world around them. New and diverse perspectives and mindsets are needed to help boards lead business, enable a future workforce and create sustainable value beyond what is seen on balance sheets.

    Boards of directors are finding themselves pressed to recalibrate business strategy and governance models of yesterday to urgently address today’s evolving needs. The pressure is high. The need is undeniable. It is time to give workforce strategy a seat at the table.

  • Care to do Better

    Accenture

    Building trust will enhance employee potential and leave your people and your business Net Better Off.
    Leaders are taking more responsibility for workers’ holistic well-being and are actively seeking to earn their trust. Employees are expecting more from employers, particularly as they anticipate a post-pandemic reality. This research found that by meeting six fundamental human needs through work, companies unlock their peoples' full potential. We call this framework “Net Better Off,” and…

    Building trust will enhance employee potential and leave your people and your business Net Better Off.
    Leaders are taking more responsibility for workers’ holistic well-being and are actively seeking to earn their trust. Employees are expecting more from employers, particularly as they anticipate a post-pandemic reality. This research found that by meeting six fundamental human needs through work, companies unlock their peoples' full potential. We call this framework “Net Better Off,” and its six dimensions are: Emotional & Mental, Relational, Physical, Financial, Purposeful and Employable. Trust is based on the fundamentals of what matters most to your people; it makes good business sense to do so.

  • Why We Need Culture-Makers Right Now

    Human Resource Executive

    I’ve never seen more people feel the call to courage. Turbulent times tend to bring forth changemakers. And they bring forth culture-makers. Who are these leaders, and what can we learn from them?

    CHROs Lisa Buckingham (Lincoln Financial Group and former HRE HR Executive of the Year), Christy Pambianchi (Verizon), Ellyn Shook (Accenture), and Pat Wadors (ServiceNow) come to mind. They designed and launched People+Work Connect in just 14 days to help companies keep people employed during…

    I’ve never seen more people feel the call to courage. Turbulent times tend to bring forth changemakers. And they bring forth culture-makers. Who are these leaders, and what can we learn from them?

    CHROs Lisa Buckingham (Lincoln Financial Group and former HRE HR Executive of the Year), Christy Pambianchi (Verizon), Ellyn Shook (Accenture), and Pat Wadors (ServiceNow) come to mind. They designed and launched People+Work Connect in just 14 days to help companies keep people employed during COVID-19, free of charge to participating organizations. Since launching, People + Work Connect has engaged 1,400+ organizations and more than 440,000 roles across 87 countries.

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  • View from the Top: Leveraging Human and Organization Capital to Create Value

    SHRM, Alexandria, VA; Mumbai, India; Beijing, China; Dubai, UAE

    Leading Chief HR Officers and top Human Capital thought leaders deliver a set of essays exploring the new levers for competitive success and outlining how firms create value through their human capital, including both individual talent and organization capabilities. Academic research is combined with practitioner insights to provide frameworks and perspectives that can lead to innovative strategies for managing people in ways that create value for employees, customers and investors.

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  • The Road to the Board

    Human Resource Executive

    As human capital takes on greater prominence as a key to business success, human resource leaders who can combine top HR competencies with business mind-sets will be most sought for boards of directors. Here based on fresh research, are steps for becoming that top-sought candidate.

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  • The Future of Work

    Mark Sokol, People+Strategy

    Eva Sage-Gavin and Kaye Foster-Cheek describe the future of work and human resources. This is not just their opinion but reflects a consensus of experts across our profession. They summarize five major trends that will increasingly impact all companies in the coming decade. Additional commentaries included from John Boudreau, Eric Severson, Tom Gaunt and Bob Black.

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  • West Coast Cornell(ians): Snapshots of a dynamic relationship between Cornell and its West Coast community

    Ezra: Cornell's Quarterly Magazine

    Nearly 30,000 Cornell alumni live and work in California, Oregon and Washington, and it's a vibrant community of alumni, parents and friends, says Jim Mazza '88, associate vice president for alumni affairs.

    If a university wants to contribute solutions to the world's major problems such as political instability and environmental degradation, it needs to have feet on the ground where solutions are burgeoning, Morgan points out. "The real activity and momentum,"​ he predicts, "is on the…

    Nearly 30,000 Cornell alumni live and work in California, Oregon and Washington, and it's a vibrant community of alumni, parents and friends, says Jim Mazza '88, associate vice president for alumni affairs.

    If a university wants to contribute solutions to the world's major problems such as political instability and environmental degradation, it needs to have feet on the ground where solutions are burgeoning, Morgan points out. "The real activity and momentum,"​ he predicts, "is on the West Coast and [in] Asia. So it's really important that Cornell be there in strength.

    "For the next 20 years, that's going to have the most impact on education, job opportunities and fundraising."

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    • Kate Klein and Emily Sanders Hopkins
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  • HR’s Evolving Role with the Board

    People + Strategy

    HR People + Strategy board vice chair Richard M. Vosburgh, Ph.D., talks to Laurie Siegel, Libby Sartain, Jill Smart, Eva Sage-Gavin, and Andy Kaslow, five seasoned chief human resources officers, about the evolving nature of the human resource function and the CHRO’s role with the
    board of directors.

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Projects

  • Future of HR Project

    - Present

    A groundswell of enthusiasm has emerged, to create a movement that will advance the future of the HR profession faster. Beginning in 2013, with a handful of like-minded HR leaders, the Future of HR Project (FHR) initiative has attracted over 30 CHROs and other HR leaders. These HR leaders have devoted hundreds of hours of volunteer effort to map how HR must evolve to meet the future challenges in ten years, to identify pivotal initiatives to accelerate that evolution, and to design the actions…

    A groundswell of enthusiasm has emerged, to create a movement that will advance the future of the HR profession faster. Beginning in 2013, with a handful of like-minded HR leaders, the Future of HR Project (FHR) initiative has attracted over 30 CHROs and other HR leaders. These HR leaders have devoted hundreds of hours of volunteer effort to map how HR must evolve to meet the future challenges in ten years, to identify pivotal initiatives to accelerate that evolution, and to design the actions needed to make the future a reality. The FHR initiative is unique in its diversity, its open-source approach, and its emphasis on collective action that goes beyond the fine work of any one institution, to tap the synergies that are possible when we work together. Through the power of open-source collaboration, participant diversity, volunteerism and a unique combination of in-kind and financial resources, we aim to continue and extend the community of senior HR leaders who will reimagine a profession equipped to address the challenges of the future.

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  • People + Work Connect

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    Ongoing and Expanding. People + Work Connect is a free online employer-to-employer platform that enables organizaions to quickly identify and fill job vacancies. It eliminates multiple friction points that can extend the time to quickly identify and fill job vacancies. It eliminates multiple friction points that can extend the time it normally takes to fill these roles.
    Created by chief human resources officers from Accenture, Lincoln Financial Group, Procore and Verizon, People + Work…

    Ongoing and Expanding. People + Work Connect is a free online employer-to-employer platform that enables organizaions to quickly identify and fill job vacancies. It eliminates multiple friction points that can extend the time to quickly identify and fill job vacancies. It eliminates multiple friction points that can extend the time it normally takes to fill these roles.
    Created by chief human resources officers from Accenture, Lincoln Financial Group, Procore and Verizon, People + Work Connect moves people from one employer to another by giving organizations that have open positions a view into the workforces available while helping organizations with available employees to find new roles. Please join us to help get people back to work quickly.

  • Panel Moderator - World Retail Congress in Dubai, UAE

    Enjoyed moderating CEO panel at the World Retail Congress in Dubai on Customer Centricity. Inspired by my fellow panelists from world's leading Retailers.

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  • Speaker: U.N. Women's Empowerment Principles Forum

    Honored to have had the opportunity to speak at the U.N. Women's Empowerment Principles Forum in New York. Inspiring speakers, challenging conversations and critical themes of focusing on girls and how they see themselves in the world-providing tools to advance girls and women globally. Was especially moving to have my own pioneering daughter in the audience who is starting her career in tech. Empowering women = $28 trillion to global GDP 2025 - but long way to go with only 23% representation…

    Honored to have had the opportunity to speak at the U.N. Women's Empowerment Principles Forum in New York. Inspiring speakers, challenging conversations and critical themes of focusing on girls and how they see themselves in the world-providing tools to advance girls and women globally. Was especially moving to have my own pioneering daughter in the audience who is starting her career in tech. Empowering women = $28 trillion to global GDP 2025 - but long way to go with only 23% representation of women in senior management and 3% female CEOs.

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Honors & Awards

  • Future-of-work-influencers-list-2020

    Silicon Republic

    The future of work has always been a hot topic of conversation. In recent months, however, working lives have been turned upside down for many of us and more focus than ever has been placed on how we’re going to work down the line.

    To help keep your finger on the pulse, here are some future of work influencers we recommend following. https://www.siliconrepublic.com/people/future-of-work-influencers-list-2020

  • National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Top 100 Corporate Governance Leader Honor

    National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)

    In recognition as a leading influencer, who significantly impacts the boardroom. On behalf of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the authority on boardroom practices representing more than 21,000 corporate board members, you have been recognized as one of the most influential leaders in corporate governance. This year’s NACD Directorship 100 winners have not only served the governance community well, but you and the other winners have also provided inspirational examples of…

    In recognition as a leading influencer, who significantly impacts the boardroom. On behalf of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the authority on boardroom practices representing more than 21,000 corporate board members, you have been recognized as one of the most influential leaders in corporate governance. This year’s NACD Directorship 100 winners have not only served the governance community well, but you and the other winners have also provided inspirational examples of what effective, purposeful, and accountable governance during difficult, exceptional times truly means.

  • Cornell University, Industrial and Labor Relations School, Judge William B. Groat Award

    ILR School, Cornell University

    The Judge William B. Groat Alumni Award was established in 1971 in honor of Judge Groat's vision and in tribute to his professional accomplishments, which culminated in appointment as justice of the New York State Supreme Court. Criterion for selection as a Groat recipient is achievement in "the field" of industrial relations, broadly interpreted to include all aspects of labor relations and human resources management in any of the major sectors - labor unions, management, neutrals, government…

    The Judge William B. Groat Alumni Award was established in 1971 in honor of Judge Groat's vision and in tribute to his professional accomplishments, which culminated in appointment as justice of the New York State Supreme Court. Criterion for selection as a Groat recipient is achievement in "the field" of industrial relations, broadly interpreted to include all aspects of labor relations and human resources management in any of the major sectors - labor unions, management, neutrals, government service and academe. Service to the School and participation in alumni activities are also criteria considered in selecting Groat awardees.

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