With today’s business pressures on having solid strategies in the plan for developing the next generation of executives, Kevin Munson, CLO at Sears Holdings Corporation, will moderate this interactive roundtable discussion. The discussion will also address the typical major challenges encountered when developing executives.

To help guide the roundtable discussion, some or all of the following discussion points on “desired/ideal state” are likely to be addressed, with an emphasis placed on development experiences:

• Modifying development based on organizational strategy
• Emphasis on in-depth versus a wide range of experiences
• Provide early versus late development
• Different opportunities given for specific positions