Structuring HR and Talent Processes for Organizational Effectiveness

Session Leaders: David Oliver (PepsiCo), Alec Levenson and Sharna Wiblen

Thursday, October 23, 2025
8am PDT | 11am EDT | 4pm BST (1.5 hour duration)

Join us on October 23rd, 2025, for a live Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) session in which David Oliver (VP, Talent Management at PepsiCo North America)) will share his experiences in effectively structuring HR and talent processes in ways that navigate enterprise needs while also allowing for local business and product needs. You’ll gain insights into PepsiCo’s HR journey in recent years and how to establish and enable enterprise-wide consistency while maintaining appropriate levels of local agency and agility.

Who should attend?

• HR and OD professionals seeking to understand how to redesign work for business outcomes
• HR and OD professionals seeking strategies for navigating enterprise and local needs
• HR and OD professionals seeking to decrease waste and inefficiency in HR and talent processes
• Industrial Organizational psychologists interested in enhancing workforce agility and organizational effectiveness
• Senior executives and decision-makers responsible for driving organizational change and workforce transformation
• OD Practitioners associated with designing effective organizational structures and ensuring that policies and practices meet business and local needs
• Talent Management Leaders wanting to structure roles, polices and processes

What’s the Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN)?

The Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) is a dynamic peer-to-peer community where we discuss and address talent, organizational, and strategy execution challenges. Led by USC’s Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) experts Alec Levenson, Jennifer Deal, Sharna Wiblen EEN sessions are 90-minute virtual sessions founded on research-backed insights. By joining us for our EEN sessions, you’ll gain access to expert and research-led discussions and practical tools and be part of a network of like-minded professionals committed to advancing enterprise effectiveness. Together, we tackle real-world issues at a depth that drives meaningful, lasting impact.