Plenary Sessions

 

The Role of HR in Sustaining Success

Robert J Herbold, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (Retired),

Mircosoft Corporation, Managing Director, Herbold Group. LLC

 

Herbold will share on The Role of HR in Sustaining Success at the Singapore HR Congress 2008. Herbold joined Microsoft in 1994 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), before retiring in 2001. During his tenure, Microsoft experienced a four-fold increase in revenue and a seven-fold increase in profits. Prior to joining Microsoft, Herbold spent 26 years at Procter & Gamble (P&G). In his last five years with P&G, he served as senior vice president of advertising and information services. Herbold’s experiences at Microsoft and P & G were the basis of an article he authored in the January 2002 issue of the Harvard Business Review titled Inside Microsoft: Balancing Discipline and Creativity. The article focuses on how companies can improve on their profitability and agility. In 2004, he authored a book titled The Fiefdom Syndrome: The Turf Battles that Undermine Careers and Companies – and How to Overcome Them. His second book was just released - Seduced by Success: How the Best Companies Survived the 9 Traps of Winning.