Walmart Summit

INNOVATION MENTALITY SUMMIT

Goals

In 2015 GLLG was engaged by Walmart to co-produce a groundbreaking two-day summit – Leading for our Future. Walmart embraces diversity and inclusion as a growth strategy. Hence, the objective was to enable development, retention and market growth, and promote inclusion of talent. The Summit was held over two days, August 5 – 6, in Northwest Arkansas.

INNOVATION MENTALITY SUMMIT

Content Design

GLLG worked closely with Walmart in the design of the summit in support of their company goals. There were approximately 400 leaders in attendance from the home office and field locations across the company.

The kickoff session on August 5 focused on the case for change and was open to all associates, followed by content specifically for invited participants throughout the rest of the forum. On August 6, invited participants heard from Walmart senior leadership and participated in development sessions at the John Q. Hammons convention center.

INNOVATION MENTALITY SUMMIT

Content Overview

Leading for our Future

The theme for the 2015 Summit was Leading for our Future. Participants walked away from this event empowered and inspired to:

Proudly share their identity: Be proud of who you are. Our differences are our strengths.
Proudly own their development: Invest in yourself. Anything is possible.
Proudly bring others along: Invest in the development and advancement of others. Make dreams come true.
Proudly define our future: Improve the associate and customer experience. Define the future of Walmart.

Much of the content was shaped around Glenn’s books The Innovation Mentality and Earning Serendipity.

In 2016, as a follow up to the Inclusion Summit, Glenn delivered a keynote and facilitated a round table session to 600 people that was broadcast to an additional 600 people. The topic was “Strengthening Our Associates to Win with Customers.”

INNOVATION MENTALITY SUMMIT

Outcomes

During this groundbreaking event, participants had the opportunity to participate in intimate development sessions, team building and broad networking. They were exposed to the ideas and lessons from senior leadership to better understand the significant role they have as inclusive leaders to the long term success of the company.

Participants learned of the opportunities pertaining to the advancement, development and inclusion of all associates and what they mean to the company’s future. Valuing all shift populations and investing to understand their genuine perspectives and thoughts helps to ensure that inclusivity is an integral part of the future. As such, the 2015 Summit was an exciting and meaningful experience.

“Our evolution and growth as a business is founded on an unwavering commitment to putting people, customers, and associates at the center of what we do. The six strategies in The Innovation Mentality elevate and strengthen our core values by reinforcing the importance of creating environments where authenticity is encouraged and deeply valued.”

Gisel Ruiz

Executive Vice President, International People Division at Walmart

THE SUMMIT EXPERIENCE

Corporate strategies were not designed to handle mass variance in people.

Today’s new realities in the workplace and marketplace require us to better understand and appreciate non-traditional methods and perspectives as personalization forces us to reinvent the ways we think, work and lead.

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