ASTDBR Meeting: Aligning T&D with business strategy - Create a roadmap to drive higher value and relevance for your role

In today’s competitive business environment, value is defined by differentiation.  This means work must be done faster, smarter, and cheaper.  In the T&D world, the implications are significant.  The traditional role of training and performance management is evolving, being redefined by the level of value it generates for the organization.  In your organization, is the T&D evolution being led? If so, who is leading it?   This session focuses on how to align the T&D role with the organization’s strategic priorities and create the opportunity for T&D to deliver a higher value than ever before.

• How to define value for yourself and the T&D function specifically within your organization
• How to get a seat at the ‘C-suite’ table (and keep it)
• How to create alignment between T&D and the long-term strategic direction of the company

Martha Stuart Williams, Ph.D. 
Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
Amedisys, Inc. 

Martha Stuart Williams, Ph.D. is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Amedisys, Inc, one of the nation’s largest providers of home health and hospice care. As a member of the executive leadership team, she advises the CEO on matters of strategy and policy impacting the company. She also guides the alignment of today’s business priorities with the company’s long term strategy of managing the continuum of care at home for the aging population.

Dr. Williams currently serves on the Advisory Board of Women Business Leaders in Health Care; she is chair of the Quality and Innovation Working Group of the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation (AHHQI); and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the YWCA- Baton Rouge and is a member of the University Lab School Cub Club. She has served on the boards of the Early Learning Center and the Epsilon chapter of Kappa Delta sorority and currently volunteers for those organizations. In 2010, Dr. Williams received the “Top 40 under 40” award from the Baton Rouge Business Report. In 2008, she received the “Portrait of Caring” award from Cox Communications and 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge for her efforts to promote diversity and unity in the Baton Rouge community.

Dr. Williams’ graduate research focused on disparities in health care relative to cultural intelligence among healthcare providers. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Human Resource Education and Workforce Development as well as a Master of Public Administration, a Master of Science in Human Resource Education and Workforce Development, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Louisiana State University.