CNBC TO HOST LIVESTREAMED EVENT, CNBC@WORK: LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT AMID CRISIS THURSDAY APRIL 2 @ 12PM ET
WHEN: Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 12:00PM ET
WHERE: CNBC.com/work and on Twitter
On Thursday, April 2nd at 12:00PM ET, CNBC will host a 90-minute livestreamed event, "CNBC@Work: Leadership & Management Amid Crisis," on CNBC.com/work and on CNBC's Twitter page.
Companies are facing unprecedented challenges in responding to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Chief among these challenges: how to protect the wellbeing of workers, while also maintaining business continuity and determining the path forward. "CNBC@Work: Leadership & Management Amid Crisis" will tackle key questions, including crisis management and communication, managing a newly remote workforce, and best practices on how to keep employees safe in the workplace.
The event sponsors are Workday, Coupa, SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management), T-Mobile for Business, and ZipRecruiter.
Hosted by CNBC's Tyler Mathisen, this special interactive livestream will feature exclusive interviews from additional CNBC's anchors and reporters Sharon Epperson, Jon Fortt, and Andrew Ross Sorkin, including:
- Laszlo Bock, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Humu; Former Senior Vice President, People Operations, Google
- John Chambers, Founder and CEO, J2C Ventures; Chairman Emeritus, Cisco
- Carmine Di Sibio, Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EY
- Bill Duane, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bill Duane and Associates; Former Head of Well Being and Sustainable Performance Development Programs, Google
- Jason Fried, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Basecamp
- Arianna Huffington, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Thrive Global
- Luana Marques, PhD, Founder and Director of Community Psychiatry Program for Research in Implementation and Dissemination of Evidence-Based Treatments, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
- Daniel Pink, Bestselling Author, "When: The Scientific Science of Perfect Timing," and "Drive: The Surprising Truth of What Motivates Us"
- Elisabeth Reynolds, Executive Director, Work of the Future, Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topics of discussion will include leadership during a crisis, business resilience and productivity, employee mental and physical wellness, and managing newly remote workforces—technologically and from a human standpoint. The full agenda is available at CNBCEvents.com: https://www.cnbcevents.com/work-livestream/.
CNBC's @Work franchise—which includes editorial on-air and digital content and live events—is focused on sharing the best strategies to build and empower the workforce of the future. The NYC summit, previously scheduled for April 2nd, will take place in Fall 2020, with the exact details to come.
Those interested in participating in the livestream can RSVP to receive continued updates on CNBCEvents.com: https://www.cnbcevents.com/work-livestream/, and can also subscribe to CNBC's @Work newsletter and/or visit cnbc.com/work for related parallel content.
For more information contact:
Jennifer Dauble
CNBC
t: 201.735.4721
m: 201.615.2787
e: jennifer.dauble@nbcuni.com
Emma Martin
CNBC
t: 201.735.4713
m: 551.275.6221
e: emma.martin@nbcuni.com