Speaker Bio
Ingrid Laman is a Vice President of Advisory in the HR Practice at Gartner. Ms. Laman is responsible for interfacing almost continuously with Chief Human Resource Officers, Heads of Talent Management, and other senior HR executives to foster deep, broad relationships with individuals, applying and packaging Gartner's resources to meet their challenges; and sensing patterns among customer needs to drive the research agenda and event calendar.
Additionally, she is responsible for supporting commercial meetings in conjunction with revenue partners. She is also responsible for overall contract value outcomes for the programs they support. Her key responsibilities are: Applying expansive knowledge of Gartner research to help resolve high-value business problems for clients, managing and developing advisory strategy for a portfolio of member companies, assumes a leadership role in defining the research agenda and in product development activities, actively shaping the direction of ongoing research and product creation projects; participating in and providing feedback during checkpoint meetings and other stages of the strategic research process and supports revenue functions to diagnose issues and deliver insights and values in the moment.
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Sessions
Monday, October 27, 2025
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDT
Roundtable: The Future of HR Generalists
Ingrid Laman,
VP, Advisory, Gartner
Much of the focus of HR operational model and HR talent conversations centers on the HR Business Partner, with little to no attention on HR Generalists. However, for many organizations, almost 1 out of every 5 HR team members is an HR Generalist. Join this Roundtable session to discuss the following questions:
1) Should we continue to recruit and upskill HR Generalists given the emphasis on strategic HR activities?
2) How can we rethink the HR Generalist role to prepare them for a future in HR business partnering or HR service delivery?
3) How do we attract, engage, and develop HR Generalists for different career paths?
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Monday, October 27, 2025
02:30 PM - 04:00 PM EDT
CHRO Circle Research Discussion: Reinventing Change Leadership
Ingrid Laman,
VP, Advisory, Gartner
Emily Strother,
Director, Team Manager, Gartner
With CEOs prioritizing growth amidst global economic uncertainty, HR leaders must help leaders drive change without corroding employee engagement. However, HR leaders face two challenges: 74% of them believe leaders lack change leadership skills and 73% recognize employees are fatigued from change. CHROs and their teams will learn what great change leadership looks like in an environment where work is characterized by never-ending change rather than predictable continuity.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM EDT
Research Discussion: Reinventing Change Leadership
Ingrid Laman,
VP, Advisory, Gartner
Kayla Velnoskey,
Director, Research, Gartner
With CEOs prioritizing growth amidst global economic uncertainty, HR leaders must help leaders drive change without corroding employee engagement. However, HR leaders face two challenges: 74% of them believe leaders lack change leadership skills and 73% recognize employees are fatigued from change. CHROs and their teams will learn what great change leadership looks like in an environment where work is characterized by never-ending change rather than predictable continuity.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
01:30 PM - 02:15 PM EDT
Roundtable: Change Management Approaches in an Environment of Never-Ending Change
Ingrid Laman,
VP, Advisory, Gartner
Over 80% of organizations have undergone at least one significant organizational restructuring, senior leader transition and/or organizational culture change in the past year. The amount and pace of disruptive change will only increase amid a renewed focus on growth coupled with disruptive technological advancements as well as political and economic uncertainty. Join this roundtable to discuss and debate with your peers’ different approaches to managing change in this time of never-ending change.
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