Gartner Expert

Ingrid B Laman

VP, Advisory

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.

Previous experience

In her previous role, Ms. Laman has worked closely with C-level executives to identify and produce research that solve complex business challenges on a global scale. This includes directing the scope of the research, identifying and executing on product deliverables' including diagnostics and webinars, and building new content ideas.

Professional background

CEB, Principal Executive Advisor, 10 years

CEB, Research Director, Learning & Development and Recruiting Leadership Council, 8 years

PwC, Competitive Intelligence, 1 years

Areas of coverage
  • Employee Experience

  • HR Function Strategy and Management

Education

M.S., Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Graduated With Honors

B.A., International Relations and Spanish, Wellesley College, Cum Laude

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Developing a dynamic, business-aligned HR and talent strategy with CHROs and HR leaders

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Educating CHROs and HR leaders on the HR operating model of the future to achieve strategic alignment and operational efficiency

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Increasing the effectiveness of HR Business Partners on strategic competencies and activities

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Attracting and engaging critical talent by designing a compelling EVP and employee experience

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Measuring and managing a strategy-aligned, future-oriented organizational culture