CommonHealth Promotes Susan DiDonato to EVP, Chief Talent Officer.PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- CommonHealth today announced the promotion of Susan DiDonato from senior vice president, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. to executive vice president, chief talent officer. CommonHealth (www.commonhealth.com) is the world's leading healthcare-communications network and a WPP Group WPP Group plc (LSE: WPP) (NASDAQ: WPPGY), based in London, United Kingdom, is one of the world's largest communications services groups (and one of the big six advertising holding companies, the others being Omnicom, Interpublic, Publicis, Dentsu and Havas) employing (NASDAQ/ADR: WPPGY; www.wpp WPP Wire & Plastic Product PLC WPP World Press Photo WPP Web Presence Provider WPP Wolf Pack Productions (anime fan subbing group) WPP Witness Protection Program WPP Wireless Packet Platform WPP Work Package Planning .com) company. In her new position, Ms. DiDonato will oversee the human resources department to ensure the successful implementation of strategic goals through recruitment, personnel development, employee retention, performance management and succession planning Management Succession Planning In organizational development, succession planning is the process of identifying and preparing suitable employees through mentoring, training and job rotation, to replace key players — such as the chief executive officer (CEO) — within the CommonHealth network of companies. "In a business powered by people, it can be argued that there is no role more important than Susan's," noted Matt Giegerich, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CommonHealth. "As one of our longest-tenured employees, her understanding of CommonHealth's history and culture, the important nuances of a business deeply focused on growth, as well as the intensely human impact of our efforts is unequalled. She meets everyday challenges with wisdom, humor and humanity, and no doubt she'll use each of those admirable traits in her new role for the organization." Ms. DiDonato began her career at CommonHealth in 1987 as an account supervisor at Ferguson, CommonHealth's founding professional advertising and promotion unit. She held the title of director of account coordination at Ferguson prior to joining the human resources department as a vice president. CommonHealth comprises Ferguson, Adient, Altum, Carbon, Conectics, HLS (Hue Lightness Saturation) A color space that is closely related to HSB, except that Brightness is called Lightness and is measured from 0 to 1 rather than from 0 to 100%. See HSB. , MBS/Vox, Noesis, ProCom, Qi, Quantum, Solara and Xchange. The organization also maintains numerous partnerships both within and outside of the WPP Group network of companies. |
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