LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), one of the world’s largest restaurant companies
with more than 41,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants in over
125 countries and territories, announced today that Chief People Officer
Anne Byerlein has been named one of Forbes’ Top 10 Chief Human
Resources Officers (CHRO). The Top 10 CHRO list was developed by Mike
Myatt, a Forbes contributor, author and leadership expert and
advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs and Boards.
Yum! Brands, one of the world's largest restaurant companies with more than 41,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants in over 125 countries and territories, announced today that Chief People Officer Anne Byerlein has been named one of Forbes' Top 10 Chief Human Resources Officers (CHRO). The Top 10 CHRO list was developed by Mike Myatt, a Forbes contributor, author and leadership expert and advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs and Boards. (Photo: Business Wire)
Byerlein, who has served as Chief People Officer since 2002, is one of
an elite group of human resources executives on the list. In Myatt’s
February 11 article on Forbes.com, he recognized Byerlein for her
role in leading global Human Resources for Yum! Brands, which includes
recruiting, staffing, benefits, people development and training,
employee relations, diversity and inclusion, security, and facilities
for more than 1.5 million employees and franchise associates across all
the Company’s divisions. He noted that Byerlein has been behind many of
the Company’s successes over the years. In addition, he said she has a
reputation for strategic thinking, tactical precision and a nose for
talent. Myatt also discussed how today’s successful CHROs are change
agents who help fuel growth and development, corporate strategy and
culture at their companies. To read Myatt’s article, visit: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2015/02/11/my-picks-for-the-top-10-chros-why-it-matters/.
“It’s important that leaders in our company are Smart with Heart,” said
Greg Creed, Chief Executive Officer, Yum! Brands. “Anne lives and
breathes our culture and exemplifies someone who is Smart with Heart but
also has the Courage to make the big decisions that drive successful
results. Her recognition is well deserved and demonstrates our Company’s
focus on building people capability at all levels.”
Yum! Brands was recognized late last year as one of the Aon Hewitt Top
Companies for Leaders® in North America for its comprehensive leadership
development programs and practices. Over the years, Yum! has created a
unique people-first culture that is centered around reward and
recognition to drive results. Yum! Brands’ approach to developing talent
is customized and highly interactive. The Company creates programs and
offers training and tools around the world – for restaurant team members
to Restaurant Support Center employees – in order to unlock individual
talent and foster business and personal growth. Some examples include:
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Yum! University – Yum! University is a worldwide learning and
development platform that offers courses and workshops designed to
teach the skills and behaviors to build the capability of
above-restaurant leaders around the world. Yum! University offers
classroom and online courses, with over 35 million online courses
completed in the past few years alone.
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Achieving Breakthrough Results (ABR) – ABR is a high-impact
leadership and action-planning training that Yum! has cascaded to its
employees and franchisees around the globe to drive breakthrough
thinking and innovation. ABR provides associates with more than 50
tools and concepts aimed at high performance.
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Taking People With You (TPWY) – Yum! Brands’ Executive
Chairman, David Novak, developed and trained his Taking People With
You leadership program to thousands of managers and franchisees
worldwide for 17 years. The training – along with Novak’s best-selling
book based on the program, TAKING PEOPLE WITH YOU: The Only Way to
Make BIG Things Happen – offers a step-by-step guide to key
aspects of leadership such as setting big goals, getting others on
board and achieving break-through results. The Company has cascaded
the training in 11 different languages, reaching more than 50,000
restaurant general managers and above restaurant leaders globally.
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Sales Overnight, Brand Over Time – Yum! Brands’ CEO, Greg
Creed, teaches associates the Sales Overnight, Brand Over Time
program. The training is designed to help associates build a
successful marketing mindset. The interactive experience focuses on
developing a better understanding of how each brand’s identity comes
to life in everything they do. Attendees include franchise partners
and marketers from Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC.
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Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarships – Yum! wants to make
learning and career development accessible to as many of its
associates as possible. In the U.S., the Company provides salaried
associates with tuition reimbursement opportunities. In addition,
through Yum!’s Andy Pearson Scholarship Program, the Company has
awarded 2,500 scholarships and nearly $6 million in grants to
associates since 2003.
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over 41,000
restaurants in more than 125 countries and territories. Yum! is ranked
#216 on the Fortune 500 List with revenues of over $13 billion and in
2014 was named among the top 100 Corporate Citizens by Corporate
Responsibility Magazine. The Company's restaurant brands - KFC, Pizza
Hut and Taco Bell - are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza and
Mexican-style food categories. Outside the United States, the Yum!
Brands system opened over five new restaurants per day, making it a
leader in international retail development.
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