Human Resources : Rich Floersch at McDonald's

Rich Floersch

Senior Strategic Advisor at HR Policy Association

Greater Chicago Area

Restaurants

Previous	McDonald's,  Kraft Foods,  Altria
Education	State University of New York at Buffalo - School of Management

500+connections

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/richfloersch

Background

Summary

Rich has more than 30 years of corporate HR experience....most recently as the CHRO of McDonald's for twelve years...and is now working with the HR Policy Association in the areas of executive compensation (Center on Executive Compensation), health care (Health Transformation Alliance) and HR policies. In addition, he is providing consulting assistance to other CHROs and those organizations that support the further development of the function.
He remains on the Executive Committee of the Peer Rountable for CHROs (PRT), a member of the National Academy of Human Resources and a board member of the Skills for Chicagoland's Future.

Experience

Senior Strategic Advisor

HR Policy Association

January 2016 – Present (6 months)Chicago/DC

Chief Human Resources Officer

McDonald's

November 2003 – December 2015 (12 years 2 months)Greater Chicago Area

SVP HR Kraft Foods International

Kraft Foods

1999 – 2003 (4 years)Greater New York City Area

VP Comp and Benefits

Altria

1994 – 1999 (5 years)Greater New York City Area

Skills

Top Skills

• 99+Human Resources
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• 80Succession Planning
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• 72Employee Benefits
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• 52Leadership
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• 42Performance Management
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• 38Workforce Planning
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• 37Employee Relations
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• 32Deferred Compensation
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• 27HR Policies
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Rich also knows about...

• 26Employee Engagement
• 23Leadership Development
• 20Onboarding
• 19Talent Acquisition
• 19Organizational...
• 15Employee Training
• 15Recruiting
• 13Organizational...
• 12HRIS
• 12Change Management
• 12Benefits Administration
• 11Organizational Design
• 11Personnel Management
• 10Labor Relations
• 10Applicant Tracking...
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Education

State University of New York at Buffalo - School of Management

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

1975 – 1980

Projects

Future of HR Project

Starting January 2014

A groundswell of enthusiasm has emerged, to create a movement that will advance the future of the HR profession faster. Beginning in 2013, with a handful of like-minded HR leaders, the Future of HR Project (FHR) initiative has attracted over 30 CHROs and other HR leaders. These HR leaders have devoted hundreds of hours of volunteer effort to map how HR must evolve to meet the future challenges in...more

(Open)19 team members, including:

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  Rich Floersch

  Senior Strategic Advisor at HR Policy Association

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  John Boudreau

  Professor and Research Director, University of Southern California

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  Carolyn Rearick

  Project Manager

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  Ian Ziskin

  President of EXec EXcel Group LLC

Volunteer Experience & Causes

Board member

Skills for Chicagoland's Future

June 2012 – Present (4 years 1 month)Social Services