7:30 am Conference Registration & Networking
8:30 am What it Takes to Make a Leap a Reality
8:40 am Chair’s Welcome, Opening Remarks & Connection Before Content
Investing In Your People to Transform Employee Engagement
8:50 am Discover: Knowing Your People Before You Have To
Synopsis
- What more can be done to truly invest in your workforce and ensure authentic engagement with your employees
- The power of regular communication to build trust and connect with your people from onboarding on
- How SupportLogic is cultivating a supportive, workplace culture and driving the importance of stay interviews to inspire a future-focused people strategy
9:10 am Discover: Humans not Robots; Re-imagining The Way We Connect To Our People
Synopsis
- What more can be done to ensure a human element is still consistent in a world of fast-growing tech?
- Investing in your workforce from the candidate experience through to the long-serving employee
- How AlertMedia are taking the holistic approach to a people-centric business strategy to engage their employees and differentiate themselves from their competitors
9:30 am Discover: Beyond the Task: How Strong Team Relationships Elevate Performance From Good to Great
Synopsis
- Knowing how and when to shift from Task to Relationship, building bonds for business breakthroughs
- The importance of creating and cultivating a common language to increase engagement
- Understanding the gifts in the opposite type – an exploration into how those most unlike us, help fill in our gaps and make us better.
9:50 am Develop: What More Can We Learn from the HR leaders Connecting Their People Strategy to Their Business Strategy?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair
10:10 am Action: What Are You Now Going to do to Better Connect Your People with Your Business Strategy
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:30 am Speed Networking Break
Cultivating a High-Performance Culture to Leverage Growth
11:10 am Discover: Re-evaluating Performance & Development to Ensure a High-Performance Culture
Synopsis
- What more can we do to ensure a culture of high performance and success whilst eliminating intense competition and the risk of burnout
- Engineering a balance between high performance and risk of burnout to drive a strong company culture and sense of teamwork
- Culture creation to get the best out of your team without lacking business strategy in a fast-paced, fast-growing company
11:30 am Discover: Preparing High Potential Leaders to Lead Future Growth and Drive Innovation
Synopsis
In this session, Ashley Forbes Armstrong, Director, Learning & Leadership Development at Salesforce and
Meghan Mariner, Partner, BTS, will share highlights of what makes the program successful, and how other talent leaders can help make the connection from people to business strategy. Key highlights
include:
- The role of leveraging senior leadership systematically to upskill high-potential leaders
- The power of business simulations and action learning projects to enable high-potential leaders
- to build product innovation muscle
- The key to sustaining a large scale learning program when resources become more constrained
- The importance of building community and the role of intentional inclusion across the cohort
- How to have a multi-phase program that works together cohesively to deliver continuously
- learning
11:50 am Develop: What More Can We Learn from the HR leaders Doing More With Less and Levelling Up Their HR Strategy
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair
12:10 pm Action: What Are You Now Going to Do to Elevate HR strategy in your own organisation?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:30 pm Lunch
The Power of Connecting Business & People Strategy
1:20 pm Discover: The importance of individualizing your plan for people when it comes to change, not matter the size or scope of change
Synopsis
- What more can we do to engage employees and keep morale high at a time of industry uncertainty and high-growth markets
- Driving diversity and engagement in the workplace to cultivate a loyal, high-performing workforce
- How Paylocity is transforming their HR strategy to retain a motivated workforce in a fast-paced, challenging industry whilst leveraging growth without limits
1:40 pm Discover: The Power of Connecting Business Strategy with People Strategy
Synopsis
- What more can we do to ensure a culture of high performance and success whilst eliminating intense competition and the risk of burnout
- Engineering a balance between high performance and risk of burnout to drive a strong company culture and sense of teamwork
- Culture creation to get the best out of your team without lacking business strategy in a fast-paced, fast-growing company
2:00 pm Discover: The Power of a Connected Workforce and Business Strategy in Times of Industry Uncertainty
Synopsis
- What can be done to offer reassurance and transparency to employees to drive motivation in times of industry uncertainty
- Refreshing the employee experience in a remote-friendly workforce to show investment to employees, keep engagement levels high and enrich your top talent
- Championing culture in the face of industry uncertainty to enrich your top talent and instil confidence back into your workforce
2:20 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn from HR Leaders Rethinking The Way We Can Invest in Our People & Build a Connected Workforce
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair
2:40 pm Action: How Are You Going to Rethink Engagement for your Employees and Truly Invest in Your People?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
3:00 pm Networking Break
3:40 pm Panel Discussion: Diversifying Tech Talent to Drive Inclusivity & Cultivate a Top-Performing Workforce
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair