What is the Future of Work?

Special guests Dave Ulrich, Speaker, Author, Professor & HR Thought Partner, The RBL Group, University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business Pat Wadors, Chief Talent Officer - CHRO at ServiceNow Kristina Morton, VP of HR Europe & Australia at General Mills to discuss “What is the future of work?”

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Practical Advice for Growing HR in a Global Company

We are joined by Dusti Swinney Global VP, HR at ECCO Safety Group where to discuss the practical advice for growing HR in a global company.

YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:

  • How Dusti’s unusual journey into HR and how that experience gave her a realistic outlook on human resources

  • How to be a valuable business partner and get a seat at the table

  • Why it's important for HR to understand the business

  • How to forge the way and bring leaders with you?

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Are Your Hiring Practices Keeping Up?

We are joined by Robin Borough, CEO, Co-Founder at Aristahire to discuss why the hiring process is broken and how we got from 1980's recruiting to the present day.

YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:

  • How we all got here, recruiting practice from the 1980's to present?

  • Are we really suffering from a talent shortage or are there plenty of people right underneath our noses?

  • How social and mobile recruiting are adding tremendous complexity and how to handle this

  • What companies could be doing better and the cost of improper hiring?

  • Why the candidate experience is more important now than ever

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The End of Job Descriptions and the Rise of Project Roles

We are joined by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, Director Head of Project Management at GSK to discuss the end of job descriptions and the rise of project roles.

YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:

  • The inspiration behind Antonio’s new book

  • What are the key competencies needed to transform and thrive in the new digital and project driven economy

  • 4 important questions to ask yourself before starting a project

  • Why 100% project competition doesn’t exist

  • The common mistakes people make when embarking on a project

  • Why it’s important to focus on successful projects as well as the unsuccessful ones

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A Manager's Guide to Getting Results—Without Losing Your Soul

We are joined by Karin Hurt, Chief Executive Officer
at Let's Grow Leaders to discuss how leaders can get results without losing their souls.

YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:

  • The inspiration behind Karin’s new book and how it lead to love

  • How to reinforce behaviours that produce results

  • Why it’s important to delegate outcomes rather than focusing on process

  • 4 simple questions that get your team thinking more strategically

  • How to encourage more micro-innovation

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Resiliency is NOT about pain. It's about Possibility

We are joined by Eileen McDargh, International expert on the strategy of resiliency in the workplace and CEO chief energy officer at resilience group to discuss resiliency in the workplace.

YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:

  • The inspiration behind Eileen’s new book

  • How to define resiliency

  • What is “PTSG” Post Traumatic Stress Growth?

  • The affect of burn out on employees and the impact on business

  • What does a resilient organisation look like?

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Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More

We are joined by Mark Graban, Lean & Continuous Improvement,  Author, Speaker and Consultant to discuss how leaders can learn to react less, lead better and improve more.

YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:

  • The inspiration behind his new book

  • Why we need to stop reacting to noise and start responding to signals

  • The common mistakes companies make when looking at data

  • What is “plot the dots”

  • Advice for HR professionals implementing lean

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Insights from an HR Transformation & Change Journey

We are joined by Amit Avasthi, Head of HR Emerging Markets at Larsen & Toubro Infotech to discuss his experience managing HR Transformations.

YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:

  • How Amit’s experience as a consultant helped in his role as a HR professional

  • Why we should focus on bite-sized HR and avoid longer interactions

  • Amit’s advice for those embarking on a HR transformation journey

  • Why the first step of any transformation should be to ask yourself “what is really going to change?”

  • How Amit used gamification as a tool to communicate change

  • Why HR needs to justify it’s seat at the table

  • Why creating a Culture of coaching is the real #futureofwork

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Eurosport: How To Increase Employee Well-being Through Digitalisation

We are joined by Caroline Roque, Compensation and Benefits Manager at Eurosport & Faustine Jerome, Product Manager at Benify to discuss how Eurosport increased employee well-being through digitisation.

YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:

  • The challenge Eurosport was facing and how Caroline found Benify

  • How does not having a benefits solution affect employee well-being

  • How Eurosport maintained consistent engagement rates via content and competitions

  • The feedback from employees

  • Advice for compensation and Benefits managers looking for a benefits solution

  • Caroline’s overall experience with Benify

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How to Master Your Mind When Emotions Take the Wheel

We are joined by Marcia Reynolds, Global Expert in Holding Mind Changing Conversations to discuss how you can use coaching skills to turn difficult conversations into positive results.

YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:

  • Why telling people what to do is a big waste of time

  • The importance of considering the individuals goals during these difficult conversations

  • What you can do to avoid bringing emotion (especially judgement) into the conversation

  • Why you should be curious about your employees thinking

  • Using coaching skills or reflective inquiry to change minds

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HR Transformation: A Talent Acquisition Journey

We are joined by Sean Murphy, Director, Global Talent Acquisition at United Technologies Corporation to discuss UTC’s HR Transformation Journey.

YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:

  • Sean’s experience joining his client and facing the good and bad decisions

  • Where to start when embarking on a HR Transformation journey

  • Converting business partners into strategic recruiting partners

  • How to get buy-in from senior stake holders and keep them engaged

  • The importance of communicating change early and as often as possible

  • Looking back what he’d do differently

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How MSD Increased Employee Satisfaction Through Technology

We are joined by Isabelle Couquiaud-Schbath, Compensation & Benefits Associate Director at MSD & Rosalie Riss, Senior Account Manager at Benify

YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:

  • The challenge MSD faced and how Isabelle found Benify

  • MSD’s previous benefits system

  • Questions you should ask when looking for a benefits solution

  • Why Benify?

  • The impact this has had on their employees and their feedback

  • How the solution adds another layer of communication

  • Isabelle’s overall experience with Benify

  • Isabelle’s plans to expand the solution to other parts of the country

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Pregnant and Screwed: Working to end the Motherhood Penalty

We are joined by Joeli Brearley, Founder at Pregnant Then Screwed.

YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:

  • What is the motherhood penalty and how it’s affecting mothers in the workplace

  • Joeli’s experience of been sacked the day after announcing she was 4 months pregnant

  • How HR can better support parents that are returning to work

  • Why 30% of employers avoid hiring mothers of child bearing age

  • How Pregnant and Screwed support mothers with tribunals

  • The resources and help available to parents affected by workplace discrimination

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