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Event Programme

Date: 13th February 2023
Venue: Park Plaza Riverbank London
Address: 18 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ

Panelists

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Stephanie Sinko (Panel Moderator)
MRI Software – VP Talent Management EMEA

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Richard Nolan
Epos Now – Chief People Officer

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Seena Mohan
UST – Senior HR Business Partner

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Rory Browne
Genpact – VP Innovation & Transformation

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Inna Landman, SVP, Talent Acquisition, People Experience & Insights at Workday

Everything we know about work is changing—from where, how, and when work happens to what people need to feel happy and motivated. Not only is the place where we work is changing, so are worker expectations. In addition, business expectations are changing at the same time. Companies have to find new growth engines which require re-skilling the workforce.

With everything changing around us, HR leaders need to respond to changing needs. We need to rethink our workforce planning approaches, take a dynamic approach to building skills, and preserve company culture while managing a hybrid workforce.

Join this roundtable to discuss one of the biggest shifts to ‘how we work’ that we’ve seen in decades.

Bio: Inna Landman is the SVP, Talent Acquisition, People Experience & Insights at Workday. Inna is focused on hiring extraordinary people and through the use of data analytics, creating remarkable and connected employee experiences to nurture Workday’s culture and overall performance of the company. While permanently based in the United States, Inna is currently on an expatriate assignment in France, helping Workday scale and thrive in EMEA.

Inna joined Workday in 2013 as an HR business partner and has held a number of different HR leadership roles throughout her tenure. In her time at Workday, she’s been focused on helping the company scale from 2,500 employees to now over 18,000 Workmates while cultivating Workday’s culture in hyper growth.

Prior to Workday, Inna has held a variety of HR roles at different multinational organizations. Inna holds an MS in Human Resources from Golden Gate University and a BS in Business Management from Arizona State University.

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Avichal Kulshrestha
Principal Industry Insights Manager, UKG

Navigating people operations challenges in 2023 by fixing the HR-Operations divide 

Abstract: People and organisations are navigating relentless uncertainty. Taking care of your people has never been more challenging — or more critical. Resilient organisations have learned that they must pay close attention to emerging trends and quickly adapt to maintain business continuity during times of uncertainty. This session delivers insights from UKG’s 2023 HR Megatrends report developed with international researchers, social scientists, and researchers and recommends innovative people operations strategies that can help you navigate the biggest HR and operations challenges we face today.

Bio: Avichal is a Principal Industry Insights Manager at UKG and has 11 years of engineering and leadership experience across various industries. He works with global researchers and business leaders to identify key trends, insights, and best practices to educate organisations on how technology can help improve their people operations to achieve better employee experience and business outcomes.

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Sarah Henson, Senior Behavioural Scientist
CoachHub

How can HR leaders future-proof their leadership?

In the past, leaders have frequently been the smartest, hardest working person in the room.  They were central to the success of the organisation due to their ability to problem solve and innovate.  First and foremost, they were usually technically brilliant.  Nobody knew as much about the subject or product and they could use that genius to galvanise others.
The problems facing business now are more complex and rapidly evolving than ever before.  The accelerating rate of technological change adds complexity to an already convoluted landscape.  The new reality for leaders is that they cannot have all the answers.
Leadership has become the responsibility of everyone involved in the leader’s team; requiring individuals to temporarily take up leadership as required.  So how does a team (people) leader adapt to this?  They still have a crucial role but it requires the development of new insights and new mindsets.
Coaching plays a crucial role in helping leaders work through and define what that is.  It provides the time and space to think, reflect and be intentional, in a way that the leaders in the past, the technical masters, never had to do.  This round table explores these concepts and considers how coaching can support the development of a new and urgently needed approach to leadership.
Bio: Before joining CoachHub as Senior Behavioural Scientist, Sarah spearheaded HR programmes for a variety of renowned organisations; most recently as the Senior Manager for Learning and Leadership Development at De Beers Group.
After a successful career helping people realise their potential, Sarah now dedicates her time to educate, inspire and challenge HR leaders from all over the world to transform their people and organisations through the power of coaching.

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Inna Landman, SVP, Talent Acquisition, People Experience & Insights at Workday

Getting to the Heart of Employee Engagement with Workday

Synopsis: The past two years have unearthed the significance of employee experience, and even more so, the cost of not listening to your employees. To empower leaders and managers with employee insights that will create great employee experiences and further develop their skills, organisations must implement an active employee listening strategy that enables them to gather real-time insights into employee sentiment and gain visibility into the whole employee experience across their entire organisation. Join this session and gain strategic insight into:

  • How intelligent listening technology helps gain real-time employee sentiment
  • How people leaders can take effective actions, measure progress and benchmark success
  • Best practices for improving employee engagement, retention, and workplace culture

Bio: Inna Landman is the SVP, Talent Acquisition, People Experience & Insights at Workday. Inna is focused on hiring extraordinary people and through the use of data analytics, creating remarkable and connected employee experiences to nurture Workday’s culture and overall performance of the company. While permanently based in the United States, Inna is currently on an expatriate assignment in France, helping Workday scale and thrive in EMEA.

Inna joined Workday in 2013 as an HR business partner and has held a number of different HR leadership roles throughout her tenure. In her time at Workday, she’s been focused on helping the company scale from 2,500 employees to now over 18,000 Workmates while cultivating Workday’s culture in hyper growth.

Prior to Workday, Inna has held a variety of HR roles at different multinational organizations. Inna holds an MS in Human Resources from Golden Gate University and a BS in Business Management from Arizona State University.

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Dr. Chris Morris, Medical Director GP, Allied and Mental Health Services, HealthHero Solutions.

Wellbeing At Work: 3 Ways To Get Started

Abstract: There are three core wellbeing areas—psychological, physical, and financial— all are inextricably linked. People with autoimmune diseases are more likely to suffer from depression with sometimes fatal outcomes. Money troubles cause stress and anxiety. And mental illness can affect how people deal with money.

Whichever way you unravel it, there’s no approach to wellbeing that can separate one area from another. And, yet, employers often overlook the connection. For staff to get the care that’s so vital, employers must implement a holistic and preventative wellbeing at work strategy.

At this roundtable we look at these three core areas of wellbeing and provide valuable tips and tricks so you can see where you are on your wellbeing journey and take steps to reach your goals sooner.

Bio: Having qualified from St George’s in 1987 I spent eight years in the British Army. After a year in Psychiatry I worked part-time as a GP and part-time outside medicine for three years until 1999 when I became a full-time partner in a large general practice in Slough.

Over the past 20 years I have been a GP Trainer, trained GP Trainers, been an Associate GP Dean and the Associate Dean for Quality across Thames Valley, a Coach & Mentor and chaired the Professional Executive Committee of Slough PCT.

Simultaneously, since 2001 I have been consulting for Medical Solutions (now HealthHero) as a GP. In May 2019 I was appointed the Medical Director and in 2022 I stepped down as the Joint Managing Partner of my GP practice to become the nearly full time Medical Director of HealthHero Solutions whilst maintaining a small commitment as an NHS GP.

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Dhaval Gore, Director
Partner Communities, G-P

Exploring the Top Priorities for HR Leaders in 2023

Abstract: As workplace trends continue to evolve, so do the HR challenges leaders must tackle to serve the ever-changing landscape. 2022 brought a cost-of-living crisis, the darkening clouds of a potential global recession, and the trend of quiet quitting.

HR leaders must curb these continuous overlapping crises to ensure their organizations remain competitive. Consequently, this “never normal” world has proven that HR’s strategic importance to business operations has never been more elevated.

Join Dhaval Gore, Partner Director at G-P, for a deep dive into some of the major trends likely to influence the workplace throughout 2023, including:

  • Promoting upskilling within internal ranks
  • The ever-increasing importance of soft skills
  • Job seekers’ heightened focus on eco-conscious values

Bio: As the Director, Partner Communities, Dhaval supports and leads on G-P’s strategy for working with community partners across the UK and EMEA region. He is primarily involved in supporting accelerators, incubators, business associations and networks, chambers, and business support agencies to better serve, and speed up, their clients’ international expansion ambitions. Dhaval works with community partners across UK and EMEA, so that their clients can hire anyone, anywhere, quickly and easily.

Prior to joining G-P, Dhaval led London’s ‘Mayor’s International Business Programme’ supporting ambitious high-growth scale-up tech companies with their international growth plans. He has also led on sector strategy and activities in fintech, cyber security, blockchain and wider B2B tech enterprise

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Roopesh Panchasra – Global Head of Executive Talent Acquisition
Uber

My name is Roopesh and I have a confession to make, I love my job!

My 25+ years of joy as a Talent Acquisition Exec have been such a pleasure having worked with some of the best minds and influencers in our industry.

At present I hold the baton to Co-lead the Talent Acquisition organisation for incredible Uber. I have been blessed with opportunities to build & lead TA teams at amazing brands such as SAP, Workday, Expedia and VMware. Prior to moving in-house I spent 10 years at an Executive Search firm focussed on the Technology sector.

Combining creative thinking with inventiveness and technology have allowed my teams to successfully impact and drive optimal experiences. A magnified lens on inclusivity, fun and data driven strategies have been the common thread across all that I have done.

 

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Caitlin Kinsella
Group Director of Employee Engagement, D&I and Responsible Business – Capita PLC

Cost of Living Crisis: Is this a business issue to solve?

Abstract

2023 brings many challenges, not least, one of the most difficult economic climates many of our employees have ever experienced. Households are cutting back on non-essential spending and choosing between heat and food, while businesses are struggling to keep up with the cost of inflation and still deliver high-quality products and services. Is this crisis one that can, or should, be solved by business? What’s our moral obligation? And what practical steps can we take? Join Capita director and cost-of-living taskforce member Caitlin Kinsella, as she discusses what we can, should and must consider at this generational crisis point

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Caitlin is a people-centric leader with 20 years experience in HR, communications and business transformation. She’s worked across both the public and private sector in Australia and the UK, and is firm in her belief that organisations can deliver high-quality business outcomes without compromising on purpose, respect or values. She’s currently working to create a purpose-led workplace for over 50,000 Capita employees globally. Caitlin also represents Capita on Business In the Community’s cross-industry taskforce on the cost of living, because she believes everyone deserves equitable access to good work, career opportunities and a real living wage. Caitlin is a proud mum to twin two-year old girls, and is determined to help make the world of work a better place for everyone by the time her children join the workforce.

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Betony Kelly
Principal Consultant– Business Change & Adoption, Fujitsu

Abstract

Ever felt like leading change in an organisation is one of the most thankless tasks? If “about 70% of all change initiatives fail”, what happened to the people who led them? How do you manage your sanity when sometimes it seems like all around you are losing theirs? Join Bee to explore some of the key pitfalls for HR leaders and change professionals and how to side step them. She’ll draw on her wide experience as well as share insights from trauma theory, hostage negotiation, and neuroscience.

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Bee is a certified change management professional (Procsi) and Organisation Design practitioner with wide experience of delivering cultural and technology transformation in both the private sector and several central government departments. She enjoys fast paced, complex and ambiguous working environments and has more than 15 years’ experience of combining strong consulting and problem scoping skills, with innovative, inclusive, collective changemaking.

She is passionate about developing inclusive cultures and ensuring diversity is both heard and seen, inspired by her experience as a person who stammers. She founded the Civil Service Stammering Network which now has more than 80 members with 18 ambassadors active in 15 departments. She has been a trustee of STAMMA, the UK’s charity for stammering, 2018 – 2022 (including being Vice Chair in 2020). A natural motivator and improver, she enjoys building and developing individuals and diverse teams. She also plays the recorder and loves outdoor swimming.

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Peter Beesly
Future Skills & Careers Lead, DirectLine Group

The future of work is skills

Abstract: Organisations are struggling. Struggling to hire the people they need to evolve into the digital age resulting in high demand for specialist skills that are in short supply. But there is another way. The future of work is skills. We will discuss the approach to focusing on employee and organisational skill over jobs and qualifications and how upskilling and reskilling the workforce will engage employees and fill the ever-growing skill gaps in the global workforce and improve the employee experience to new unknown heights.

Bio: Transformation HR Lead with a specialist focus on how we energise organisations and employees to be the best that they can be by focusing on the future off work by adopting and encourage new and exciting mindsets.

Draw prizes include:

Prize 1 Apple ipad
Prize 2 Apple watch
Prize 3 Apple Home Pod Mini