Sam McCool, CEO & Founder, www.sammccool.com.au

Deanne Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, Aware Super

• The nexus of HR leadership
• Value creation and business performance

Richard Wilson, Director, Bendelta

The events of the last two years have massively accelerated some trends and flipped others on their heads. The evolution of organisational form, culture, conduct and ways of working is now happening faster than at any point in our lifetimes.

What must all organisations do to survive and thrive and how must leaders change their mindsets and behaviours, as well as their peoples to ensure success?

Gus Worland, Founder/ Director, Gotcha4life

• Mental Fitness - with the focus on building emotional muscle, and social connection and making a significant impact in raising the mental state of men, women, their families and communities.
• Meaningful Mateship / Talk and Communicate. Build a deeper level of chat with your friends, family and others in your community. Don’t worry alone.
• Speak up, reach out - encouraging everyone to speak up, reach out and develop the skills and connections needed for mental wellbeing.

Panellists:

Helen Anderson, Product Owner, Next Generation Leadership and Capability Transformation, Communications and People, Telstra

Deb Howcroft, VP Organisation Capability - People & Organisation Performance, BlueScope

Moderator:

Richard Wilson, Director, Bendelta

As leadership changes, so does what is required to develop leaders. The last two years have driven major changes to matters as fundamental as:

• Who are the leaders?
• What mindsets and capabilities are most critical?
• What development approaches get the most engagement and impact?
• In a time-poor, hybrid-working world, what is the most effective blend of modalities and cadences?

Hear the insights from leaders who are undertaking the most pioneering work in this space.

Shanyn Payne, Chief People Officer, Finder

How do business leaders transform their organizations to put purpose at the very center?

Given the emphasis today’s younger workers place on values, purpose and a meaningful mission, what will this mean for companies in the future?

Kiria McNamara, P&C Director, Swisse Wellness

• Driving high performance through innovation
• Leadership and wellness strategies for a high performing team
• Managing a team through trust and how this aligns with the future of work
• Bravery and innovation
• Reinventing the future of work in a large organization to connect to employee and business outcomes

• How are HR leaders creating an EVP which is suitable for 2022 and beyond?
• Building the EVP into the hybrid workplace from recruiting to onboarding to actual work experience
• Culture-add: fad or fact in boosting innovation and productivity in work teams?

• What challenges are organisations facing with hybrid work, and where have they been finding opportunities to perform better as a workforce?
• Managing the people challenges hybrid work has triggered to ensure business outcomes and employee wellbeing
• Strategies for re-entry and establishing the new normal after COVID– how are leading organisations managing the friction points, hesitations and discomforts?</li.

Speaker and synopsys coming soon.

• Leveraging multiple digital channels to relay information, protocols and drive engagement.
• How are digital technologies improving the employee experience and new working models?
• Managing change and measuring adoption rates among employees

Speaker coming soon

HR Executives are working tirelessly to shift their operating model to a hybrid work future, revaluating the employee experience that spans across people, places and processes and connecting with their workers ensuring they are engaged and valued.

At this roundtable we will discuss how to:

• Build a unified culture that’s not just about employee satisfaction
• Approach engagement as a business strategy that yields better results, particularly those physically furthest from upper management
• Evolve our places of work that fulfil the needs and objectives of organisations and foster employee belonging

Speaker coming soon

Digitalisation and globalisation have sparked radical shifts in how we live and work. COVID-19 crisis has accelerated these, raising essential questions about the future workforce, the skills needed and the support organisations are giving their employees.

• What you can do to prepare your workforce, especially vulnerable workers, for the digital transition
• The benefits of multi-stakeholder collaboration in triggering systemic change
• How companies and employees can work together to build back better

Margaret Pettitt, Principal, Bendelta

Synopsis coming soon

Speaker coming soon

Many organisations understand that there can be huge benefits to implementing a competency-based approach to acquiring and managing talent, but often don’t know how or where to start.

At this roundtable we will discuss:

• The benefits of competencies and why they are important to organisational success and employee engagement
• Best practices in competency-based management
• How competencies are used to support talent management
• How to implement or enhance an integrated CBM approach in your organisation

Ross McDonald, Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand, Perkbox

As workforces become more dispersed, meeting people's varied wants and needs has become a HR headache.
At the same time, benefits of fast overtaking wages as the deciding factor for employees.

In this session, Perkbox will provide insight on how you can create a benefit and rewards strategy that is truly global, and provides something for everyone.

Speaker coming soon

HR Executives are working tirelessly to shift their operating model to a hybrid work future, revaluating the employee experience that spans across people, places and processes and connecting with their workers ensuring they are engaged and valued.

At this roundtable we will discuss how to:

• Build a unified culture that’s not just about employee satisfaction
• Approach engagement as a business strategy that yields better results, particularly those physically furthest from upper management
• Evolve our places of work that fulfil the needs and objectives of organisations and foster employee belonging

Speaker coming soon

Digitalisation and globalisation have sparked radical shifts in how we live and work. COVID-19 crisis has accelerated these, raising essential questions about the future workforce, the skills needed and the support organisations are giving their employees.

• What you can do to prepare your workforce, especially vulnerable workers, for the digital transition
• The benefits of multi-stakeholder collaboration in triggering systemic change
• How companies and employees can work together to build back better

Margaret Pettitt, Principal, Bendelta

Synopsis coming soon

Speaker coming soon

Many organisations understand that there can be huge benefits to implementing a competency-based approach to acquiring and managing talent, but often don’t know how or where to start.

At this roundtable we will discuss:

• The benefits of competencies and why they are important to organisational success and employee engagement
• Best practices in competency-based management
• How competencies are used to support talent management
• How to implement or enhance an integrated CBM approach in your organisation

Ross McDonald, Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand, Perkbox

As workforces become more dispersed, meeting people's varied wants and needs has become a HR headache.
At the same time, benefits of fast overtaking wages as the deciding factor for employees.

In this session, Perkbox will provide insight on how you can create a benefit and rewards strategy that is truly global, and provides something for everyone.

• Building workforce capacity amid workforce shocks
• Effective strategies to take employee development to the next level
• The important role of data insights when looking to transform and motivate your workforce
• Understanding what employees value in times of disruption

Suzanne Shepherd, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), McMillan Shakespeare Group

• How leading organisations are cultivating their workforce for the future in order to stay ahead of evolving market dynamics
• What this means for skill development
• How to build a successful reskilling program?

Panellists:

Robert Tanti, Chief People Officer, SPC Global

Sam Pupillo, Chief People Officer, Gerflor

Moderator:

TBC

• With the workplace evolving globally with practices such as remote work, the four-day week, and flexible hours, how are these practices affecting workplace culture?
• How to redesign work environments where employees feel safe, engaged, inspired and productive?
• Collaboration - driving employee actions that support a culture of belonging

Panellists:

Rita Newman, Chief People Officer, ANZ

Rachel McIver, Chief People Officer, Nandos ANZ

Moderator:

TBC

• Measuring employee stress and its impact on performance
• Identifying positive and negative working styles and how to navigate them
• Developing and implementing better coping and problem solving skills to manage workplace stress

Speaker coming soon

• Harnessing AI and Predictive Analytics in talent acquisition for fair and efficient recruitment
• Building learning programs to augment business growth
• Maintaining an attractive employer brand to retain high performers

Speaker and synopsis coming soon

Speaker coming soon

• Key pillars of change to consider when building an inclusive culture that embraces differences
• What actionable steps can be taken to start the process?
• How can you effectively measure the impact of implementing a business integrated D&I strategy?

Panellists:

Jacqui Bainbridge, General Manager, Indigenous Affairs, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Sodexo

Corinne West, Executive Director Stakeholder Engagement, Intergovernmental Strategy & Inclusion, Department of Justice and Community Safety

Jane Murray, Chief People Officer, MLC Life Insurance

Moderator:

TBC

• The imperative for HR leaders to respond to racism and move the needle on diversity in their organisations
• How can organizational leaders manage how bias influences decision making, hiring, promotions and retention?
• Best practice models on education and training programs to move workers into management