It's probably the most valuable two and a half days of the year to me.
Director of Human Resources
Mitie
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Conference
The conference programme aims to give senior HR practitioners access to new ideas, solutions and innovations to help take their departments and companies forward. Through open discussions on best practice and debate among the industry’s top players, delegates will get a unique insight into strategies being used by their peers.
Details on the 2011 conference programme can be found below.
If you would like to recommend any speakers or topics please contact Victoria Coles on 020 8487 2266.
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Opening Address
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| The Upside of Turbulence |
| Dr Donald Sull, Professor of Management Practice in Strategic and International Management, and Faculty Director of Executive Education, London Business School. |
As volatility dethrones incumbent leaders, it also creates untold possibilities to create economic value. Turbulence has an upside, and managers who know how to seize the opportunities arising out of seething markets will become tomorrow's champions. Based on a decade of research, historical case studies, and intensive work with established enterprises and start-ups, Professor Sull will draw lessons from companies that have consistently spotted and exploited opportunities that rivals have missed, lays out the fundamental logic of opportunity, and provides a series of practical steps to translate insight into action.
Dr. Sull is a global authority on how companies compete effectively in turbulent markets. He has been identified as a leading management thinker by The Economist, the Financial Times, and Fortune which named him among the ten new management gurus to know. The Economist listed his theory of active inertia among the ideas that shaped business management over the past century.
As a consultant and management educator, Sull has worked with companies including Mars, Oracle, Nokia, Royal Bank of Canada, Standard Chartered Bank, Emirates Airline, Baker & McKenzie, Burberry, and Schneider Electric.
Sull received his AB, MBA, and doctorate from Harvard, where he taught entrepreneurship at the Harvard Business School before rejoining the London Business School faculty. He directs a week-long course on thriving in turbulent markets and teaches on the Senior Executive Programme. Sull has won teaching awards at both London Business School and Harvard.
Prior to academia, he worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, and a management-investor with the leveraged buyout firm Clayton & Dubilier on the Uniroyal-Goodrich Tire Company deal. He remains active in private equity as an investor and advisor to start-up companies.
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Thursday Keynote Address
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| Many Voices - One Sound |
| Christian Gansch, Renowned Conductor & Management Consultant |
Christian Gansch is a highly respected conductor and a renowned management consultant. In his presentations he compares communication, motivation and leadership in organizations with that of an orchestra. A brilliant communicator Gansch inspires audiences with his insightful, innovative and unconventional addresses.
In his address Many Voices-One Sound Gansch will explore how people can maintain their individuality and work together to create "one sound" and achieve the corporate goal.
Interwoven into his speech will be lessons learned from his experiences as a conductor. These examples will highlight areas such as why it is important for people to listen to, and co-operate with each other in order to know when it is their time to lead or follow.
He will show how getting the communication, motivation and leadership balance right can create an environment in which innovation and excellence can flourish, whether in the world of music or business.
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Highlights from Past Conference Programmes
Highlights form the 2010 Conference Programme
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| Keynotes, Industry Sessions & Professional Development |
| Sessions & Speakers |
Keynotes:
- "Where next for Great Britain economically and politically?" - Daniel Hannan, MEP for South East England & Justin Urquhart Stewart, Seven Investment Management
- "The rise & fall and rise again of Gerald Ratner" - Gerald Ratner
Seminars & Workshops:
- Industry update on employment & labour law developments - Nic Hart, Partner, Employment Department, Davenport Lyons
- HR leaders of the future - Martin Tiplady, Group HR Director, Metropolitan Police
- Crucial Confrontations - Improving accountability and performance - Richard Pound, Director, Grahame Robb Associates Ltd
- If at first you don't succeed...don't act surprised - Graham White, Director of Human Resources, Westminster City Council
- Harnessing technology to boost performance and improve returns: emerging methods for ensuring learning is transferred back to the workplace - Jason Yates, Senior Learning Solutions Consultant, Hemsley Fraser
- Successfully managing culture change after mergers & acquisitions: case-study of Santander UK - Mark Adams, Human Resources Director, Santander
- Change on a Massive Scale: The Crossrail Story…. Dan Dobson-Smith, Head of Organisational Development & Change Management, Crossrail
- The things you wanted to know about social media but were afraid to ask - Matthew Jeffery, Global Head of Talent Brand, Electronic Arts
- Post-Election Pensions - Steve Bee, Managing Pensions Partner, Paradigm Pensions
- All aboard the revolution: four steps every company can take now to reduce costs, increase sales and connect to a new generation of consumers - Dr Graeme Codrington, Co-Founder, TomorrowToday
Professional & Career Development Sessions:
- The Hamish Taylor Master Class Seminars
- Vapour trails: what’s the smallest thing you can do right now that will have the greatest positive impact? - Clive Gott, Inspirational Humorist
- Presentation skills – learning from the rules of magic - Nick Fitzherbert, Magician & Member of the Magic Circle
- Risk-taking and decision-making in poker, business and life - Caspar Berry, Former Professional Poker Player
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