at The Vox, Resorts World, Birmingham

An event to challenge perceptions and help the public sector write its own blue print for reform. If you only attend one

event in 2018 make it #loveyourHR

Working in partnership with

#collaborate #digital #mindset

Early bird offer £195 + VAT before 27th April 2018 BOOK NOW

A rare UK opportunity

to hear from

Dave Ulrich

Professor and

International HR

thought leader

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

21ST JUNE 2018

Why you should attend: Hear from inspirational thought leaders including:

Dave Ulrich, The RBL Group, David D’Souza, The CIPD,

David Wilson, The Fosway Group, Dr Henry Kippin, West Midlands Combined Authority

Paul Taylor-Pitt & Karen Dumain, Do OD - NHS Employers/NHS Leadership Academy

Become part of the #loveyourHR movement committed to transforming public services

Collaborate with partners across public sector, to help drive public sector reform

Hear about the latest innovations in digital transformation

Gain insight into cutting edge thinking on shifting mindset to drive organisational change

Free GC Index assessment worth £100

Early bird offer £195 + VAT on bookings confirmed by 27th April

Who should attendAll professionals across the public sector, who believe

people are at the heart of what we do

HR | Organisational Development | Transformation Change Management | Resourcing

@WMEmployers | #loveyourhrconf | www.loveyourhrconference.org.uk

08:30am

Registration Arrival and Refreshments

09:15am

LoveyourHR Conference Introduction and Welcome Naomi Cooke Head of Workforce LGA

Heather JamesonSenior Editor Municipal Journal Conference Chair

09:30am

Keynote Speaker Dave Ulrich Author, Professor, Thought Partner on HR, Leadership, and Organization, The RBL Group

What makes HR add value now and in the futureThis is a great time to be in HR! Why? Because in a world of increased social, technological, economic, political, environmental and demographic (STEPED) change, HR creates sustainable value if it recognises value is defined by the receiver more than the giver. We therefore need to ensure our priorities are not about HR but about the value others receive. This session will look at how we achieve this, defining our stakeholders both inside and outside the organisation, looking at trends around organisational capability and individual talent including digital HR as well as wellbeing and engagement. The session will also explore how roles in HR are all about relationships rather than role profiles which designing the right structures and competencies can achieve.w

10.30am

Q&A with Dave Ulrich

10.45pm Refreshment Break (15 mins)

The #loveyourHR conference offers a unique opportunity to hear from a high profile line up of thought leaders and access an exciting programme of workshops and activities framed around three key themes we believe are critical ingredients to success and enablers to transformational change.

#digital

Programme

#mindset

#collaborate

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11.00am

SpeakerDavid Wilson CEO, The Fosway Group

The Truth About Digital HR, Technology and TransformationDigital transformation is high on the agenda in public sector organisations today. From attracting and acquiring new people, to developing and retaining the best talent — digitally-led strategies are now mission critical to HR. But where do you start? And how do you cut through the hype that surrounds everything from Employee Engagement, to GDPR, to Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics? Based on current research with 600+ HR leaders, David Wilson, CEO of Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR Analyst, will share practical insights that demonstrate the benefits of adopting next gen HR and learning technologies to kick start the shift to digital and prepare your organisation for the future of work.

11:40am

Speaker David D’Souza, Head of Memberships, The CIPD

Future of Work - developing organizational cultureThe role of HR & OD in developing organisational culture; what the CIPD believes the Future of Work research will mean for employee engagement and career planning in a changing world and how adjusting your mindset to focus more clearly on outcomes can help HR make the difference it needs to for people and organisations.

12:30pm

Lunch Break (45 mins) Access to exhibitors and activity lounges

13.15pm

SpeakerDr Henry Kippin, Director of Public Service Reform, West Midlands Combined Authority

Communicate to Collaborate – How partnerships are now vitalThe opportunity exists for a step change in the way we deliver public services within our places. Crucially, this requires new relationships across agencies -  getting us beyond ‘deal making’ and into a grown up relationship that makes a possibility of system change through collaboration. A chance is emerging for our sector to improve the way public services are delivered within our places, but it requires a significant culture shift, a challenge which affects not just every employer but every employee.

14:00pm

Workshops (See overleaf)

15:00pm Refreshment Break (15 mins)

15:15pm

SpeakersPaul Taylor-PittAssistant Director Organisational Development NHS Employers

Karen DumainNational Programme Lead for organisational development, NHS Leadership Academy (‘Do OD’)

A big conversation about collaborationKaren Dumain and Paul Taylor-Pitt from Do OD lead us in a big conversation about collaboration. Working in and across organisations requires considerable collaboration, but we don’t always give ourselves space to think and talk about what that means. We’ll create space to go deeper under the surface of what it means to collaborate. This experiential session will help us connect with each other in the room and give you the opportunity to translate your learning from today into practical action.

16.15pm

Conference CloseColin Williams WME Director

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14:00pm

Workshop 1 SpeakerPerry Timms Founder and Chief Energy Officer - People and Transformational HR Ltd

The adaptability needed in the connected eraLike never before, all is interconnected, seemingly making things ever more complex and unpredictable. Yet in many ways, we’re still trying to manage things (including ourselves and each other) in a way built for more certainty and order.

Join Perry Timms, voted one of HR’s Most Influential Thinkers 2017 for a chance to understand and deploy Agile and Design Thinking with proven case studies to demonstrate how you can create a more dynamic, responsive and adaptable way to work for your HR team, projects and strategy.

Workshop 2 Speaker Andy LancasterHead of Learning, CIPD

Online learning - Reflecting the future needs, behaviours and learning styles of the modern workforceDelegates will be able to engage with the latest CIPD tool, to support continuous professional development and hear case studies from major public and private employers, at the leading edge of deployment and individual learning.

Workshop 3 SpeakersPaul Taylor-PittAssistant Director, Organisational Development, NHS Employers (Do OD)

Karen Dumain National Programme Lead for Organisational Development, NHS Leadership Academy (Do OD)

Nigel CarruthersSenior Adviser Workforce Development and Strategy, LGA

What is the recipe for successful organisational change?The essential ingredients for successful organisational change encompass people, process and systems, but how effectively do those leading HR, OD and the wider transformation agenda ensure they are working interdependently. Do OD and the Local Government Association invite practitioners to answer this question and consider the recipe for integrated change. This is a chance to explore the challenge and shape solutions that will make a real difference across the whole of the public sector.

Workshop 4 SpeakerNathan Ott CEO GC Index

Dr John Mervyn Smith Impactful Collaboration – powered by The GC Index®The GC Index® is an Organometric, underpinned by a profiling technology, which measures how different individuals will make a game-changing impact in their role, on projects, and in teams and as a consequence instils a language of meaningful and impactful collaboration.

The GC Index® framework takes organisations and leaders beyond this definition by showing how impactful collaboration aligns everyone to the process of transformational change.

A practical and interactive session focussed upon how to use The GC Index® to build teams and cultures that know how maximise the “Diversity of Impact”.

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Workshops

Workshops

Book your place now!This event is not to be missed if you work in HR, OD transformation, change management, and resourcing or any public sector role where you need to put people at the heart of what you.

With a charismatic line up of speakers and a great value price. We anticipate demand for places to be high, so book early to avoid disappointment.

Join us at The VOX

We have selected Resorts World, Birmingham as our destination for this national conference. Our event will take place in The VOX conference centre and we can also offer delegates :-

• arriving by car – free parking at The Vox • arriving by train – a 25% discount on Virgin

Trains• staying overnight – a fantastic rate of just £105

including breakfast at the Genting Hotel

Still have a question before you book? Email hub@wmemployers.org.uk or telephone 0121 569 2070.

FREE GC Index Profile Report(worth over £100). WME and The GC Index® are offering every attendee their own personal GC Index Profile Report

Why not find out how you can become more impactful in delivering transformational change.

EARLY BIRD £195+VATon bookings confirmed by 27th April Usual price £220 + VAT

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5% of ticketfees will be donated to

our chosen charity Mind