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INSPIRING AND EMPOWERING HR BUSINESS LEADERS

4 APRIL 2017 · GRAND MILLENNIUM AUCKLAND

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DIGITAL STRATEGY IN HR

WORKPLACE CULTURE

TALENT & EMPLOYMENT BRANDING

1 DAY SUMMITKeynotes, case studies and discussions from leading HR innovators

3 POST SUMMIT WORKSHOPS ON: Leadership | Team building Performance management

FEATURING

NEW CLOSING KEYNOTE

Jason Laufer, Director Talent Solutions

Australia and NZ, LinkedIn

NOW IN ITS FIFTH YEAR, the HR Leaders’ Summit has become the most popular platform for senior HR Leaders to connect and learn. Developed with research from the top HR professionals, the summit features the hottest topics and trends in the HR world.

BRINGING TOGETHER SENIOR HR LEADERS TO

ENGAGE connect&INSPIRE

FEATURING HIGH QUALITY PANEL DISCUSSIONS: A chat with the C suite Winning the war on talentHERE’S WHAT OUR 2016 DELEGATES HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE HR LEADERS’ SUMMIT:

“Quality and variety of speakers this year was great.”

” It was a very good mix of people, view, achievement and presentations.”

“I found the presentations interesting and thought provoking.”

“Loved the variety of stories and the challenges that are real!”

HERE ARE SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES FACING THE INDUSTRY:• Recruiting is becoming more difficult

with longer hiring cycles, increasing competition for talent, and rising salary expectations.

• Over half of workers are willing to take less pay to have more fun at work.

• Trends in flexible workplaces and agility are putting more pressure on HR teams to create a strong culture.

The HR Leaders’ Summit discusses these issues and more - book your tickets now to stay ahead with your HR strategy.WITH 3 SEPARATELY BOOKABLE WORKSHOPS

See inside for more details

Stephanie Pride, Strategic Foresight Consultant, StratEDGY Strategic Foresight Ltd

Dr Stephanie Pride leads StratEDGY Strategic Foresight, New Zealand’s leading futures consultancy. StratEDGY provides future-related training, coaching, facilitation, presentations, research and advice. Stephanie has published, presented and worked with senior leadership on the future of work.

Jason Laufer, Director Talent Solutions Australia & NZ, LinkedIn

Jason Laufer is the Australia and New Zealand Regional Director of Talent Solutions at LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network. Jason is deeply passionate about growing and developing world class, dynamic and highly effective teams who are motivated by making a significant impact to their clients and community. Jason's leadership ethos is fundamentally about helping teams discover their true potential whilst building trust and transparency with all around them.

KEYNOTES

FROM THE CHAIR

AGENDA: 4 APRIL 201708.30 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

LEADING THE WAY FOR WORKPLACE CULTURE

09.00 Opening remarks from the Chair Liz Tibutt, Manager Culture and Performance, NZME

09.05 OPENING KEYNOTE: HR for the future - leading and succeeding in a world beyond jobsWhat does the future workplace look like and what role will HR leaders play in it? Driven by global changes beyond our control, almost every aspect of work is changing radically. We’re already moving to a world beyond ‘the job’, beyond ‘the office', beyond retirement and beyond professional development. This session looks into:• The forces that are reshaping the workplace: rich digital

connectivity, workforce ageing, the automation of routine cognitive work, and changing employment values

• The role an HR leader can play to aid the transition into new working arrangements

• The expectations that are rapidly replacing the old models and becoming the new normal

Stephanie Pride, Strategic Foresight Consultant, StratEDGY Strategic Foresight Ltd

9.45 PANEL: A chat with the C suite - supporting strategic leadership through HR Being a good HR business leader means understanding the organisational strategy and supporting other senior managers. We bring the voices of the C suite to uncover their perceptions of human resources and to give advice on the best way to support strategic leadership and develop the value-add of HR.• Looking at ways to facilitate collaboration for an effective

corporate culture• Understanding how HR’s contribution to the bottom line

and organisational strategy• Reading the minds of those at the executive table -

the opportunities and challenges for growthChris Henderson, Chief Operating & Support Officer, Pita Pit Craig Columbus, CIO, Russell McVeagh Gary Connolly, CFO, St John New ZealandJustine Munro, Director, Z Energy

10.30 Table discussion: How do you, as an HR leader, collaborate with the other business leaders to motivate them and support business strategy?

10.40 MORNING BREAK AND REFRESHMENTS

11.10 Lightning Talks: Strategies to support and engage with the modern workforceThese lightning talks look at the different opportunities to optimise employee engagement, looking at the needs and wants of modern workers with the goals of enhancing satisfaction, productivity and efficiency within your workplace.

TALK ONE: Bringing HR to Weta Digital - supporting an artistic workforce with a unique cultureBrendan Keys, Human Resource Manager, Weta Digital

TALK TWO: Creating a culture of resilience and holistic wellbeingAlison Ogier-Price, Working Well Programme Manager, Mental Health Foundation of NZ

TALK THREE: Understanding and inspiring your team - performance and incentives Michelle Gapes, Northern Consulting Manager, Strategic Pay

TALK FOUR: Making the most of millennials - managing their wants and needsClaire DeCarteret, Regional Director - Asia Pacific, Gallup

LEVERAGING DIGITAL STRATEGY IN HR

12.00 Navigating the tech solution landscape in HRAutomation Utopia is the end to end automation of the talent acquisition lifecycle, but what does this mean for HR leaders? This session looks into the questions you should be asking yourself before investing in HR technologies and what platforms your organisation may benefit from.• Differentiating the ‘nice to haves’ from platforms offering

real value to your business• Understanding the requirements of HR technology

for seamless integration into existing processesLee-Martin Seymour, CEO/Co-founder, Xref

12.30 Table discussion: How do you approach performance reviews and incentives - what are the winning strategies to motivate and inspire your employees?Facilitated by: Michelle Gapes, Northern Consulting Manager, Strategic Pay

12.40 LUNCH BREAK

1.40 Creating competitive advantage through AI - The real future workplaceThis session looks into the future of artificial intelligence and how it might manifest in our future workplaces. How can you stay ahead of the trend and ensure that you utilise AI for digital strategy to create effective human capital solutions?• Understanding the application of AI to the function

and role of HR and employee engagement• Adopting AI into your work - why it may make you a better leader

“Now, more than ever, HR leaders require breadth of skills and depth of knowledge to keep their organisations at the front, in these challenging and fast moving times. This conference brings together the best HR thinkers and practitioners in NZ today. In this one day, you will learn from experts and your peers, hear new ideas and strategies, and share practical ideas to move your organisation forward.

We look forward to seeing you at the HR Leaders Summit to learn and share the latest ideas that will make your business hum.”

Liz Tibbutt, Manager Culture and Performance, NZME

2.00 Underutilised HR tools - building the business case for HR technologiesThere is no doubt that if your organisation’s HR department has not already been disrupted by new technologies, it soon will be. Stay ahead of the game and learn about the new up and coming HR tools, their value and how you can develop the case for new systems in your business.• learning and development tools• career development• employee engagementJane Ward, Director, Alwyn HR Kenny Addison, Business Development Manager - NZ, ELMO Talent Management Software

2.40 Words from the wise: Stocking your HR toolkit - tried and tested technologiesThis session presents two successful case studies of how you can bring together HR and IT processes to engage and support your staff, sharing the key lessons learned, effective processes and an honest analysis of costs and benefits.

CASE STUDY ONE: Improving the HR self-service environment: Technology & operating models at Auckland Council Drew Williams, Head of Services and Systems - People and Capability, Auckland Council Chris Casanelia, Manager Workforce Systems, Auckland Council

CASE STUDY TWO: Implementing the Workday software - Improving people processes through technology changes Sharon Spence, GM HR Systems and Recruitment, Fletcher Building

CASE STUDY THREE: The entire digital experience - managing the employee lifecycle with HRISPenelope Barton, Chief People Officer, Vend

3.30 AFTERNOON BREAK AND REFRESHMENTS

TALENT AND EMPLOYMENT BRANDING

3.50 PANEL: Winning the war on talent - finding, acquiring and retaining talentBuilding your workforce with the right individuals continues to be a challenge for HR practitioners as a range of social and economic factors influence whether or not you will win the war on finding and keeping the hyper-talented.• Mitigating the challenges of recruiting within the golden

triangle - how to attract talent beyond Auckland• Setting yourself apart - branding your organisation

to entice talented individuals• Understanding the different expectations of key

psychographics and how to acquire and retain themLisa Hansen, GM Human Resources, TVNZJudith Jamieson, Director of People and Capability, NZTEJo Fair, MD People and Culture, Fonterra

4.30 CLOSING KEYNOTE: ‘The best place to work’ - the recipe for an extraordinary workplaceThis case study reflects the processes that create an organisation where employees love going to work. • Understanding what it means to be a truly flexible

workplace and why it matters• Creating a supportive company culture and the definition

of ‘work-life balance’ in 2017 and beyond• Separating the extraordinary from the ordinary - reaping the

rewards of consistently engaged and motivated employeesJason Laufer,

Director Talent Solutions Australia and New Zealand, LinkedIn

5.10 Closing remarks from the Chair and Networking Drinks

There are different schools of thought with the best way to deliver performance reviews to understand their motivations - should you have an annual review or is a frequent casual conversation more effective? This workshop gives you the tools to engage your employees with effective performance reviews.

• The trend of simplifying traditional performance management processes

• The merits of traditional reviews - are they still relevant?

• Utilising tools and technology to support performance review processes

• Understanding why some companies are decoupling pay and performance reviews

• Motivating underachieving employees and rewarding top performers

• Looking into value-based performance reviews

Geoff Duncan, Director, Cloud 9

Geoff Duncan has extensive professional experience in a range of industries including FMCG, financial services, travel, education and not for profit. These

organisations include: AIG, American Express, AUT University, British Airways, Heineken, Pilkington Glass and Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. The senior positions related to business strategy, sales, marketing and commercial areas. Geoff now lectures, consults and coaches in the areas of strategy, innovation and change.

3 POST SUMMIT SEPARATELY BOOKABLE

WORKSHOPS

#HRLEADERS

5 April 2017 | 9.00am - 12.30pm

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT BY DESIGN

5 April 2017 | 9.00am - 5.00pm

LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT - POSITIONING YOURSELF AS AN INFLUENTIAL LEADER

5 April 2017 | 1.30pm - 5.00pm

CULTURE FROM THE GROUND UP: BUILDING SKILLS BASED AND CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS

The foundations of culture lie in your ability to develop diverse teams that work well together. This workshop looks into the most effective make-up of high performing teams, aligning a candidate’s values to your own organisation and the recipe for success when constructing great teams.• Defining diversity of thought and how this translates to cross-functional teams• Useful tools to build diverse teams: What works well; what we can measure and what we can’t• Aligning company values to new candidates• Making the most of your existing teams - living and breathing your organisations’ culture

Sarah Tocker, Associate, Tocker AssociatesSarah has been working as a coach and facilitator for the past 10 years - independently and as a contractor. She has a background in leadership development and the way people work in organisations during times of intensity and change. She works with people wanting to influence or lead well in complex or challenging situations, as well as those focused on making the good exceptional.

Participants will have an opportunity to look at their current level of skill and understanding by undertaking a pre-course on-line assessment and will use advocacy skills learned on the day to put forward a simple case for change. Using appreciative inquiry techniques for engaging with stakeholders and a computer based simulation to explore the way good ideas are catch-on will bring home key concepts of authentic leadership and adjusting your leadership approach throughout the change process.

As the face of organisational change, it is crucial to position yourself as an influential and authentic leader to enhance credibility and inspire your employees and colleagues. The ability to provide value in an organisation hinges on the mastery of being a good communicator who can inspire others through the good times and the bad.This full day workshop gives a hands-on approach to help you tailor your leadership style to make the most of your employees and your team, covering the following:• Understanding what leadership looks like in a modern

organisation with a focus on understanding the key competencies needed to be an influential leader

• Courage within leadership: delivering hard messages and managing change

• Developing your own leadership skills as well as unleashing the potential of your employees and colleagues

• Being true to yourself as a leader and communicating authentically

• Enhancing innovation and creativity within your leadership position

• Agility in leadership - staying flexible by ensuring continued development

Michelle Shields, Principal, Fulcrum Associates Michelle Shields, PhD (Psychology), MSc (Organisational Development and Behaviour), is an independent Human Resource Development Consultant. With over twenty-plus years’ experience in industry and academia, she brings a unique blend of evidence-based applied learning to the organisations she works with.

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