UK & Ireland CHRO Executive Summit

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The pace and frequency of change means CHROs are playing a more integral role than ever in business strategy and transformation. HR leaders must take a data-driven approach to organisation design and planning to meet strategic objectives and help the enterprise become more future-ready.

Join this session to hear Rupert Morrison, Founder of Orgvue, share:

• How to balance growth and cost as a CHRO
• How to use data to improve talent planning
• How data can power alignment, speed and purpose of an organisation

As the contest for talent continues in a tight labour market, new global research from the O.C. Tanner Institute reveals what employees desire most: a sense of fulfilment at work. CHROs must make employee fulfilment a key differentiating factor by fostering workplace environments that encompass purpose, growth, balance, and community. This can be achieved when modern leaders actively facilitate meaningful experiences for their people and integrate recognition into their daily experience to reinforce and deepen connections to fulfilment.

Join this session to discuss:

• How CHROs can shape policies and programmes that align with employee needs
• How HR leaders can influence meaningful employee experiences
• Why integrated recognition fortifies employees’ sense of fulfilment

With turnover likely to remain high and a wave of retirements on the horizon, turning high-potentials into tomorrow’s leaders is a critical HR initiative. From succession planning to developing talent, how can CHROs ensure their organisations are set up with strong leadership now and into the future?

In this boardroom, CHROs will discuss how to:

• Identify key behaviours of future leaders to build a diverse pipeline of roles
•  Communicate succession plan early to ease the transition and encourage employee adoption
• Champion leadership development to stakeholders to overcome lack of budget and board buy-in

CHROs are under pressure to support the workforce from both a top-down and bottom-up perspective and their scope is only increasing. CHROs are expected to communicate with all levels of the business and excel at their ability to influence and affect change. CHROs must have courageous and often difficult conversations to drive change. In this session, we’ll explore how CHROs can keep their energy high and understand how to measure the extent of your influence. 

Join this panel to discuss:

• Sharing different examples of relationships within the C-suite and discussing their influence
• Determining effective communication strategies to influence and inspire action
• Identifying methods for CHROs to support each other’s decisions and encourage open and honest conversations

According to Harvard Business Review, 80% of organisational transformation efforts fail. Even after investing in upgraded technology and modernised workspaces, many companies still struggle to achieve meaningful results. The problem? Real transformation starts with people.

A strong coaching culture builds the mindsets and behaviours that are key to upskilling your workforce and achieving impactful business results. BetterUp Labs data shows organisations with a strong coaching culture rate +24% in performance and reach 20% more goals. Between 2020–2022, these companies enjoyed a 59% higher net-profit margin and 37% more YoY revenue growth.

Join us for an insightful discussion with BetterUp and a customer, to uncover how to build and scale a high-impact coaching culture that fuels individual, team, and organisational performance outcomes.

You will learn how to:

• Craft and scale a coaching culture that builds critical skills and mindsets
• Quantify the ROI of your coaching initiatives
• Achieve goal alignment and drive measurable impact

In Achievers Workforce Institute's 2023 Engagement and Retention Report, flexibility was ranked the #1 reason to job hunt by employees. Higher engagement was reported by those that could choose their own working styles. But how can CHROs create a culture of belonging in a dispersed workforce that prioritises both connectedness and drives productivity, results and growth?

Join this boardroom to discuss how to:

• Empower employees to co-create their work environment
• Balance flexibility with creating an engaging work environment
• Increase belonging through recognition and listening to boost engagement and retention

A strong relationship between a new hire and their employer is imperative. Assessing the gaps in your onboarding experience will differentiate you from your competitors. Get ahead of employee attrition by implementing a clear engagement strategy from the moment they onboard.

Join this session to discuss:

• How to ensure new hires feel connected during onboarding and beyond
• How to enhance your onboarding strategy through gamification to inspire new talent
• How to assess and adjust your existing retention solutions depending on the skills you require

Investors and employees alike are calling for clear Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) policies. CHROs play a key role in communicating corporate social responsibility and ESG metrics to the wider business. How can HR leaders ensure ESG policies create both business and societal impact? How can CHROs balance shareholder and employee expectations?

In this conversation Rob Willis (Perrigo) and Angela Williams (Corsearch) share views on how HR and ESG intertwine. Join this interactive session to learn more on:

• How to engage with ESG as a HR leader and understand who is responsible for different pillars within E, S and G
• How to translate shareholder expectation into action and demonstrate HR’s role in delivering sustained change across an organisation
• How to educate employees on sustainable choices they can make to move towards ESG goals 

Many organisations continue to focus on DE&I but efforts to affect real change are hitting a wall. CHROs must unpack and question DE&I initiatives to identify the ‘why’ behind the strategy. What do you want to communicate to your workforce? How? Going back to basics on equity and inclusivity will allow organisations to understand and prioritise the next step.

In this boardroom, come prepared to discuss how to:

• Define and communicate DE&I purpose in tandem with senior leadership
• Equip people managers to have increasingly complex conversations on DE&I
• Prioritise diversity and equity as key drivers for company growth

The world of work as we know it is shifting as automation and artificial intelligence become more widely available and scalable. As organisations are pushed into change by technological innovations, how can CHROs maximise the opportunities for automation?

Join this session to discuss:

• Identifying opportunities and forming a technology adoption strategy for the HR function
• Communicating the business decision to adopt HR technologies
• Understanding how automated technology adoption will impact the workforce

Workplace culture impacts each and every part of a business. This keynote will address BrewDog's journey from a declining reputation to being named a Sunday Times Best Place Work in 2023. 

Karen Bates will tell the story of how BrewDog:

• Turned the narrative around after an open letter from current and former crew
• The impact on the business and crew
• Key takeaways for HRDs' to help overcome similar challenges in their own organisation