UK & Ireland CHRO Virtual Executive Summit

Remote work and restrictive travel policies have accelerated the pre-existing trend towards digital-first, on-demand learning strategies. But the answer isn’t simply putting what would have been in-person courses, online. Organisations that are thinking holistically about the experience, the delivery mechanisms and the people needed to make it happen are seeing the most success. 

Join this keynote to discuss:

• Considerations L&D must make in the future of work
• How to meet employee expectations of a consumer-like experience
• How to create a pragmatic skills-based strategy

The future of work is now and CHROs are redesigning the HR function to deliver. In this keynote session, join ServiceNow's EMEA CHRO Sally Sourbron and Tom Dewaele, Global Head of Employee Experience at Unilever as they discuss how their strategies, teams and structures are transforming in a new era of work.

In this session, CHROs discuss:

• Aligning HR operating models with new business models
• New strategies to adapt to paradigm shifts in the employee experience
• New HR technology strategies and management

HR executives know that leading with care, developing deep human connections and building community can all create a sense of belonging. Today, they need to do this while balancing the employee experience needs of people working from home and in offices. How do you provide clarity, inspire leadership and build resilience when most workforces will remain distributed for the foreseeable future? Is your organisation ready to evolve its culture to meet the needs of employees and build a sense of belonging?

In this boardroom, you will explore:

• How leading with care, connection and community can evolve your culture and create a sense of belonging
• How to manage the ever-changing workforce needs as well as communications
• Why leading with empathy and transparency is key for HR managers
• Using data to measure employee sentiment and how to build employee resilience and respond to changing business needs

This year has been one of the most disruptive and challenging times to be an HR Leader. But with great chaos and change brings the opportunity for innovation and the chance to reimagine this new-world employee experience.

In this session, you will discuss how to:

• Leverage non-monetary rewards to reinforce company values and culture
• Strengthen resilience and connection across your organization
• Reapproach employee engagement and recognition for a post-COVID work place

Neil Hayward, HR Director at HS2 will share the strategic importance to HS2 of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion followed by an interactive discussion.

This session will cover:

• Building EDI into OD and Change when managing organization restructures
• How EDI and accessibility issues, in particular, are embedded into HS2s Inclusive Design approach
• How to adapt EDI practices to specific contexts such as working with communities and in different working environments across construction

This year, a new way of working was ushered for most organisations overnight. CHROs play a critical role in driving digital initiatives that support fundamental shifts in the workplace and work and permanent states of agility.

In this session you’ll discuss:

• Digital-first strategies that foster innovation and disruption
• Equipping the workforce with the skills and tools they need to make their own data-driven decisions
• Digital initiatives that enable employee engagement in hybrid work environments

Many HR leaders are charting new territory by writing the playbook on how to address resiliency and wellbeing for the workforce. Businesses that listen to their employees and help them adapt to change will set themselves up for long-term success.

In this session, you will explore:

• Creating a sense of belonging among employees working in a virtual environment
• Enabling managers to help employees do their best work and be their best selves
• Strategies for maintaining employee wellbeing for long-term success

Maintaining an engaged workforce as employees navigate personal stress and an uncertain future is a challenge all HR leaders are facing. Creating a culture of recognition is the key to inspiring employees, and unlocking wellbeing and productivity.

Join this virtual boardroom to discuss:

• Trends in employee experience
• Leveraging recognition to connect employees to each other and the organisation
• Lessons learned after a year of disruption

Many organisations have been managing two crises during this pandemic: the crisis of health and safety and that of the employee experience. The decisions HR leaders make at this time will have a long-term impact on how their organisations define the employee experience of the future. 

In this virtual roundtable discussion, you’ll explore: 

• Implementation and management of communication and collaboration strategies to bring your workforce together
• Why you need to update your employer brand in response to the pandemic
• Early lessons learned on employee and manager behaviour during this disruption

The role and expertise of HR professionals has increased in significance across organisations as they seek to support the workforce in more ways than ever. In this uncertain environment, the business is requiring HR to be more agile, more tech-savvy, and a constant source of truth. However, who is caring for HR employees?

In this open conversation, you will choose the direction of the discussion. Topics that you may discuss include:

• Identifying signs of burnout and encouraging open and honest conversations amongst your team
• Strategies for maintaining personal wellness as a leader 
• Sharing best practices on improving HR function resilience 

The need for purpose-led leadership has shone through in recent months. With CHRO peers, benchmark your own leadership development strategies and discuss:

• How to grow skills such as candour, empathy and humility in your leaders to continue to drive teams forward and improve business resilience
• Increase self-leadership amongst the workforce
• Fresh approaches to the use of technology for virtual leadership

There is no question that work looks different than most would have imagined. With remote work the new normal for many, and with significant adjustments made for those that work on-site, the workplace has been and will continue to be in flux.

Join this virtual boardroom to discuss:

• Strategies for keeping your return-to-workplace strategy flexible
• Best practices for managing a workforce facing a myriad of personal challenges
• Shifts in culture to accommodate asynchronous and remote work

An informal and interactive opportunity for you to network with peers in small groups. 

Meet virtually for in-depth conversations with your colleagues

Conducting business virtually makes it more challenging to meet and network with like-minded peers. During this time of disruption and uncertainty, it’s become even more critical to collaborate with peers who are facing the same challenges.

Now, we are bringing you the opportunity to set up 1-to-1 meetings in a private, virtual setting with community peers directly after the Virtual Executive Summit.

• Peer-to-Peer meetings are 25 minutes in length, giving you the chance for more personal interaction and in-depth conversation with your fellow UK CHRO Virtual Executive Summit peers.
• All conversations are private and will not be recorded
• Meet up to 3 peers based on your shared interests or priorities

Participant Testimonials

• ‘If I came just for the peer to peer meetings, my time was well spent. This is truly your USP.’ Stuart Hughes, CDIO at Rolls Royce
• ’The peer to peer mtgs were maybe the BEST part of this mtg’ Edward Wagoner, Executive Director, Digital, JLL
• ‘Best idea ever; I had such productive sessions with all three of my peers’ Dd Budiharto Sr. Director of Cybersecurity, Baker Hughes

How to participate

Please contact your Program Manager to participate.