Recent events

Following our successful symposium last year, once again, we will be running an event aimed at helping tomorrow’s HR leaders build a network of fellow aspiring professionals.

Day: 9:00am to 4:30pm
Evening: 4:30pm to 6:00pm Louis Csoka and Carl Ohlson keynote address

Two-Day Workshop
The world can be described as VUCA – Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. This two-day workshop will unpick the leader capacities and key mental skills that are required to succeed in this environment, and explore what the latest brain science has to teach us about leadership development. 

Timings: 9am to 4pm on both days

This will be an “experiential” event which will enable delegates to self-diagnose who they are and the impact they have on others.

Day One Wednesday 27 March - 9am to 5pm
Day Two Thursday 28 March - 9am to 4pm

Accommodation
£175 + VAT per night
There is a non-refundable deposit for accommodation of £175 plus VAT per night at the time of registration. Early booking is recommended as there is a limited number of places.

CRF L&D Interest Group will take place on Tuesday 19 February in central London exploring leadership and talent development.

Rome is not a place or a people, but an idea that implies values, rights and obligations. It was one of the most powerful ideas in all history. The most intriguing question is why the Roman Empire lasted so long. This session will explore what leadership insights can be gained from understanding how Rome worked, and what can still be learned today.

The world of work has been described as VUCA – volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. One of the core aspects of the 21st Century is the notion of risk and complexity. In the past century, wealth implied material abundance, though in the current one it will increasingly imply the ability to mitigate risk.

Timings: 9am to 4pm

Our Interest Group meeting, which will take place at the offices of Anglo American on October 23rd from 2.00-5.30, with drinks to follow. Anglo American 20, Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AN

Unlike most conferences on this topic, our approach will be creative and innovative itself in exploring the challenges of this new reality for all organisations, and posing the questions they raise. We are all committed to making the event content rich and outcome focused – as well as stimulating and enjoyable.

Planning for succession is an age-old idea. It appears to be back on the corporate agenda again – despite or maybe because of the recent focus on talent management and ‘benchstrength’. Do organisations just have to show they consider succession as part of corporate governance, or is serious succession planning - the kind that leads to action - a process which is worth the effort?

The topics seem to centre on what web tools and social networking do or don’t offer to enhance the effectiveness of learning for a new generation of managers, leaders, skilled workers etc. – and the cost effectiveness of L&D spend. We intend to delve deeper, both in our debate and in the research study that will precede this event. The report author is Andrew Lambert.

Topic for this session will be Strategic L&D Planning with Peter Sheppard, Head of Learning & Competence at Ericcson sharing his organisation's competency-based planning process.