As the business context has become more complex, so too has the role of the HR leader. As well as fulfilling HR’s ‘traditional’ role and purpose (such as talent management and performance improvement), HR must also respond to an increasingly employee-centric social agenda. This includes a greater focus on new working models and practices, inclusivity, employee wellbeing and sustainability.

This exclusive senior HR leaders lunch meeting will explore this evolution and consider what it means for the development of the function.

Learning Objectives

• Understand how the HR leader’s role is changing and identify the skills and structures needed to deliver effectively in a rapidly shifting business environment.
• Understand what advances in technology and AI mean for the HR leader, including applying new technologies, governance, data privacy and skills.
• Identify ways of bringing risk management higher up the HR agenda.
• Consider how the HR function can work more effectively with the Executive Committee, becoming a full player rather than an occasional contributor.