CRF Community Launch – Talent, Leadership and Learning

Online HR Directors’ Briefing – By Invitation Only

Zoom Interactive Event: HR’s Agenda In The Organisation Of The Future

<strong>Main Session 12.30 - 14.00 GMT</strong> </ul> Join us for this interactive digital event to explore HR’s priorities in preparing for the future of work. Covid-19 has added new levels of disruption and uncertainty to what was already a rapidly changing business context for organisations. As the demands of businesses are evolving and the contours of the post-Covid world begin to form, so too must the purpose, capability, and actions of the HR function adapt in response. This digital masterclass and report will explore the changes HR functions need to make. Our panel of leading HR practitioners and experts will explore the following themes: </ul> <li>• The organisation of the future will have to contend with much shorter time horizons for strategy development and execution. What is HR’s role in enabling the business to respond with agility and speed? How should we think about positioning ourselves to win in HR terms when the path ahead is unclear?</li> <li>• The nature and expectations of the workforce are changing. The responsibility of organisations to society more broadly are also shifting, as wellbeing, inclusion and sustainability become imperative. How can HR lead the conversation around preparing the organisation for the new world of work?</li> <li>• How does HR’s operating model need to evolve? What options are available to us?</li> <br> <strong>Benefits of Attending</strong> </ul> <li>• An opportunity to reflect on how HR’s priorities will change in the new world of work, learn from experts and discuss with peers.</li> <li>• Assess how HR is organised in your business, and identify capabilities the function will require for future success.</li> <li>• Develop a plan of action for bridging the gap between where you are and where you need to be.</li> <br> <strong>Mercer Masterclass - 14.00 - 15.00 GMT </strong> </ul> Following the main session, please join us from 14:00-15:00 GMT for a Masterclass with Mercer: Transforming HR to deliver the Workforce for the future. There will be an opportunity for networking and peer exchange from 14:00-14:10 followed by a discussion led by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/arminvonrohrscheidt/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Armin von Rohrscheidt</a>, Partner and HR Transformation Leader, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-jacquemin-936a0917/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Natalie Jacquemin</a>, Partner and HR and Workforce Transformation, Mercer.

Zoom Interactive Event: Talent: Careers, Development and Succession in a Changing Landscape

The ability to attract, retain and develop top talent is a critical driver of business performance. Technology is an important enabler, but can force organisations down a ‘me-too’ path of standardising talent processes. This webinar and report will focus on four critical areas for organisations looking to build and sustain competitive advantage through talent: <ul> <li>• Career Planning has changed dramatically over the last 20 years as single company careers are replaced by greater mobility amongst staff, easy access to education enables multiple changes of direction over a lifetime and growing self-employment is disrupting the idea of a ‘career’. What new approaches to career management are emerging and how should we update our talent strategies? </li> <li>• Succession Management often looks different in theory to how it plays out in practice. What does good succession management look like in today’s world, and how can we best use the new tools to improve our capacity to plan for and manage leadership pipelines? </li> <li>• Retention of critical talent is for many organisations a key measure of success of their talent strategies. How are retention strategies evolving in the new world of work? </li> <li>• Talent Reviews are the key forum where plans translate into action. What are the common features of the most effective discussions, and how can we up our game?</li> </ul>

Zoom Interactive Event: Driving Business Transformation with Talent Analytics

In this webinar, we will explore how organisations are using talent analytics to support their transformation efforts across the employee lifecycle, and why we believe this creates fantastic opportunity for HR to solve critical business issues.

Digital Conference: Re-imagining the New Landscape: Reset, Renew and Thrive

Organisations are going through a time of unprecedented change and extreme uncertainty – do you have clarity on the future direction of your organisation? Traditional responses are of limited effectiveness in unusual times – are you capturing the lessons of the crisis in order to get ahead of the competition and set your organisation up to thrive in the future? In adapting our highly regarded International conference into a purely digital experience, Corporate Research Forum will explore the post-Covid-19 landscape and its implications for organisations. Working with our partners at IMD Business School and others, we are delighted to showcase a diverse faculty of experts who during the course of the conference will ask how organisations can: • <strong>Reset</strong> – We use organisation purpose and decision-making through uncertainty as lenses to assess how organisations can reimagine and reset in order to build a sustainable foundation for success in the new landscape. • <strong>Renew</strong> – Through peer-to-peer exchange, we explore how organisations can adapt and refresh processes and practices for new realities. • <strong>Thrive</strong> – By considering virtual leadership and digital transformation, we examine how organisations can apply the lessons learned during the crisis to take advantage of emerging opportunities. &nbsp &nbsp <strong>Key Sessions Day 1 </strong> <strong>Managing the Legal and Commercial Challenges of a Rapidly Changing Workplace/Workforce</strong> Emily Clark, Ian Hunter & Pattie Walsh, Bird & Bird <strong>Key Considerations for HR in the ‘New Normal’</strong> Justin Rix, Grant Thornton <strong>Back to the Future: Getting Your People Back to Their Best and Thriving Again</strong> Dan Wallis & Amy Walters, Lane4 <strong>Adapt or Die! How Your Leadership Climate and Culture are Predictors of Business Success</strong> Lawrence James, Jr., Ph.D, Cristina Jimenez & Nick Twyman, RHR <strong>Team is the New Hero: Flatter Structure, Faster System</strong> Gareth Fendick & Sue Stokely, BTS <strong>Managing the Risks of a Remote Workforce</strong> Caroline Smith, HireRight <strong>How to Reshape and Reskill Through Disruption</strong> Natalie Jacquemin & Chris Johnson, Mercer <strong>Breakthrough Thinking – The Missing Piece of the Jigsaw</strong> Mike Straw & Ric Pulzis, Achieve Breakthrough <strong>Redefining the Future: Employee Experience in a Changed World</strong> Dr. Andy Brown & Sean Mills, ENGAGE <strong>HR as the Gatekeepers to Effective Digital Transformation</strong> Alan Brown & Malcolm Moore, Headspring Executive Development <strong>The Yin and Yang in HR: The Art of Balancing Flexibility and Stability </strong> Michael Custers, SD Worx &nbsp <strong>Bite size sessions </strong> <strong>In Conversation with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg</strong> Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg, <em>Harvard Business Review</em> <strong>Engage your Learners with Mind Tools</strong> Emerald Works &nbsp &nbsp <strong>Key Sessions Day 2</strong> <strong>Choluteca; Change and the Illusion of Control</strong> Prof. Susan Goldsworthy, IMD Business School and Mike Haffenden, CRF <strong>Accelerating Digital Transformation</strong> Prof. Didier Bonnet, IMD Business School and Gillian Pillans, CRF <strong>How to Make Decisions During Highly Unpredictable Times </strong> Prof. Arnaud Chevallier, IMD Business School and Mike Haffenden CRF <strong>Leading in the Virtual World</strong> Prof. Jennifer Jordan, IMD Business School and Gillian Pillans, CRF <strong>HR Agenda: Back To Your Reality </strong> Prof. Didier Bonnet, IMD Business School; Jonathan Crookall, Chief People Officer, Costa Coffee; Jenny Duvalier, Session Chair: Nick Holley, CRF Learning; Prof. Jennifer Jordan, IMD Business School; Sue Whalley, Chief People and Performance Officer, Associated British Foods &nbsp <strong>Bite size sessions </strong> <strong>In Conversation with Scott Anthony</strong> Scott Anthony, <em>Harvard Business Review</em> <strong>Introduction To Meditation </strong> Sabi Kerr &nbsp <em>Please download our <a style="color: #0000ee;" href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/9c26799a-f4c4-4f63-82fd-e73d129f881c">brochure</a> <em>for detailed information about the event</em>

Zoom Interactive Event: Disruption, Self and Anxiety – How to Remain Effective

This is not a talk just to address the current precarious situation we find ourselves in, but to address the inherent anxiety that comes with the roles of HR/OD Practitioners. By the nature of our work, we are primarily asked to be an intervenor to those whom we serve - hence a disruptor to the system. When we cross the clients’ boundary and start asking questions, challenging the existing status quo, or lifting the standard in 'doing things', we inevitably disrupt that status quo and its established mental model – which in turn evokes anxiety. However, this anxiety is experienced not just by the clients but also by us – as the disruptive role is often not welcomed. In this session, I will look at each of the three words that make up the title of the session: Disruption, Anxiety, and then Self – within the framework of USE OF SELF. I will focus on what type of intrapersonal work we practitioners need to do in order to remain 'unflappable' and 'grounded' to serve the system changes and growth with impact in spite of our and our clients’ anxiety.

Zoom Interactive Event: Diversity and Inclusion: Emerging Issues

This slow progress is now being complicated by issues emerging from the COVID-19 crisis and broader social unrest. In this update, we will continue the conversation by exploring the challenges associated with building a truly diverse workforce, and the emerging opportunities and challenges around inclusion in remote working environments. • <strong>Diversifying diversity.</strong> Organisations are still working to achieve gender diversity, and yet building a workforce that is diverse across multiple dimensions is critical to meeting today’s challenges. What are organisations doing to achieve racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and other types of diversity? What business outcomes are truly diverse organisations seeing? • <strong>Remote inclusion.</strong> COVID-19 has, at least temporarily, sparked a remote working revolution. While the flexibility inherent to remote working presents new opportunities to diversify the workforce, it also raises issues around inclusion of different groups. What are organisations doing to harness new opportunities for diversity while making sure that teams maintain inclusive practices, in order to reap the benefits of a diverse workforce?

Zoom Interactive Event: Strategies For Downsizing With Compassion and Care

As government support schemes are winding down and the economic impact of Covid begins to crystallise, HR professionals must prepare to manage the expected job reductions in an effective and compassionate manner. We will explore how the best organisations manage redundancies, not only in terms of supporting those at risk, but also preparing and supporting leaders, and ensuring ongoing business performance by maintaining engagement of those who stay.