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December 11th 2019
CRF International Conference - Accommodation Booking Form
Hotel booking for for the International Conference in Athens, 2020. The cost is £210 + VAT per night. Please complete and return the form to secure your accommodation.
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CRFCast - The Sponsor Effect: How Sponsorship Improves Leadership Capability and Diversity at the Top, with Sylvia Ann Hewlett
In conversation with Sylvia Ann Hewlett, an expert in talent and gender issues, we discuss her latest book, The Sponsor Effect: How to Be a Better Leader by Investing in Others. We discuss how sponsorship can enhance the careers of sponsors themselves as well as their protégés, why it’s sponsorship, and not mentorship, that really counts in progressing the leadership careers of women and minorities, and how we can design impactful sponsorship programmes in our organisations.
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- Leadership
- Organisation Design
- Leadership Development
December 10th 2019
CRFCast - Leadership in the Age of Expertise with Wanda Wallace
One of the toughest transitions for leaders is progressing from a role where your value is largely driven by expertise, into a broader spanning role, which demands a different set of skills, relationships and a change in mindset about the value you add as a leader. In conversation with Wanda Wallace, author of You Can’t Know It All: Leading in the Age of Deep Expertise, we discuss how leaders can anticipate and prepare for the transitions required, and practical advice on what this means for leadership models and strategies for leadership development in our organisations.
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- Leadership
- Leadership Development
- HR Strategy
December 9th 2019
CRFCast - Responsible Business: How Can HR Drive the Agenda? with Professor David Grayson
In conversation with David Grayson, expert in corporate responsibility and sustainability, we discuss CRF’s research Responsible Business: How Can HR Drive the Agenda? We explore the latest trends, how corporate responsibility interacts with employee experience, the critical role of leaders in promoting sustainability, and how HR should attend to organisation culture in order to successfully embed responsible business strategies.
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- Sustainability
- Leadership
- Social Responsibility
November 15th 2019
Better Conversations: Why They Matter And How To Have Them - booking form
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- Communication
- Difficult Conversations
November 5th 2019
Organisational development for disruptive times
Rupert Morrison, CEO of OrgVue, talked about the benefits of investing in organisation development.
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Organisation Development Manifesto presentation
Nick Holley, Director of CRF Learning's presentation on the key findings of CRF’s Organisation Development Manifesto.
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Organisation Development Manifesto by Mee Yan Cheung-Judge
Dr. Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge, Senior Visiting Fellow, Roffey Park, shared the three reasons that OD is critical and timeless and suggested some areas in which OD may be able to support HR colleagues.
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OD’s quest for relevance: Are we sleeping at the wheel?
Dr. Chris Worley, Senior Research Scientist at the USC Marshall Center for Effective Organizations, explored the perils of OD’s staying in place.
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Introduction to The Product Field
Within the workshop session, he discussed how OD can be used to solve a particular business challenge. The activity was designed to move theory into practice on a real organisational issue. Participants had the opportunity to apply OD thinking to a real business challenge.
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