Sydney CHRO Virtual Executive Summit

Over the last few months, HR leaders have been at the forefront of their organisation’s employee response and support efforts. As we enter the next phase, how can HR leaders refuel company culture, do more with less, and accelerate recovery and business growth with a forward-thinking, people-first approach?

In this session, Kylie Green, SVP of Consultancy at Reward Gateway, will address key HR leader challenges, including how to:

• Celebrate contribution and cultivate trust and connection through authentic employee communication
• Overcome budget constraints and support employees financially with creative and high-impact strategies
• Provide purpose and inspiration to boost employee wellbeing, safety and morale.

How providing a plan and framework can help you reduce anxiety in your workplace.

2020 brought us many challenges, especially in the business world. The global pandemic resulted in millions of employees anxiously move away from the office to working from home. As the end of the year edges closer, many companies are now talking about how they will reopen.

2021 gives us the ability to reinvent the workplace and importantly, support employee’s health and wellbeing. But what are the steps required to achieve this? Organisations need to ensure employees receive frequent and transparent communications around their return to work framework, and employees are engaged to share their readiness to return.  

Please join Tracey Fritcher, Director and Principal Strategist of Employee Experience at ServiceNow as she explores how to instill confidence and decrease anxiety in the workplace through reinvention, rather than just reopening.

Not to be missed, this session will provide you with insights and ideas to keep the mental and physical health of you workforce as a priority.

The global pandemic has challenged traditional assumptions about how HR leaders identify the right workforce mix to accomplish the strategic goals of the business. Progressive talent leaders are taking a holistic approach to engaging external candidates, contingent workers, and internal teams to ensure the right people are placed in the right roles.

In this session, HR leaders will discuss:

• Generating a 'total talent' view of skills and capabilities
• Rethinking traditional approaches to mobility and redeployment
• Aligning the talent strategy to meet the future needs of the business

Remote work and the challenges of the pandemic have accelerated the trend towards digital-by-default learning strategies. This change isn’t just putting what would have been in person courses, online. It's a complete redesign of the digital and human learning experience for an entire workforce that is virtually connected. This change demands a different way of working when it comes to learning. Discover how Ericsson is tackling change and challenge in building future critical skills for a connected world where digital transformation is skills transformation.

Join this keynote to discuss:
• How learning organizations need to partner differently to co-create the future of work
• Designing employee experiences that drive adoption and transformation
• How to create a pragmatic skills-based strategy that empowers talent mobility

When healthy and vibrant, culture is the anchor that keeps an organisation steady but when ignored, it causes irreparable damage. While workplace culture is established and strengthened over time, the pandemic has created a level playing field for organisations to reboot and refresh their culture and engagement initiatives. How can HR leaders establish an engaged and high performing culture to prepare for the future of work?

In this session, you will discuss:

• Leveraging culture as a differentiator for attracting and retaining talent
• Measure and reinforce productivity in the new normal
• Challenges and successes of establishing a high performing culture in transition

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

• How to grow skills such as candor, 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

Organisations and employees alike have largely embraced the wide-ranging flexibility that has come with the new world of work. But people leaders now face a new set of challenges. Chief among them: How do we help our employees maintain the connections that are vital to workplace success? How do we create a sense of belonging among employees working in a virtual environment? How do we help them avoid burnout?

Join this boardroom to engage in a thoughtful conversation on:

• Responding rapidly to your organisation’s changing needs
• Enabling managers to help employees do their best work and be their best selves
• Using your employee engagement strategy to set up your organisation for long-term success

One of the most strategic contributions HR can make is to assimilate multiple workforces during a merger or acquisition. Organizations ask heads of human resources to engage disparate cultures while maintaining the business value of each. How can you leverage this moment of change to transform culture for the better. 

Join this session to explore:

• Identifying a new performance frameworks
• Identifying a new set of values
• Defining cultural pillars and leadership attributes

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