Unusually, we can all see a series of developments that are beginning to fundamentally change the workplace and employment but where the full impact has yet to be felt. Robots, lengthening working life and multi-generation teams present opportunities but they also challenge HR practices. Brexit is changing the supply of labour and employers will be even more inclusive in their search for talent. Soon 15% of the workforce will be on the minimum wage, and tribunal claims will surge, but the ‘court of public opinion’ is ever more important to good employers. How employers treat, or are perceived to treat, people who perform work for them, makes the news. This Summer School covers some future shocks to HR. But because people remain the same, we also provide fresh insights into human fallibility and the role of HR professionals.

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SpeakersDr Wendy Hirsh Chair and Facilitator

Sue Coe Head of Work & Employment Issues, EHRC

Benedict Dellot Associate Director, Economy, Enterprise and Manufacturing, Royal Society of Arts

David D’Souza Head of Engagement, CIPD

Diane Gilhooley Global Practice Group Head: Employment & Labor, Eversheds Sutherland

Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth Group HR Director, BBC

Karen Jochelson Deputy Director, Office for Disability Issues, DWP

Geoff McDonald Former VP HR, Marketing, Communications & Sustainability, Unilever

Dr Emma Parry Professor of HRM, Group Head of Changing World of Work, Cranfield University

Dr Megan Reitz Associate Professor of Leadership and Dialogue, AshridgeHult Business School

Yvonne Sonsino Co-Chair of the DWP ‘Fuller Working Lives’ Strategy Group, and Partner at Mercer

Future-ready HRSummer School

£849 +VAT

including accomm

odation

and conference dinner

some discounts, including

team discounts, apply

Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park 3–4 July 2018

Given the demographic, technological and political shocks employers are likely to face in the next decade, what should HR stop doing or continue to do, and what are the new areas of focus? This Summer School provides different insights and ideas about the new opportunities HR professionals have to shape their organisations and their employees’ experience.

Who should attend?This course is aimed at ambitious HR and OD professionals who want to be more effective in their role. Each speaker aims to help you think about how your organisation uses labour, now and in the future. Delegate questions and comments are encouraged. The more you put into this course, the more you will take away from it.

Presentations cover: — acquiring and developing all talent, including for future roles that may not yet exist

— the robots are coming: so what?

— personal crisis: multiple impacts, corporate responsibility and HR

— mindful leadership and resilience: no silver bullet, but a great help

— HR in corporate planning: case-study examples

— multi-generational teams and retaining older workers

— the multiple effects of abolishing tribunal fees

Programme

Day one

10.00 registration and coffee; 10.30 start

Future-ready HRDr Wendy Hirsh

— challenges and uncertainties for organisations, managers and the workforce

— how does HR ensure it is ready to respond effectively?

Job destruction?Benedict Dellot and David D’Souza

— technological innovation and job displacement

— which jobs are affected and in what way?

— can you trust a robot and who owns it?

Multi-generational teams: motivations and mythsDr Emma Parry

— the evidence base for generational differences

— changing attitudes and expectations towards work and employment

— implications for managing people

Older workers: retain, retrain, recruitYvonne Sonsino

— employer leadership and self-interest

— barriers and employer encouragement

— Government action

HR and the Court of Public OpinionDiane Gilhooley

— high heels, celebrity pay, and high street slavery

— media myths and employer vulnerability

— pay gaps and caps

— a surge in tribunal claims: are employers prepared?

19.00 drinks on the terrace followed by dinner

Future-ready HRSummer School

Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park 3–4 July 2018

Dr Wendy Hirsh Chair and FacilitatorWendy is a researcher and consultant in strategic people management. She helps employers to balance organisational and individual perspectives, link workforce development with business needs, and equip managers to have better career conversations. She is regularly voted among the top 10 HR thinkers in the UK. Wendy is Principal Associate at the Institute for Employment Studies and Visiting Professor at Kingston and Derby universities.

Case-study: Details to follow in 2018

Today, Cumberland Lodge is dedicated to the discussion of ethical, spiritual and topical issues in contemporary society. Built in 1652 and situated in the middle of Windsor Great Park – it has many Royal connections. Queen Victoria’s daughter lived at Cumberland Lodge for 50 years. The Queen Mother was a frequent visitor and so is the Queen.

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Day two

09.00 start

Personal fallibility and HRGeoff McDonald

Geoff worked across the globe for Unilever. His talk covers his experience of work-related depression, wellbeing in corporates and HRs role in embedding purpose.

Mindful leadership … and practiceDr Megan Reitz

— fad, bandwagon or fact?

— fostering collaboration

— essential, but not a silver bullet

21st century inclusion Sue Coe

— pushing the boundaries

— changing flexible working culture: reason neutral

— intersectional discrimination

— EHRC priorities and enforcement

One million moreKaren Jochelson

— Government policy to encourage disabled people into work and to stay

— disability confident

— access to work and reasonable adjustment

Approximately 15.00 close

Case-study: Modernising OD and reward frameworksValerie Hughes-D’Aeth

— reducing management layers

— from 5,000 job titles to 600

— modern pay principles

HR planning and the lawEversheds Sutherland

Illustrations of how new perceptions of ‘fairness’ impact on how you recruit and develop all those who work for you.

Speakers Sue Coe Head of Work and Employment Issues

Sue has led the Commission’s work on a range of gender issues including pregnancy and maternity discrimination. Before this she worked for 10 years leading formal inquiries and investigations in both EHRC and the Commission for Racial Equality.

Benedict Dellot Associate Director, Economy, Enterprise

and Manufacturing

Ben researches topics such as the future of manufacturing. He co-authored the 2017 report ‘The Age of Automation: Artificial intelligence, robotics and the future of low-skilled work’. Ben was also researcher on Matthew Taylor’s review.

David D’Souza Head of Engagement

David has been described as one of the UK’s most influential HR and workplace commentators and a firebrand within CIPD because of his challenging commentary on the future world of work, the impacts of AI on HR and the commercial realisation of talent. He has held senior people development and HR roles in financial services businesses, including Metrobank and CPP Group.

Diane Gilhooley Global Practice Group Head:

Employment & Labor

Diane leads a multi-disciplinary international team. She has considerable experience in providing complex and strategic employment advice. She is an accomplished conference speaker and trainer and is a governor at an HE college.

Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth Group HR Director

Valerie has over 30 years working in HR and communications with extensive experience of leading and consulting on all facets of HR, OD and change. She has been voted in the top three most influential HRD practitioners in the UK for the last three years.

Karen Jochelson Deputy Director, Office for Disability Issues

Karen leads the Office for Disability Issues working across Government to ensure departments consider the needs of disabled people in policy design and implementation. The ODI also works with businesses and civil society to improve awareness of disabled people as consumers, and to get one million more disabled people into work. She was Director of Employment at the EHRC.

Geoff McDonald Former Global VP HR, Marketing, Communications

& Sustainability, Unilever

Geoff had 25 years HR experience at Unilever spanning leadership and talent development, organisation change, capability development with particular reference to marketing and business transformation with purpose at its core. He experienced work-related depression which can be a taboo subject in even the most progressive organisations

Dr Emma Parry Professor of HR Management, Group Head of Changing

World of Work

Emma’s interests lie in the impact of the changing context on managing people, particularly the influence of workforce demographics and technological advancement. She is a published author in these areas and does research for clients in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

Dr Megan Reitz Associate Professor of Leadership and Dialogue

Megan is author of ‘Dialogue in Organizations’ and ‘Mind Time’ and her interests centre on how we speak with, hear and learn from one another inside organisationals. She is on the Thinkers50 radar of global business thinkers and her research on ‘The Mindful Leader’, published by Harvard Business Review, examines how mindfulness practice can develop leadership capacities.

Yvonne Sonsino Partner and Innovation Leader, Mercer &

Co-Chair of the DWP ‘Fuller Working Lives’ Strategy Group

Yvonne co-chaired the Department of Work & Pensions ‘Fuller Working Lives’ business strategy group. Her work explores the future of work, including analysis of ageing populations and demographic challenges. She helps businesses to re-invent HR programmes to support employees and engage productivity.

The course design and format (the fee includes dinner and accommodation)The conference will be held at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park. Day one will begin at 10.30 with a discussion of delegates’ objectives. Presentations will vary in style and format. There will be a mix of long and short sessions, including small group breakouts with light-touch facilitation. Day two will begin at 09.00, with reflections on the previous day, and conclude at around 15.00.

AccommodationCumberland Lodge has 60 beautifully appointed bedrooms with a maximum capacity of 95 overnight guests and free parking. There is a discount for colleagues willing to share a large twin room (more information about the rooms is on the Cumberland Lodge website). There will also be accommodation at a nearby hotel The Runnymede on Thames, runnymedehotel.com. Accommodation on the night of 3 July and all meals are included in the course fee. Accommodation for the night before is available at cost.

Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park 3–4 July 2018

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Ways to book Further informationBooking conditionsIt is a condition of attendance that the course fee has been pre-paid. Your booking will be confirmed in writing within five working days of our receiving your completed booking form. If you do not receive confirmation within ten days, please telephone us on +44 113 200 4040.

Joining instructionsThese are issued by email direct to the delegate one week before each course.

Cancellation policyAny cancellation must be notified at least two weeks prior to the seminar date otherwise you will be charged for the place. Alternatively a substitute can attend at no extra cost.

CIPD and CMI members and SRA CPDOur courses can form part of your SRA, IOSH, CIPD, CMI and Pensions Management Institute CPD.

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