Transform 2023: the Future of People and Culture is our industry forum for HR leaders. This year we will focus on creating a competitive Employee Value Proposition and an engaging and equitable workplace culture for all employees, regardless of physical location. We will be enlightened by presentations from Sydney’s most innovative and highly regarded senior HR leaders on the hottest trending topics in 2023, including HR best-practice remote work performance management strategies. HR thought-leaders from a broad range of business sectors will reveal how they are effectively attracting, engaging and retaining key talent during a challenging time for recruitment, whilst navigating evolving workplaces and sharing practical insights into achieving work flexibility whilst meeting core business goals. At the Future of People and Culture: Transform 2023, we will hear recent case studies detailing how the very best of Sydney’s HR leaders are achieving enviable employee wellness outcomes and improved experiences; how they are communicating a new strategic vision for up-skilling HR leadership; developing the capabilities of talent and people analytics to make smarter, data-driven decisions.
LORRAINE SALLOUM
Managing Director, Ability Advocates
• Emerging Trends in HR Technology & Innovation
• HR Solution Designed to optimise the experience of their people
• How HR Tech can be used as major change agent
• Is this the Age of Working Smart Over Working Hard?
MODERATOR:
MARIA KORALIS
Director People & Culture at THE ICONIC
PANEL MEMBER:
KELLY MITCHELL
Head of Internal Communications & Employee Experience, Tabcorp
KELLY HYLAND
Director People & Culture, The Iconic
MARIEKE BRUINSTROOP
Executive Consultant. Former Chief People
Officer, Guzman y Gomez Mexican Kitchen
• Embedding a culture of high performance
• How we implemented our data-evidenced, strategic health and safety plan
• Ensuring business partners are in place to support our people
• Identifying, evaluating and acting on capability gaps in health and wellbeing
VICKI LEAVER
Chief People and Culture Officer, Teachers Mutual Bank Limited
10:30 MORNING REFRESHMENTS
within the team has become even more complex, as we embrace new ways of working. How are we changing the way we monitor and manage both employee experience and team performance to reflect the current work environment and capitalise on workforce capability? This session will discuss effective hybrid team engagement strategies and progressive performance management practices.
• What are some emerging trends in hybrid work? Do they affect employee performance?
• What are some innovative engagement strategies currently getting results?
• How do you build a hybrid culture of collaboration, performance and accountability?
• How do you align personal and team objectives with the overall organisational strategy?
PANELLISTS:
BEN SUMMERELL
People & Culture Manager at Uber Carshare
GARETH RUSSELL
Chief People Officer, Hudson
SHARNE CALLAGHAN
Director, SMC HR Consulting
SUSANNA IANNI
Consulting Engagements Business Strategy and Transformation, Aboriginal Affairs NSW
MODERATOR:
ANDREW RAMSDEN
Founder and CEO, Peak State
As AI threatens to disrupt millions of jobs cutting across every industry the landscape of work and leadership will soon be changed forever. Find out the 3 types of leaders you need in your organisation and which role you will shine in to surf the waves of change.
ANDREW RAMSDEN
Founder and CEO, Peak State
12:30 NETWORKING LUNCH
• Designing culture strategy following business transformation
• Adopting a continuous listening model to make lasting culture change
• How a culture of inclusion leads to better diversity and business outcomes
KELLY MITCHELL
Head of Internal Communications &
Employee Experience, Tabcorp
• Why is menopause a workplace issue?
• How can you proactively redesign your work practices in support of menopause?
• Understand how this reflects on the future of your workforce and culture.
• Why this is seen as a big business issue for 2023?
KAREN STEIN
Partner - Executive Coach, Deloitte Australia
14:40 AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS
ALISON SCHIENA
Founder and Director, See Clearly Consulting
The leadership teams of Australian businesses nation-wide are currently facing an unprecedented set of challenges affecting
employee mental health, well-being and talent retention. The ability to effectively navigate challenging conversations with talent in order to provide the nuanced level of support needed, often represents a serious gap in the skills set of many of our leaders. A highly competitive job market has made it imperative that emerging and established leaders are well equipped with the skills to communicate messages of flexibility and transparency, whilst
maintaining a high level of sophisticated, empathetic leadership.
In this session, hear how Australia’s leading companies are developing leadership skills and capability to lead to global standards and in keeping with what competitive organisations
require to future-proof, attract new talent and prevent the risk of further attrition.
• How is your organisation identifying and developing current gaps in
leadership capabilities?
• How do you make it safe and essential for leaders to continuously
develop?
• Revisiting desirable capabilities in leaders: what does diverse leadership
look like?
• How are your leader’s role-modelling? Are they “walking the talk” in
terms of flexibility?
• Leadership visibility: what does it mean in the new hybrid world of work?
• Do your leaders have the skills to effectively navigate authentic
conversations around: career pathways; flexible work practices; career
breaks and well-being?
• Can your leaders manage their own well-being as well as the needs of the
team?
PANELLISTS:
PETER HARTNETT
Head of People and Culture, Sanitarium
Health and Wellbeing
LAUREN RYDER
CEO, Leading Edge Global
ALISON SCHEIN
Principal Consultant, Accelerate Change
and Transformation
MODERATOR:
SUSANNA IANNI
Organisational Psychologist, Consultant
1 HOUR NETWORKING DRINKS
CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
LORRAINE SALLOUM
Managing Director, Ability Advocates
• Developing the essential skillset of emerging leaders with an L&D strategic plan
• Creating the foundations for high performance in a rapidly growing workforce
• Bringing successful hybrid workplaces to life: embracing flexibility and driving action
• Understanding the changing nature of recruiting and how to leverage new realities
GILLIAN DAVIE
Director - People & Culture AMP Australia, AMP Australia
• Making decisions based on data and insights and ensuring people are advancing from a tech perspective
• Addressing the tech skills gap with strategic career pathing
• Leveraging inclusivity with a gender balanced, diverse workforce recruitment strategy
• Identifying internal tech skills gaps and developing employees as required
SHAHRAM KARIMI
People Analytics Manager, KPMG Australia
10:20 MORNING REFRESHMENTS
In an AI age characterized by intense disruption and rapid, ambiguous change, we need forward thinking human-centred leaders powered by integrity, empathy, Emotional Intelligence, vision, humility and adaptability to help us navigate the road through unchartered waters.
• Leveraging the power of the human brain to lead yourself and your team through uncertainty, complexity and change
• Finding your true north - Leading in an AI age, leaders need to leverage a compass not a map
• Leadership Qualities for the AI age and creating cultures that cultivate them
• Leadership Identity and Mindset - Self-awareness and regulation remains a leader’s greatest superpower
• Leveraging the collective intelligence of the organisation
SOPHIE FIRMAGER
Managing Director, Human Potential Consultant, Realised Potential Group
• Understand your audience to develop a meaningful EVP
• Defining your employee experience across 8 EVP Elements.
• Communicating your uniqueness to inspire talent.
EVELYN JACKSON
Founder and CEO at Corporate Crayon
LORRAINE SALLOUM
Managing Director, Ability Advocates
12:40 NETWORKING LUNCH
• How to adopting and entrepreneurial mindset when handcuffed by your organisations IT rules.
• Increasing productivity and removing frustration with and outcome based learning journey
SHARON CONNOLLY
Senior Change Manager, Change Superhero
• Change Management vs Change Leadership
• Fostering a Culture of Ownership and Accountability
• Preparing your Leaders to Lead the Change
• Case Study in Leader-led Transformation
LAUREN RYDER
CEO, Leading Edge Global
Soft skills are becoming an essential part of the hiring process for potential employees and contractors. Soft skills strengthen other skills and abilities, and teams with these skills will be equipped to
adapt more quickly and easily as the future of work continues to evolve. This panel will discuss effective techniques and strategies for hiring based on soft skills aptitude and how these soft skills can be developed, actually leading to increased revenue and improved overall organisational performance.
• Strategies for screening for a desirable soft-skills. when hiring employees, independent contractors or a blended workforce
• Developing a workforce with empathy, emotional intelligence, kindness, mindfulness, adaptability, integrity, optimism, self-motivation, grit and resilience
• How our employee soft skillset has improved revenue and our competitive advantage
PANELLISTS:
SHARON CONNOLLY
Senior Change Manager, Change Superhero
SOPHIE FIRMAGER
Managing Director, Human Potential Consultant, Realised Potential Group
EVELYN JACKSON
Founder and CEO at Corporate Crayon
MODERATOR:
LAUREN RYDER
CEO, Leading Edge Global
Closing remarks from the chair
