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Agenda | Leadership and Talent Management Strategies
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A one day conference looking at overcoming the practical challenges of effectively linking talent and leadership strategies

September 11th 2008 | Radisson SAS Portman Hotel

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Conference Agenda

08.15 Registration and refreshments

09.00 Welcome by the chair

Jonathan Perks MBE
Managing Director, Board & Executive Coaching
Penna

09.15 Opening Keynote Presentation
How to engage and retain Key talent during periods of huge organisational change
  • Understanding the changes and the impact on talent
  • Devising a strategy that retains the best and manages out under performers
  • Communication is key to engagement
  • The role of leaders in driving through the change
Stephen Kelly
Director, BBC People
BBC

10.00 Keynote Presentation
Building a leadership brand – a key lever in the talent strategy
  • Creating the business case for leadership
  • The leadership model
    Assessment, investment and measurement
  • Building your reputation
Michelle Hepden-Dyer
Group People Development Director
Centrica

10.45 Questions and answer session

11.00 Networking and refreshment break


Delegates choose one of the following streams

11.30
STREAM 1
Leadership
Development

STREAM 2
Talent
Management

Chaired by

Paul Roberts
UK & Ireland Regional Sales Director
Successfactors

CASE STUDY: Developing and implementing a leadership development programme across the business CASE STUDY: Business strategy deployment - managing talent supply for business critical
roles
  • The criteria for developing the new
    leadership initiative
  • How was the programme targeted
  • Overcoming employee resistance
  • The challenge of operating the programme
    across the company
  • Top three lessons learned
  • The Unilever approach to talent segmentation
  • Identifying critical roles and talent requirements
  • Understanding core capabilities that will drive those roles and matching that capability with the person
  • Building a talent pipeline
  • Implementing leadership development
    across the organisation
Phil Brown
Head of Performance and Development
Anglian Water Group
Prerana Issar
Leadership Development Director, Marketing
Unilever

12.00 CASE STUDY: Creating a leadership culture to identify and develop tomorrow's leaders CASE STUDY: Engaging and developing talent across the organisation
  • Identify the key roles needed to achieve the
    strategic objectives
  • Leveraging the brand values to develop a
    leadership culture across the orgranisation
  • Applying rigorous selection criteria for
    leadership development
  • The role of self learning, coaching and mentoring
  • Ensuring board buy-in to the HR interventions
  • Creating an integrated approach across KPMG Europe
  • Agreeing the strategic focus for talent management
  • Identifying, developing and supporting top talent
Joanna Keeling
People Director
Red Bull Company
Tim Payne
Interim Head of Talent Management
KPMG Europe LLP

12.30
Round table discussions and feedback session
Round table discussions and feedback session

13.00 Lunch


Delegates choose one of the following streams
14.00
STREAM 3
High Performance Culture

STREAM 4
Senior Executive Development

Achieving a high performance culture through effective leadership and talent strategies Devising a development strategy that retains the top team
  • Defining the business objectives to establish
    how culture can add value
  • Review which roles and systems are adding clear value to the business
  • Which cultural elements need changing?
  • Measuring the impact of changes
  • What are the key lessons learned?
  • Understanding what drives the top tier
  • Devising a senior development framework
  • Developing leadership capabilities by identifying the critical success factors in leaders
  • Managing their performance and stress
  • Focusing on self development and mentoring
Sally Jacobson
Group HR Director
London and Quadrant Housing Trust
Dr Jacqueline Grey
Head of Leadership and Development
Merrill Lynch

14.30 CASE STUDY: The role of HR in facilitating culture and change CASE STUDY: Senior executive succession
planning
  • Developing a constructive culture to succeed in the future
  • The role of leadership and cultural ambassadors in changing the culture
  • Tools and techniques used to encourage the change
  • Devising an effective system for identifying
    and developing candidates
  • Encouraging cross-divisional people and information sharing
  • Flexible career paths that allow people to develop through new challenges
  • Developing a culture of promotion and job rotation within the organisation
Carmelita Lubos
European Head of Talent Development
Yahoo! Europe
Jackie Moore
Head of Executive and Organisational Development
HBOS

15.00
Round table discussions and feedback session
Round table discussions and feedback session

15.30 Networking and Refreshments

15.50 Panel Discussion
Linking Talent and Leadership Strategies Effectively

What works, what doesn’t and how do you measure performance?
Drawing on their practical experience each panelist will present their approach to delivering successful talent and leadership strategies and how to avoid the common pitfalls which lead to project failure. Following the brief presentations the audience joins the discussion through a facilitated Q & A session.
  • How do you define and measure the effectiveness of talent and leadership strategies?
  • Examples of initiatives that have delivered quick wins
  • The role of communications in achieving the longer term objectives
  • How does HR demonstrate the value of its talent and leadership development interventions?
Andrew Newall, Group HR Director, United Biscuits
Barry Dyer, Group Organisation Development Director, BUPA
Diz Shillam, Talent Development Director, Aon UK
Karen Miles, Director of Learning and Development, NG Bailey

17.15 Networking drinks reception


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Book before August 1st 2008 and receive the early booking discount rate of £599 + VAT
(Full price £699 + VAT)

Members price only £199 + VAT

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