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Day 2 - Thursday 14th February 08
8.15 - 9.15am Registration, Coffees and Networking (Exhibitors Zone - Cromdale Suite)
Stream 4 - Choice of Break-out Sessions
Session 10 - Myths and Riffs of Leadership
Speaker: Peter Cook, Human Dynamics
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From the book Sex, Leadership and Rock 'n' Roll by Peter Cook, this session is an exploration of how business cultures are the laid down repeated patterns (riffs) and how these are reinforced by stories, symbols and corporate mythology. Best practice advice on how to change culture is included, plus one or two musical interludes that bring this subject to life. You will leave with a good understanding of how to lever cultural change in your company by bringing together tangible and ephemeral factors into a coherent strategy.
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Session 11 - eHR Technology
"What does the future hold"?
Speaker: Martin Reddington
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eHR has the potential to fundamentally transform the HR function but it can also create significant problems if not implemented well. Just what are these costs and benefits and does the added value justify the considerable levels of investment? Using leading research, infused with perspectives from a range of senior practitioners, this session will address some possible scenarios for the future deployment of technology in enabling the transformation of HR services.
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Session 12 - Combating Workplace Stress
Speaker: Steve Tollerton, Samaritans
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In this session, Steve Tollerton, an External Training Officer with Samaritans will discuss Stress in the workplace and Samaritans Worklife Training.
According to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) - up to 5 million people in the UK feel 'very' or 'extremely' stressed by their work and 12.8million working days are lost to stress, depression and anxiety every year at a staggering cost of £3.8billion.
Samaritans unique Worklife programme helps people better manage their own experience at work. The session will equip managers with the skills and confidence to tackle emotional health issues in the workplace before they escalate.
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Stream 5 - Choice of Break-out Sessions
Session 13 - Liquid Thinking
Speaker: Damian Hughes, LiquidThinker
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Stuck in a rut? Know what you want but don't know how to get it? Feel like life is passing you by? Damian Hughes is the author of a new, best-selling book, Liquid thinking, which looks at the methods used by great achievers and shows, in easy steps, how you can adopt them into your own life, dreams and ambitions. Hughes, a former football coach, has used the Liquid thinking approach with great success in his capacity as Human Resource Manager for Unilever's historical Port Sunlight factories and has reduced absence by 5%, tripled training attendance, reduced employee relation issues by 70% and helped the performance increase by 10%. Most importantly, however, he has been credited with helping employees recognise and achieve life-long ambitions, from running marathons to building their own houses.
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Session 14 - Public Sector Appointments:
The usual suspects?
Speaker: Karen Carlton, Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland
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Following the publication of her Equal Opportunities Strategy, Karen Carlton explains how a more engaging and inclusive approach to Public Appointments will help make sure Scotland benefits from the widest pool of talent.
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Session 15 - "Live" Mock Tribunal
Sponsored by: Morton Fraser Solicitors
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With Employment Tribunal awards on the increase the stakes are higher than ever for employers! The increasing complexity and formality of Tribunal procedure makes the prospect of being involved in the process or appearing as a witness a daunting experience, even for the most experienced HR professional or manager. Morton Fraser Solicitors will facilitate this Mock Tribunal to provide employers with an insight into how the Tribunal process works and help them prepare in the event that they are faced with defending a claim. The session is also designed to assist employers avoid claims in the first place by raising awareness of common mistakes that employers make. Delegates will get to hear witness evidence, cross-examinations and legal submissions by the solicitors acting for the claimant and the organisation. There will then be a vote on the outcome before the Tribunal Chairman delivers a decision based on the evidence heard.
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Keynote Speaker
Neil Roden - "World Class HR"
sponsored by Right Management
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In the last decade The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has evolved from a Scottish bank to a world class organisation. In this keynote address, Neil Roden, Group Director, Human Resources at the RBS group tells the story of how the HR function transformed to meet the challenges posed by this growth, and how world class HR delivers world class business results for both shareholders and employees.
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