Workshops

Our conference workshops give you the chance to participate in informative and enlightening sessions with industry experts on emerging trends worldwide.

Take your pick of any of two of this year’s five workshop options for workshop sessions 1 and 2 on the conference programme.

Workshop 1
Career mapping for high fliers

Your executives have the capabilities and experience to make a major impact for your business. But, as Rick Lash, Gina Byrne and Ruth Malloy explain, it’s all about creating the right environment and effective processes to allow them to prosper. Find out how a career pathing approach could be your company’s route to future success.

	Rick Lash Head of leadership and talent, Canada, Hay Group Rick is the expertise leader for the leadership and talent practice in Canada. He has over 25 years experience delivering successful business solutions for leading global organisations to accelerate performance at the individual, team and corporate level. He is widely recognised as an expert in creating cultures of continuous learning and developing emotional intelligence.
	Gina Byrne Global head of talent management, Hay Group Gina leads Hay Group’s global practice for leadership transformation and talent management. She works with teams, executives and managers, across geographies and cultures, to develop and implement insightful solutions that build individual, team and organisational capability. Previously she was an assistant professor at New York University.
	Ruth Malloy Global managing director, leadership and talent, Hay Group For the past 20 years, Ruth has helped Fortune 500 companies across a number of industries achieve their strategies through the assessment, development and alignment of their leadership and talent. Ruth is a recognised global expert who has published and presented in areas including intrinsic motivation, emotional intelligence and women leaders. She has facilitated on-going research with globally recognised academics including Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis. Prior to undertaking her current position, Ruth led Hay Group’s leadership and talent direct business, which provides research-proven diagnostics, e-learning tools and on-line solutions to assess and develop leaders throughout the whole organisation.

Workshop 2
Global expansion: the role of the regional HQ

Stagnant markets and financial problems in Europe are driving multi-national corporations towards emerging markets worldwide. But can you combine integration and innovation when managing from afar? Andreas Raharso will lead the debate on a problem that is at the top of today’s corporate agenda, introducing some fresh perspectives and bold cultural strategies on global expansion.

	Dr Andreas Raharso Director of global research centre for strategy execution, Hay Group A research professional based in Singapore, Andreas spans the gap between academic and practitioner. Pioneering Hay Group’s research into M&A, family-owned business and role of the corporate centre, he identifies potential opportunities for organisations and enhances business performance through sound strategy execution.

Workshop 3
The enemy of engagement

It’s time to know your enemy. Packed with research findings from Hay Group, this session uncovers the hidden impediments to performance and outlines best practice solutions for eliminating them. Mark Royal and Tom Agnew, co-authors of the book Enemy of Engagement, will head a workshop that promises powerful new insights.

	Dr Mark Royal Senior consultant, Hay Group A sociologist by training, Mark helps organisations structure work environments to increase employee engagement and to translate high levels of employee motivation into improved results. Mark also plays a leading role in directing Hay Group’s annual research with Fortune magazine to identify the World’s Most Admired Companies and uncover the business practices that make these companies both highly regarded and highly successful.
	Dr Tom Agnew Senior consultant, insight, Hay Group Tom is an engagement specialist, planning and designing surveys and linking the results to business performance goals to guide organisational change. He helps direct a team whose original research informs Hay Group’s understanding of the factors influencing employee attraction, engagement, performance and, ultimately, business results.

Workshop 4
Joining the dots: how to maximise HR’s strategic contribution by linking culture, structure, jobs and people

How successful have you been at becoming a strategic business partner? Phil Johnson and Beverley Whitaker give tangible examples and practical solutions to help you link business priorities with your current (and future) people capabilities - and create a culture that applies those people capabilities to maximum effect.

	Phil Johnson Global head of work measurement, Hay Group Phil is the global leader of Hay Group’s work measurement service line and also leads the consulting practice in Eastern Canada. He specialises in developing integrated HR and reward strategies, drawing on more than 20 years’ consulting experience and as a manufacturing manager and HR business partner at Unilever.
	Beverley Whitaker Senior consultant, Hay Group Beverley is a reward and job measurement specialist. She works closely with organisations to develop and implement strategies aligned to their business objectives; creating the links between organisational design, talent management and reward.