Return To The Office, Return To The New Normal? Robust Engagement & Culture Strategies To Prepare Financial Services Employees: Culture, Change & Disruption • Best-In-Class Engagement • Evolving Tech In The Workplace • Equip Leaders & Managers • Diversity & Inclusion • Mental Health & Wellbeing • Investing In People • Measuring Engagement • Channels, Comms & Hard-To-Reach Demographics • Attraction & Retention
A One-Day, Financial Services Sector, Practitioner-Led Conference & Networking Event, 29th June 2021.
08.30 Registration, Coffee & Objective Setting
09.00 GIC Welcome & Morning Chair's Opening Remarks
Rebecca Luter
People Business Partner
Lloyds Banking Group
Culture, Change, Disruption
09.10 Establish A Creative, Human & Flexible Culture Which Is Resilient To Business Change, Boosts Productivity & Empowers Your Workforce
- Build a dynamic culture which blends the ethics and values of your employees and fosters increased productivity and creativity
- Strengthen employee buy-in and morale with authentic, transparent communications during periods of business change or uncertainty
- Are you really a modern workplace? Ensure flexible working policies and mindsets are up-to-scratch to accommodate all employees
- Breed a top tier culture to kick-start employee engagement and guarantee your temperature checks properly capture its progress
- As the FCA points to poor culture being the catalyst of poor conduct and compliance within Financial Services, how can we ensure that compliant, customer-first culture is top of the agenda
Chantal Albresch
Head of HR Transformation
Credit Suisse
Culture & Change In Financial Services - Q&A Panel
09.30 A Great Culture Won’t Change, Even If Everything Else Does Around It! Gain Valuable Insights From Our Panel Of Engagement Experts About How To Craft An Emotionally Resilient & Adaptable Culture Which Thrives On Change, Rather Than Succumbs To It
Zahoor Ahmad
Diversity & Inclusion Lead
Skipton Building Society
Nicola Porter
Senior HR Business Partner
Direct Line Group
Francesca Hampton
Senior HR Business Partner
Vanquis
Gorse Burnett
Head of HR & People Development
Newbury Building Society
Aisha Lewis
Senior Programme Manager
Nationwide Building Society
Sarah-Ellen Stacey
Chief People Officer
Hodge Bank
Danny Harmer, Chief People Officer, Aviva
Best-In-Class Engagement
10.00 Drive Business-Wide Engagement With A Comprehensive, Watertight Strategy Which Boosts Satisfaction Levels & Maximises Productivity
- With the rise of fixed-term workers, sole traders and consultants in the mix, explore how to realign communications and engagement efforts to ensure everybody is bought in
- How can large financial services organisations become more agile and thrive, without adopting a restrictive, siloed mentality?
- Support vulnerable individuals in at-risk roles who might underperform or struggle as the market fluctuates and plateaus
- Fresh, innovative approaches to win staff over as brand ambassadors and earn
their trust and loyalty
Speaker to be announced.
Case Study
10.20 How Banks & Insurers Are Changing Their Culture In Innovative Ways That Work
Ghassan Karian
Managing Partner
Karian and Box
10.40 Morning Refreshment Break With Informal Networking
Evolving Tech
11.10 Boost Engagement & Profits By Seamlessly Integrating New Tools & Technologies Into The Workplace, Without Losing The Human Touch
- Avoid getting bogged down in the systems during periods of change and discover unique approaches to ensuring your people are front-of-mind, not the ones and zeros
Speaker To Be Announced
Tech In The Workplace
11.30 Uncover, Introduce & Master Ground-Breaking New Technologies & Innovative Systems Which Add Value To Colleague Comms & Experience
- Explore new systems and technologies to enable successful employee engagement – without breaking the bank
- Reshape current business frameworks to work in your favour and elevate engagement strategies
- Harness innovative tools to listen, measure and report more effectively on staff engagement, health, wellbeing, attraction, retention and more
- The financial sector has unfettered access to cutting-edge tech, so how can we translate our consumer-facing excellence into streamlined internal systems?
- We’ve already adopted cloud-based technology, but what’s the next big step? And what should we be doing now to prepare for the future of work?
Speaker to be announced.
Developing Managers In The Virtual World
Case Study
- Management has always been a critical skill that needs to be learned - as most people are not born with the knowledge of how to manage people!
- On top of that, training people virtually how to manage their people (virtually or face to face) is very different from face to face traditional management training programmes.
- We have successfully designed and delivered a new virtual management development programme for Lloyd’s of London and together with Lloyd’s will share with you the approach taken, unexpected benefits, how to engage the learners and the results on performance.
Lucy Funnell
Director, Product & People
People Untapped
Adam Triggs
Talent Development Consultant
Lloyd’s of London
Case Study
11.50 Exclusive Virgin Pulse Best Practise Case Study
Jill King
Director of International Markets
Virgin Pulse
Leaders & Managers - Double Perspective
12.05 Equip Line Managers With The Skill Set To Coach, Train & Empower Employees & Get Them Bought Into Engagement Strategies
- Convince leaders to involve employees in corporate strategy, recognise their purpose and feel empowered to take responsibility for their own wellbeing and performance
- Prevent key messages from becoming distorted or forgotten as they trickle down to employees via supervisors or managers
- Persuade your people managers of the softer benefits of engagement and harness them as an effective channel, without needlessly throwing money at the problem
- Start at the top! Tips to coach senior stakeholders to be inspirational and authentic in their communications and ensure their messages are cascaded and embedded into day-to-day culture
12.05 Perspective One
Tim McPhillips
Head of People Manager Capability
Direct Line Group
12.25 Perspective Two
Anne-Marie Lister
Head of People Experience
Atom Bank
12.45 Morning Round-Up & Lunchtime Announcements
12.50 Lunch & Informal Networking For Speakers, Partners & Delegates
Informal Peer-To-Peer Discussions On Industry Hot Topics
13.20 Peer-To-Peer Discussions
A) Engagement On A Budget
Nicola Maddox
Learning & Development Business Partner
Hermes Investment Management
B) Flexible Working
Sarah Bould
HR Business Partner
Royal London
C) Employee Listening
Lorraine Goan
Associate Director, People Experience
HSBC Security Services
D) How Banks & Insurers Are Changing Their Culture In Innovative Ways That Work
Ghassan Karian
Managing Partner
Karian and Box
E) Rewards & Recognition
F) Flexible Working
Afternoon Co-Chair Remarks
13.50 Afternoon Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
Hannah Wilson
Delivery Director
American Express
Theresa Winters
People Insight Lead
Santander UK
Diversity & Inclusion
14.00 Build Inclusive, Dynamic & Creative Cultures Which Embrace Diversity, Work Harmoniously & Celebrate The Changing Workplace Of Today
- Innovative comms to bridge gaps in the workforce: what will engage millennials and Gen-Z working in contact centres, as well as older bankers nearing retirement age?
- Strategic approaches to persuade senior stakeholders of the commercial imperatives and bottom line benefits of diversity and inclusion
- Practical steps to more effectively communicate with and represent your employees and wider customer base
- Break down barriers and stigmas in a sector traditionally dominated by white, middle-aged males to ensure that conversations about D&I are welcomed and encouraged by everybody
Zahoor Ahmad
Diversity & Inclusion Lead
Skipton Building Society
Mental Health & Wellbeing - Panel Q&A
14.20 Raise Awareness, Provide Support & Wellbeing Initiatives & Empower Your Employees To Reduce The Impact Of Mental Illness In (& Out Of) The Workplace
- Create an open culture and instigate honest, authentic conversations about mental health and wellbeing, without coming across as overly corporate or insincere
- How can we better monitor and support home workers’ wellbeing when they’re not office based
- Seamlessly integrate wellbeing into discussions around engagement to make the topic more commonplace and easier to digest for people who are not naturally inclined
- How can we better train line managers to support employees with mental health issues and get the best out of their team commercially and emotionally?
Helen Walpole
HR Business Partner
MetLife
James Haq-Myles
Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing
Travelex
Karen Cooke
Senior Human Resources Business Partner
Hargreaves Lansdown
Fiona McAslan
Wellbeing Lead
Royal Bank of Scotland
Lorraine Goan
Associate Director, People Experience
HSBC Security Services
Bonus Session
15.05 Reserved For Unmind
Kenny Mulcahy, Head of Commercial Growth, Unmind
Investing In People
15.20 Prepare, Train & Upskill Employees To Be Resilient, Agile & Equipped For The Future Of Financial Services
- It’s not just about retention… how to better to invest in employees to build loyalty and provide genuine development opportunities?
- Adapt to individual needs more effectively to enable employees to perform at their best, rather than ‘one size fits all
- Is it possible to personalise the employee experience? Bolster internal communications with quick wins from external-facing customer experience strategies
- Collaboration, adaptability, emotional resilience… how can we build and nurture the skills vital for the future of work?
Bobbi Nicholson
People Operations Lead
Monzo Bank
15.40 Afternoon Refreshment Break With Informal Networking
Measure Engagement
16.10 Accurately Measure Engagement Levels By Actively Listening To The Employee Voice & Responding Quickly With Informed Solutions & Initiatives
- Move away from structured surveys and harness employee listening techniques for a nuanced understanding of employee satisfaction levels
- You’ve got the data, but now what? Feed employee feedback into business as usual to drive improvements, bolster organisational health and boost engagement
- Where do ethical boundaries lie when working with potentially private or sensitive data?
- Translate employee insights into meaningful stories to relay back to staff and ignite real change
Speaker to be announced.
Channels, Comms & Hard-To-Reach
16.30 Optimise Channels & Communications To Engage Employees Far & Wide & Maximise Engagement
- Pinpoint the success of new initiatives and where investment in new, innovative digital channels has paid off
- Drip-feed the right messages at the right time to sustain engagement, rather than throwing information out and hoping it sticks
- How can we (carefully) break free of risk-averse comms to exude authenticity and humanity
- Maintain consistent, engaging messages across multiple sites, without losing the specific personalities or unique qualities of remote offices
- A look to the future of comms as we move towards more fragmented, remote workforces. What should we be doing today to help prepare for tomorrow?
Speaker to be announced.
Attraction & Retention
16.50 Become A Financial Services Employer Of Choice! Innovative Techniques To Attract The Best Talent & Boost Long-Term Retention Rates
- Explore the qualities today’s top candidates are seeking in their prospective workplace: are you doing enough to entice the best talent?
- As financial services experiences significant HR changes, how do you recruit and develop colleagues with the right mindset and attributes?
- As today’s turbulent times result in disengaged employees holding onto their job, what can be done to mitigate any negative impact and win them back?
- Proactive, not reactive! Spot retention risks early in the employee journey
17.10 Afternoon Co-Chairs’ Closing Remarks
Hannah Wilson
Delivery Director
American Express
Theresa Winters
People Insight Lead
Santander UK
17.15 Official Close Of Conference