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President's Forum

The next President's Forum on 8th September will be the 50th in the series:

The Future of HR

Speaker: Will Hutton, Chief Executive, The Work Foundation.

In his address, Will Hutton will discuss how we can create a future for HR that gets beyond a debate characterised by extremes of ‘HR as an unnecessary and expensive overhead’, versus ‘HR that must be respected and at the centre of the business’.

He will explore questions such as:

· What are the alternative ways that organisations can think about the HR function?

· What does it champion? How does it stretch the system?

· Who does it hold to account? How can it create the best that is within the system for the whole workforce?

· How is accountability and professional judgement across organisations championed in HR strategies, policies and practices?

· How confident is HR that it can harness the reality of differing personal, team and departmental motivations and agendas to create positive energy, diversity and innovation?

This milestone in our Forums programme will be celebrated by having a pre-event sit down lunch, to which all the attendees to the Forum will be invited as guests of the HR Society. Wine and other refreshments will be available at the reception from 12.00 noon, and the lunch will be served at 12.30. The forum itself will commence at 2.00pm.

If you wish to reserve your place, please contact:

Sheila Nutt, Events Co-ordinator at network@hrsociety.co.uk

Applications to attend

A cover charge of Ł170.00 + VAT (Ł199.75) per person will be made for HR Society and FiSSInG Members and their accompanied guests. For Non-Members the cover charge is Ł250.00 + VAT (Ł293.75). An invoice and joining instructions will be sent on receipt of your application and acceptance. Please note that cancellations made less than 21 days before the event must be charged at full rate.

If you are interested in booking for this event please contact:

Sheila Nutt, Events Co-ordinator network@hrsociety.co.uk

Previous Speakers

Here are examples of speakers that Society has attracted over the past decade, starting with the most recent.

Speaker		Theme
Richard Beresford Director, Centre for Creativity and Enterprise Development		HR, the creative profession
Gillian Stamp Director, Bioss the Foundation		Decision Making in Uncertainty
Professor Daniel T. Jones Founder and Chairman, Lean Enterprise Academy		Leading and Managing a Lean Enterprise: from managing by results to managing processes
Kevin Green, People and Organisation Development Director, Royal Mail Letters		Managing Change in the Royal Mail
Dr Lynda Gratton, London Business School		Hot spots - why some teams, workplaces and organisations buzz with energy - and others don't
Professor William Scott Jackson, Visiting Fellow at Oxford University		Building strategic capabilities for sustainable competitive advantage
Tim Miller, Director, People, Property and Assurance, Standard Chartered Bank		Employee Engagement - HR's key to driving business performance
Neil Foulger, Liberty Global		The Role of Compensation in Defining Strategy
Linda Holbeche, Director, Work Foundation		Aligning HR and Business Strategy: How desirable and how feasible?
Chris Bones, Henley Management College		Dilemmas of Modern Management
Richard Donkin, Columnist, Financial Times		Human Capital Management and the OFR
John Cridland, Deputy Director General, CBI		Future Prospects for HR Policy
David Clutterbuck, ITEM Group		Dialogue and the Open Culture
Brendan Barber, General Secretary, TUC		An Agenda for the Workplace
David Guest, King's College, London		Human Resource Management and Performance
Paul Kirby, Change Strategy, Cabinet Office		Reforming Government – success and failure
Harry Scarbrough, Warwick Business School		Measuring Human Capital
Andrew Campbell, Ashridge		Making Organisation a Source of Advantage
John Ormerod, Andersen UK		Organisation in Crisis: Challenge for Leadership
Will Hutton, The Work Foundation		The Future of Work
Graham Slight, MD, Burton Brewery		Managing Change
Sir Richard Wilson, Secretary to the Cabinet		Modernising Government
Stephen Connock, Instit of Customer Service		Achieving Service Leadership
Mike Kinski, Stagecoach Holdings plc		Management of Change
Terry Morgan, British Aerospace plc		Living The Values
John Monks, TUC		The TU Role in Change Management
Margaret Salmon, BBC		Remodelling Auntie
Ann Grinstead, IBM (UK) Ltd		The Triggers for Change
Geoff Armstrong, CIPD		Reflections on the Management of Change
Eric Caines, University of Nottingham		What Price the HR Professional of the Future
Genie Turton, Citizens Charter Office		Public Services
John S Leggate, BP Exploration Co		The Next Level of Business Performance
Lesley Sutherland, TGWU (Scotland)		Trade Unions Role in Achieving Change
Rodney Buse, W H Smith		Customer Influence on Organisation Change
John Hougham CBE, ACAS		A View of Evolving Change Processes
Kevan Hunt, British Coal Corporation		Motivation in a Downsizing Environment
Sir Bob Reid, British Rail & Shell		Managing Change within BR & Shell
Charlotte Chambers, YSC Ltd		No Change Without Learning
Roy Williams, BP Chemicals		Positioning Organisations for Success
Sir James Ackers, West Midlands RHA		Problems & Pitfalls of Managing Change
Dr John Ashworth, LSE		Managing a Workforce in Rapid Change
Dr David Grieves, British Steel		Restructuring to Survive