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BSI People Group would like to invite you to our Boardroom Briefings.
Our Boardroom Briefings give our clients the opportunity to be briefed by experts in key areas relating to their most important resource – people. The format is a boardroom style briefing or discussion over lunch.
SERIES ONE – HOW TO ATTRACT, RETAIN AND ENGAGE YOUR STAFF.
Sydney
How do you protect your business from a shortage of quality staff as well as attracting, retaining and engaging staff to ensure continued growth?
Please keep an eye open for Melbourne and Brisbane Dates
Briefing 1: Employee Value Propositions – what's your edge?
How do you position yourself to get a competitive edge in today's talent market? Identifying and strengthening your own EVP is critical to gaining and maintaining the advantage.
SPEAKER:
Rachel Hill, Director and founder of Rachel Hill & Associates is highly experienced HR and recruitment and retention specialist that brings a valuable combination of recruitment and attraction expertise to our clients. She has worked “ both sides of the fence ” in terms of working in-house as a Resourcing Manager for several large blue chip corporations; she has also worked, as a Recruitment Consultant for specialised agencies so knows the industry & the players well. With over 17 years history in employment services and recruitment she provides you with an in-depth knowledge of employee wants and needs - why people accept roles, why they reject roles and why they would choose to work for one organisation over another.
Rachel firmly believes that knowing and understanding your current Employee Valuation Proposition has never been as important as it is in today's market. A strong EVP will have an impact when it comes to attracting and retaining good people, and can often make the difference between hiring and keeping those people or watching them go to work for a competitor. EVP can help you create a competitive advantage through reviewing your current recruitment practices and your proposition. It goes far beyond recruitment or pay and reward, as it is the “psychological contract” between employee and employer. In other words, it is the "get" versus the "give." If in the employees' minds they "get" value and satisfaction from the relationship, the company will tend to have more satisfied employees and increased retention rates.
Rachel will give you an insight into EVP as well as some helpful tips to establish if your business has a strong EVP. BSI people have retained the services of Rachel Hill specifically for their clients in 2006.
“Rachel Hill & Associates have provided excellent solutions and service to QBE Mercantile Mutual, the flexibility and adaptability that was also provided made it working with them so easy given business priorities change and therefore the solutions provided at times had to also change.” Sharyn Schultz, Executive Manager People & Performance , QBE Mercantile Mutual.
Date: Sydney , Thursday 4th May 2006, 12.30 pm – 2.00pm (lunch included)
Venue: BSI People Group, Boardroom, Level 7, 34 Hunter Street , Sydney
Numbers: Limited
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Briefing 2: Management that Engages your Employees
According to a recent survey 33% of all employees are actively disengaged. ‘Good Management' is the most influential factor in retaining employees. Management techniques to engage your staff.
SPEAKER: Scott Henderson is a former lecturer in psychology at both the universities of Sydney and Western Sydney where he specialised in social psychology, leadership, communication and workplace satisfaction. He brings this same rigorous and scientific approach to the work he does in the corporate sector with BSI Training. As the training manager, Scott is responsible for not only writing and delivering courses and conference addresses, but for managing his team of trainers. He is a registered psychologist and works with managers at all levels as both an educator and executive coach.
With the assumption that people are complex (no exceptions), he recognises that managers must now, like never before, juggle a wide range of business, personal and interpersonal issues with their staff. Negotiating this maze saddled with time and resource constraints can test both the competence and patience of the best of us. Not surprising research indicates that many managers are falling short - statistics show up to one third of all staff are actively disengaged. This disengagement leads to potential going untapped and results going unrealised. The trend of more boards holding senior management accountable for engaging and motivating staff means that managers need new skills simply to survive.
Scott believes that good management is possible and starts with the right approach, focus and mindset. He will share his tools and techniques for managers to facilitate an environment where staff are engaged and companies excel.
Scott is a lively and entertaining speaker who continues to work hard to dispel the stereotype that psychologist actually get people to lie down on couches.
" Scott Henderson uses his energetic, amusing and insightful training style to effectively engage our diverse audiences.”
Marcel Mol, National Manager Learning & Development, Clayton Utz
Date: Sydney , Thursday 25 th May 2006, 12.30 pm – 2.00pm (lunch Included)
Venue: BSI People Group, Boardroom, Level 7, 34 Hunter Street , Sydney
Numbers: Limited to 25 People
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Briefing 3: Using Equity and Incentives to Retain and Motivate Key Executives
Getting pay right is critical in retaining and motivating key talent. If the pay is wrong, it places pressure on all of the company's other people strategies. Share and incentive plans can be powerful tools for companies but their design can have traps for the unwary.
SPEAKERS :
EDWARD WRIGHT founded Equity Strategies having spent ten years as a partner with the leading law firm Freehills in Sydney . An honours graduate in law, with masters' degrees from the Universities of Auckland and Michigan , he has practised law in New Zealand , New York , Tokyo and Sydney . His experience spans many facets of corporate and commercial law. Since 1989, he has focused on executive pay for performance and executive / employee incentive plans.
STEPHEN BURKE is a Senior Associate at Equity Strategies. A solicitor qualified in Australia and England , he has 10 years international consulting experience in equity incentives and executive remuneration. Having spent 5 years in London and over 3 years in Hong Kong with a major US consultancy, he has worked with major companies in the UK , Europe, United States , Asia and Australia on all aspects of executive remuneration. His main focus is on designing performance linked pay and incentive plans, and equity incentives.
Edward and Stephen will lead an interactive discussion on the key issues and latest market trends amongst leading Australian companies as they compete to retain and motivate their most crucial assets - people. Based on the results of their recent research into the share plans of the Top 200 Australian-listed companies, you will leave with a better understanding of:
• What Australian companies are doing to motivate and retain their executive staff
• The emerging trends around retention focused plans
• The corporate governance pitfalls that need to be avoided in putting plans in place
“ There are those in the upper echelons of Australian business that reckon Wright has written just about every share plan that works in Australia .” Article, Lawyers Weekly, March 2006
Date: Sydney , Thursday 15th June 2006, 12.30 pm – 2.00pm (lunch Included)
Venue: BSI People Group, Boardroom, Level 7, 34 Hunter Street , Sydney
Numbers: Limited to 25 People
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Briefing 4: Do you have a strong ‘ Employer Brand'?
Understanding and clearly communicating your employment proposition through the creation and development of an employer brand is critical to attracting and retaining the ‘right fit' individuals to your organisation. A strong Employer Brand allows you to communicate effectively with your audiences – both internally and externally.
SPEAKER: Sam Cookson is a director and co-founder of Elastic Brands – a boutique brand consultancy specialising in the employment brand market, and has been working in operational, strategic and management roles within the advertising and media/communications industry for the past 19 years. Sam's experience spans a wide variety of sectors both in Australia and the UK , gained within media, agencies and on the ‘client side', this informal session will offer a balanced ‘real world' view on today's market.
Since August 2005, Sam has been helping clients address their attraction and retention issues through focusing on the true essence of their employment proposition which exists ‘inside' the organisation, and delivering tools to support the effective understanding, engagement and communication of the resulting employment brand.
There is a tangible link between business performance and employees that understand the values of the 'company' brand and ‘employer' brand. Sam will discuss practical, cost effective ways to define, create, develop, implement and measure your employmer brand as well as offering insight into how to deliver a meaningful, compelling and strategic brand communications.
"Sam waltzed into our multi-faceted brand project like a breath of fresh air with experience, know how and vitality - supporting our participation, involvement and learning every step of the way – their process is simple, the outcomes are profound."
Jo Comans - Marketing Manager, National Family Day Care Council of Australia
Date: Sydney , Thursday 29 th June 2006, 12.30 pm – 2.00pm (lunch Included)
Venue: BSI People Group, Boardroom, Level 7, 34 Hunter Street , Sydney
Numbers: Limited to 25 People
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Tuesday 28th November 2006
Entrepreneurial Leadership in a Commercial World - Developing Great Leaders
Prestentation by:
Allen J Pathmarajah
Executive Chairman
AJP Advisers Ptd Ltd
Download presentation here
Is your company suffering from RETENTION DEFICIT DISORDER?
Date: Wednesday 28th February 2007
Time: 12.30 pm - 2.00 pm (light lunch served)
Cost: Complimentary
CEOs today recognize retention and acquisition of key talent as critical to business success, growth - even survival. A company's Employment Value Proposition (EVP) directly impacts its retention and acquisition of best talent. EVP is the balance between what an employee gets from their employer in return for their input. Imagine if you could measure this balance and optimize your EVP
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