CIPD Midlands Annual Event 2021 Handbook

The handbook contains details of the programme, speakers, venue and exhibitors at the CIPD Midlands Annual Event 2021, taking place on Saturday 9 October at the Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club in Birmingham.

CIPD Midlands Annual Event 2021

Leading a New Era of Good Work

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Meet the speakers Please refer to the website for speaker biographies

Abigail Hirshman Workplace Programme Director The Charlie Waller Trust

Benjamin Murray Learning Technologies Business Partner NHS Supply Chain

Chris Warhurst Director, Institute for Employment Research University of Warwick

David Hayden Digital Learning Portfolio Manager CIPD

Graham Salisbury Senior Lecturer in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour Nottingham Trent University

Errin Riley MHPP Programme Manager Mind

Helena Marston Chief People Officer Purplebricks

John Kenney Midland Area Partnership Facilitator CIPD

Lee Barron Regional Secretary TUC Midlands

Lisa Whittleton Director Illuminate VR Services Ltd

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Meet the speakers

Manny Sandhu Director of Leadership, OD & Resourcing West Midlands Employers

Lucy Robinson Director of Resources East Midlands Chamber

Peter Cheese Chief Executive CIPD

Rachel Suff Senior Policy Advisor Employment Relations CIPD

Robert Handley Senior Adviser ACAS

Sarah Ellis Author Co-founder Amazing If

Shakil Butt Founder HR Hero for Hire

Siobhán Sheridan CBE CCIPD Chief People Officer Financial Conduct Authority

Tina Russell Professional Conduct and Ethics Lead CIPD

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Floor plan

Arden Suite (Ground floor)

Spike & Fly

Aylesford (First floor)

Golf Lounge

Foyer

Golf Shop

Hotel café

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CIPD

Floor plan key

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Reg Foyer

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Spike & Fly Golf Lounge Arden Aylesford

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Stairs

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Lift

Amenities

Hotel Reception

Main Entrance

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Floor plan

Woodlands exhibition floor plan Stand 1 | CIPHR Stand 2 | Hays Human Resources Stand 3 | Illuminate VR Services Stand 4 |  Midlands Engine: Mental Health and Productivity Pilot Stand 5 |  The Trades Union Congress (TUC) Stand 6 |  Nottingham Trent University Stand 7 | Stone King Stand 8 | Work Horizons Stand 9 | CIPD Code of Conduct

General information

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Woodlands (Catering and Exhibition)

Hotel Restaurant

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Programme

Registration, networking and coffee

09:00

Chair’s welcome and opening remarks Peter Cheese , Chief Executive, CIPD

10:00

CIPD keynote – Leading a new era of good work Siobhan Sheridan CBE CCIPD , Chief People Officer, Financial Conduct Authority

10:10

Good Jobs for the Midlands after Covid: developing a regional strategy Lucy Robinson, Director of Resources, East Midlands Chamber

10:40

Joint Q&A moderated by Peter Cheese, Chief Executive, CIPD Ask your questions to the keynote speakers: Siobhan Sheridan and Lucy Robinson

11:10

Refreshments, networking and exhibition

11.30

Breakout sessions

12:00

A1 - Arden Suite Leading Business: Responsible Leadership, Ethics and Professional Conduct Tina Russell, Professional Conduct and Ethics Lead, CIPD B1 - Spike & Fly Leading Teams: How to make Good and Fair Work a reality Chris Warhurst , Director, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick Robert Handley , Senior Adviser , ACAS Lee Barron , Regional Secretary, TUC Midlands C1 - Aylesford Leading L&D & Change: Learning and Developing through change David Hayden , Digital Learning Portfolio Manager, CIPD Benjamin Murray , Learning Technologies Business Partner, NHS Supply Chain

Lunch, networking and exhibition Walk and talk | meet at the CIPD stand at 13:30

12:55

Stretch your legs, get some fresh air and explore the grounds at the Forest of Arden – and a good opportunity to informally network with your colleagues as you stroll. The walk will be led by CIPD Regional Executive Eleanor Lloyd Jones.

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Programme

Breakout sessions

13:55

A2 - Arden Suite Leading Business: The role of the People Professional | Prioritising a culture of inclusion and purpose for organisation growth strategies Shakil Butt , Founder, HR Hero for Hire Manny Sandhu , Director of Leadership, OD & Resourcing, West Midlands Employers B2 - Spike & Fly Leading Teams: Wellbeing & the Role of the Line Manager Rachel Suff , Senior Policy Advisor Employment Relations, CIPD Lisa Whittleton , Director, Illuminate VR Services Ltd Abigail Hirshman ,​Workplace Programme Director, The Charlie Waller Trust Errin Riley , MHPP Programme Manager, Mind C2 - Aylesford Leading L&D & Change: Developing skills for the future as a People Professional

Helena Marston , Chief People Officer, Purplebricks John Kenney , Midland Area Partnership Facilitator, CIPD

Refreshments, networking and exhibition

14:50

Skills you need to succeed in your Squiggly Career Sarah Ellis , Author, Co-founder, Amazing If

15:10

Closing remarks from the conference chair Graham Salisbury , Senior Lecturer in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour, Nottingham Trent University

16:10

Event close

16:15

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A–Z Exhibitor listings

Illuminate VR Services | Stand 03 We are specialists in wellbeing and resilience in the workplace and love helping managers to create phenomenal places to work through delivering practical, evidence-based and long-term solutions. We work with a range of SMEs delivering tailored support which includes training, audits, staff wellbeing surveys, wellbeing strategy support, coaching, and absence management services. Hays Human Resources | Stand 02 Hays Human Resources recruits for HR Directors and their teams on a permanent, contract and temporary basis. With offices across the UK, we can give offer local knowledge and an understanding of the wider market to help find the right HR job for you. Placing the right candidates in the right job can make a real difference to people and organisations alike. CIPHR | Stand 01 CIPHR is a specialist provider of SaaS HR, payroll, recruitment and learning software through our HCM platform, CIPHR Connect. CIPHR Connect enables seamless integration, not only with CIPHR’s own solutions, but also to an ecosystem of specialist, third-party tools, helping busy HR teams to streamline their processes, secure employees’ sensitive personal data, and spend more time working strategically. CIPD | Registration foyer We’re the professional body for experts in people at work. For more than 100 years, we’ve been championing better work and working lives by setting professional standards for HR and people development, as well as driving positive change in the world of work. We’re the career partner of choice for 160,000 members around the world. Midlands Engine: Mental Health and Productivity Pilot | Stand 04 The Mental Health & Productivity Pilot (MHPP) is a collaboration of expert partners working across the Midlands Engine region to help employers ensure their employees are happy, satisfied and able to thrive. MHPP offers a range of free, evidenced-based and sustainable resources for all businesses across the East and West Midlands.

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A–Z Exhibitor lisitings

Work Horizons | Stand 08 Organisational success depends on the engagement, development and commitment of your people, particularly in times of great change. At Work Horizons we help leaders to make the most of teams and individuals. Our qualified, experienced people-management specialists and coaches use cutting-edge tools and technologies – including virtual reality – to bring about lasting change, embed essential learning and achieve measurable productivity gains. reputation in the charity and education sectors, enables us to provide tailored advice specific to your needs. Because technical ability alone is not enough, we will seek to build exceptional working relationships with you. By doing so, we will develop a deep understanding of your issues to create better commercial outcomes. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) | Stand 05 The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is the umbrella organisation bringing together around 50 affiliates and representing just over 1.1 million working people in the Midlands region. The TUC exists to make the working world a better place for everyone. We support unions to grow and thrive and we stand up for everyone who works for a living. Nottingham Trent University | Stand 06 For over 40 years we have been delivering CIPD accredited programmes and have an established reputation for providing quality programmes that have a positive impact on you and your organisation. Aligned with the new CIPD Profession Map, we offer courses at a number of levels to enhance your HR knowledge and develop the skills you need to progress your career. Stone King | Stand 07 We have built a name for excellence with both our private and commercial clients. Our industry focus, including our leading CIPD Code of Conduct | Stand 09 Our profession needs you! The CIPD are reviewing the Code of Professional Conduct and we really want to hear your views on the Code and how it should look to be future fit. Visit the Code of Conduct stand in the Woodlands Suite during the breaks to find out more. Find the Ethics at Work Guide here

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Midlands Area Partnership – a network of over 22,000 HR and L&D professionals! The CIPD Midlands Area Partnership (MAP) is a regional grouping of ten CIPD branches. We aim to promote the CIPD purpose of championing better work and working lives throughout the Midlands region by sharing best practice and expertise, improving links between the individual branches and providing networking opportunities for the 22,000 members who live and work in our region. The ten branches that make up CIPD Midlands are:

Leicestershire @CIPDLeics 2220 members Branch Chair – Manish Amin

Birmingham @CIPDBirmingham 2904 members Branch Chair – Nick Weatherburn Black Country @CIPDBlackCountry 2426 members Branch Chair – Ballie Nizzer Coventry & Warwickshire @CIPDCovWarks 2557 members Branch Chair – Phil Ingle Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire @DerbyNottsCIPD 3966 members Branch Chair – Kirstie Houlton

Lincolnshire @CIPDlincs 1625 members Branch Chair – Adam Davey North Staffordshire & South Cheshire @CIPD_NSSC 1639 members Branch Chair – Stephen Watson

Northamptonshire @CIPDNorthants 1883 members Branch Chair – Sarah Jones Shropshire @CIPDShropshire 910 members Branch Chair – Kelly Mansell

Hereford & Worcester @CIPD_Here_Worcs 1941 members Branch Chair – Gill Slater

For more information about CIPD Midlands and the local branches please contact the Midlands Regional Network and Community Executive Eleanor Lloyd Jones eleanor.lloydjones@cipd.co.uk Follow us at @CIPD_MAP Visit the CIPD Midlands website at cipd.co.uk/map

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