Global Credit Crunch and Aftermath: Implications for HR NEW

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In brief:

The ‘credit crunch’ has hit – and is affecting all industry sectors. The economic experts now say that the ‘recession’ will be longer and deeper than previously forecast. This inevitably means dismissals, reorganisations, workforce restructures and other changes to ensure business survival and appropriate positioning to steer the organisation through the recession and into a position to capitalise when the upturn comes. Being properly prepared is half the battle - especially for HR professionals.

Being able to provide key people data and performance figures to the board has never been more important at a time when potential reorganisations, restructures or redundancies are on the horizon. In recent years businesses have focused much energy and resource into attracting key talent to their organisations - yet there is a danger that in these tough economic times this huge investment will be quashed by knee-jerk cost-cutting which may result in a huge loss of talent.

To facilitate business success in times of economic turbulence HR must not only ensure their talent management strategy is robust but must also be equipped with the skills and knowledge to manage and implement any organisational restructure, be aware of their legal responsibilities, maximise the use of their available resources, and communicate effectively with their key people.

This conference will equip today's forward-thinking HR professional with the skills and knowledge to thrive in the current economic climate. You will hear contributions from key business leaders, organisational change specialists, leading HR professionals and legal experts and take away key learning to maximise your personal impact within your business.

This event is CPD accredited.

Designed for:

HR directors and managers responsible for implementing people strategy and operations, In-house legal counsel, communications managers, organisational change consultants, employee relations managers

Training highlights:

  • Ensure you are retaining the right people and keeping staff motivated in the tough economic climate
  • Learn how to develop a restructure, reorganisation and redundancy plan
  • Access the employment law expertise you require to ensure you are managing your people within the law
  • Hear best practice HR guidance on how to manage cross-jurisdictional re-structures involving several countries
  • Know how to keep key staff on-side: what works and what doesn't?

The Programme

09:30
Keynote Address: The Credit Crunch: How can HR help to beat the recession?

Scott Kelly, VP HR EMEA, Hitachi Data Systems

  • Assessing priorities and managing the short-term crisis and sustaining long-term growth: identifying where to save and where to cut costs
  • Avoiding knee-jerk reactions and highlighting key areas of focus for HR
  • Getting the most from your HR department: conducting an HR skills audit and identifying and filling relevant skills gaps
  • Aligning people strategies and business strategies and engaging with the boardroom
10:00
Reorganisation, restructuring or redundancy? Assessing your business position and deciding on the appropriate course of action to support your strategy
Richard Phelps, Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • What can HR do to influence the board and act as consultants to the business
  • Selecting for change: exploring different options and approaches to manage the transition through a restructure. Getting from where you are now to where you want to be
  • Developing a re-structure, reorganisation or redundancy plan
  • Assessing your people data and maximising key dynamics pre and post restructure
  • Being ready to respond when the economy recovers
10:45
Coffee
11:00
Avoiding litigation and cost: key legal considerations for HR

Gary Freer, Employment Partner, McGrigors

Angus Menzies, Senior Associate, McGrigors

  • Best practice legal advice on managing a redundancy: compulsory redundancy, voluntary redundancy, collective and individual redundancy
  • Changing contractual terms – latest rules
  • The impact of the age discrimination legislation on traditional methods of redundancy selection
  • Consulting your workforce and working with trade unions
  • Handling business transfers and mergers:
    • Identifying who transfers
    • Applying the TUPE regulations
  • Learning from case law
12:30
Lunch
13:30
View from the top: Managing a cross –country restructure: examining the typical pitfalls UK and US HR managers experience with pan-European restructuring

Edzard Clifton-Dey, International Employment Lawyer, Eversheds

  • What are the typical issues encountered by HR: dealing with local works councils and trade unions
  • Emphasising the cultural and legal differences
  • Managing collective redundancies across Europe: practical advice
  • What is the price of getting it wrong?

Interactive restructure exercise: delegates will have the opportunity to work on a restructuring scenario, identify the key HR issues encountered, and draft a project plan.
14:30
HR case study: managing an organisational restructure
  • Key considerations: retaining the right people, reducing disruptive effects and keeping staff motivated
  • Identifying the redundancy criteria
  • Informing and consulting your people: learning from experience
  • Retraining and re-skilling your staff to fulfil new requirements
15:15
Organisational change and communication: sustaining employee morale through a restructure

Tom Harvey, Head of Internal Communications, HSBC

  • Motivating employees to accept and adapt to changes in the business
  • Tackling employee perceptions of what the business change means for them
  • Ensuring people are kept informed – and the lessons learned from not communicating with key groups
16:00
Managing your talent in difficult times: effective talent and employee engagement strategies
  • Exploring key retention strategies for success
  • Managing pay and reward – ensuring the close alignment of business strategy, reward policies and people strategy
  • The psychological contract: realising what employees value and maximising reward
  • Reviewing training needs and performance and appraisal processes
16:45
End of conference

Venue details

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Our People

Kathy Harvey

Kathy Harvey is a freelance print journalist and senior JSB training consultant with over sixteen years` experience working in the media. She is the commissioning editor for the Independent`s MBA supplements, and also writes for the Sunday Times, the Financial Times, and a variety of specialist magazines, concentrating on management and business issues. She is the current editor of the Association of MBAs Handbook, and has worked with The London Business School, Cranfield University and Oxford University on a range of media skills programmes.

Kathy has coached senior executives in a wide range of media and communication skills. She has worked with clients across the public and private sectors, from investment analysts to NHS managers and re-insurance experts. She was responsible for devising and delivering a message development programme for an investment bank, and has trained most of the senior executives for the Eastern European section of a financial services association. She has also worked with directors in the fund management industry and in re-insurance, and has helped several teams prepare for IPO presentations to analysts.

Before going freelance six years ago Kathy worked for BBC TV and Radio. She spent six years as a political correspondent, interviewing many of the UK`s leading political figures, from Lady Thatcher to Tony Blair. She has also worked as a news producer in both TV and radio.

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