Workshops Agenda

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When organisations see inclusion and wellbeing as ‘one’ integrated strategy, leaders can foster a culture of cognitive sharpness, which allows people to do their best work and bring their whole selves to work.  This not only increases productivity, engagement and commitment levels, it positions your organisation to attract and develop the best and brightest diverse talent.  

• Gain insight into the key psychology behind inclusion and wellbeing 
• Start to develop an inclusive leader mindset 
• Using evidence-based tools to foster greater inclusion and wellbeing in your organisation

The world has changed -  but have your leaders? Today, employees want leaders who are less demanding and more empathetic. Now is the perfect time to transform your leadership development programs to ensure your people flourish. This workshop will:

• Reveal how the brain impacts our ability to trust others
• Unpack the three important leadership practices for a trusted, team culture
• Discuss examples of integrating a trust building system in day-to-day interactions

The pandemic has caused many employees to re-evaluate their priorities and their careers. Now, staff movement has placed additional pressures on teams prompting even further reflection. Organisations are faced with the challenge of delivering learning and development outcomes to an increasingly stressed, time-poor audience. In this potent session, we will explore how learning organisations can turn this challenge into an opportunity to retain, re-engage and attract employees. In this workshop we will:   

• Explore the causes of current workplace trends  
• How to embrace the current challenge and work with it to your advantage  
• Identify ideas for learning functions to make a positive impact on both employees and their organisations 

By employing people with disability, businesses access a productive, safe and reliable talent pool — in turn, drawing long-term economic, innovation and inclusion dividends. Yet, low awareness about disability and available support means employers may overlook people with disability and miss out on their potential. How can Australian workplaces embed disability inclusion across all layers of the organisation to bridge the skills gap? The session will highlight: 

• The business case for a diverse and inclusive workplace, offering low risk, improved productivity, and high return  
• Practical strategies to build disability confidence and develop inclusive practices 
• Case studies showcasing the benefits of disability inclusion 
• The range of free and expert disability employment supports available through the Australian Government’s JobAccess program 

Join us for a practical, interactive workshop to learn how to become an employer of choice, while creating and communicating a compelling Employee Value Proposition (EVP) that will draw the attention of top talent. In this workshop, Reward Gateway’s  Director of Consultancy Kylie Terrell will unpack the evolving employer-employee relationship and deliver tangible takeaways to help you build your EVP strategy.  

• What are the tools to identify and retain key players within your business?  
• Examples of creative and cost-effective ways to attract top talent   
• Top Tips to build a strong EVP

The new world of work has forever changed the way companies hire, retain and engage talent -- and improving the employee experience has become a strategic priority.  It’s every touchpoint across your people’s tenure with your organisation—from hire to retire. In this session, we will discuss some of the core fundamentals of an effective employee experience strategy. 

• Improving your onboarding process 
• Creating a culture of belonging in a hybrid work environment 
• The role of modern HR technology in enhancing your company culture 

Join us to see the results of a comprehensive research project into the changing role of HR. In-depth interviews conducted with C-suite and senior HR leaders from Australia, the UK and US highlight the challenges HR is currently facing, and what they expect to face in the future. This session will examine HR tech’s current role, and how it can equip HR teams for future success. Find out what’s next for HR:  

• New ways of working: re-imagineering our hybrid work future  
• Business transformation, culture and experiences: creating truly people-focused companies  
• Competing successfully for talent: building an irresistible organisation  
• Four key steps to get ahead 
• HR tech as an enabler  

We live in an increasingly competitive world where, all too often, winning is seen as a key determinant of capability, credibility and success. As a result, the workplace can feel like a battlefield – especially for HR practitioners – and the stakes have never been higher. This workshop aims to challenge and expand your thinking about "traditional" ideas of winning by exploring a more nuanced and contemporary approach that moves beyond the binary concept of winners and losers, and how that can inform and add value to our practice as HR professionals. This session will explore:  

• What does ‘winning’ at work really look like?
• Are all wins created equal?
• Is winning at all costs worth it?
• Are all battles worth the fight?
• What happens to those who lose or who refuse to “play the game”?

Blind Citizens Australia is connecting with employers to facilitate a greater understanding of how to hire a person who is blind or vision impaired, by providing information, tools, and resources to employers about workplace inclusion & accessibility, adaptive technology, supporting an employee who is blind or vision impaired, as well as providing information on financial and other support that is available for employers who employ staff with disability.  

• Integrating employment policies for the blind or vision impaired  
• Developing workplace inclusion and accessibility in your employee experience 
• How to become a more disability confident business  

The past couple of years has really shone the spotlight on HR as they supported their people through the pandemic throughout lockdowns; and now as we transition through hybrid working and talent shortages, the need for HR teams to support the business is as strong as ever. But who is looking after HR and how can they thrive?  

• The journey of the past two years – what we have learned
• 3 key areas to focus on to create productive HR teams
• Key actions for HR leaders to support their team