About LEAP HR: Higher Education
LEAP HR: Higher Education offers you the chance to step inside the practical people strategies helping the most disruptive HR leaders in higher education make change a reality. It shines a light on how you can transform HR impact in a change-resistant environment, boost the ROI of your function and move your institution forward. Join us to uncover what the future of HR looks like in the universities and colleges of tomorrow – and crucially, how we get there today.
And – if you or any of your team claim SHRM or HRCI points – you can now do so for your participation in this forum and gain the following:
- HRCI: 12.75 hours
- SHRM: 18 PDCs
Join your peers and leave able to:
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Reshape your institution’s culture: Find out how Ithaca College is successfully accelerating the development of its staff & faculty by nurturing a culture of innovation & creativity | ![]() |
Rethink how you deliver impact & boost influence: Uncover the way UT Dallas has transformed its people function & created a successful pathway to navigate unprecedented change |
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Transform & extend HR’s influence: Hear how Cornell is transforming traditional organizational mind-sets and making the leap to transformational, radical HR |
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Build an entrepreneurial culture of positive disruption: See how Babson College is using experimental people strategies to develop leaders with innovation in their DNA |
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Radically rethink leadership development: Learn first-hand about Caltech’s game-changing approach to building smarter, stronger, more resilient leaders |
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Transform how you intentionally increase your institution’s diversity: Discover how The University of East Michigan is measuring & boosting diversity in its campus population to ensure sustainability |
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Reinvent your practice & channel HR perspectives from outside higher education: Hear the ground-breaking approach University of Washington is taking to bring the ‘outside in’ | ![]() |
Revolutionize performance management: Find out how Brigham Young University is boosting impact & engagement by rethinking how it connects performance reviews with development & pay |
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Move your HR function into a future state: Lift the lid on how Northeastern University is rethinking the future of HR in a world of increasing AI & machine learning | ![]() |
Build a brand to give yourself a competitive talent edge: Hear how Princeton has transformed how it positions itself as an employer to get the right people, faster |
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Go hybrid and rewrite the rules on HR delivery models: Identify how Penn State is now delivering a more streamlined, more efficient, higher-quality service to students, staff & faculty | ![]() |
Rethink your approach to leadership recruitment: Understand how The University of Wisconsin System has turned executive recruitment on its head to find the future leaders of higher education |
How it Works
We believe the traditional conference format is not fit for purpose, so we’ve ripped it up and started from scratch. When you look inside the following agenda, you will see three main types of session:
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Discover sessions offer you the chance to hear the most admired people leaders in Higher Education share the stories of what they’ve done to solve their most pressing HR challenges |
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Debate sessions provide you with the unique opportunity to have your burning questions answered in a room full of your peers and move beyond the ‘what’ and the ‘why’ to get to the ‘how’ |
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Action sessions are designed to help you work with your team to set a clear, bespoke action plan of what you are going to change when you get back to your business to ensure you get a fast ROI |