CONFERENCE DAY ONE
7:30 am Conference Registration & Networking
8:30 am What it Takes to Make a Leap a Reality
8:40 am Chair’s Welcome, Opening Remarks & Connection Before Content
Redefining Culture & EVP
8:50 am Discover: The Story From DeVry University on EVP & the Power of Great Culture
Synopsis
- How can we transform employee wellbeing, engagement, and retention with our EVP?
- What are the values that drive great culture and underpin a resilient and high-performing HR function?
- Exploring the culture initiatives and EVP in place at DeVry University
9:10 am Discover: Culture as a Competitive Advantage
Synopsis
- Understanding Culture’s Impact: Learn how a well-defined organizational culture can serve as a formidable tool in addressing and overcoming significant challenges, such as market pressure, leadership changes, and talent acquisition
- Strategic Implementation: Explore practical strategies employed by UC Irvine to cultivate and maintain a positive organizational culture, enabling proactive and effective responses to external and internal pressures
- Actionable Takeaways: Gain concrete, actionable steps to reinforce and leverage their institution’s culture, promoting resilience, adaptability, and a competitive edge in the higher education landscape
9:30 am Discover: The Creation of EVP From North Carolina State University
Synopsis
- Revitalizing retention strategy: How North Carolina State University have created a distinctive and robust EVP to drive retention number to over 90% across all faculty and staff
- Dive into the NC State’s strategic plan to provide an accepting and dynamic culture, opportunities for personal growth and professional development and programs that allow you to reach your highest potential
9:50 am Develop: What More Can We Learn From the HR Leaders Focusing on Culture & EVP?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair
10:10 am Action: What More Can We Learn About Rebranding EVP & Driving Great Culture?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:30 am Speed Networking Break
Building Supportive Workplace Cultures To Drive Engagement
11:10 am Discover: Prioritizing Employee Mental Health & Wellbeing To Drive Engagement
Synopsis
- At a time of increased budget cuts and more limited resources than seen before, how can we incentivise employees and maximise retention?
- What can we offer our employees to support their mental health and wellbeing, and ultimately build a supportive workforce culture?
- The story of ‘Mental Health First Aid’ from Baylor University
11:30 am Develop: What More Can We Learn From HR Leaders Implementing Initiatives To Support Employee Wellbeing?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair
11:40 am Action: How Are You Going To Ensure You Are Prioritizing Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
11:50 am Panel Discussion: Addressing Culture & EVP To Maximise Engagement & Nurture Employees
Synopsis
- How can we ensure we are fostering an environment in which we are empowering our teams and nurturing employees, so they feel valued and engaged in their work?
- What more can we do to create a culture and EVP that attracts top talent, and what values are needed to underpin a supportive workplace culture like this?
- Dive deeper into multifaceted aspects of culture, EVP, employee wellbeing and the organizational frameworks we can create to build a supportive workplace culture that enhances individual performance and contributes to a successful high-performing HR function
12:30 pm Networking Lunch
Driving Internal Mobility & Enhancing Key Skill Sets to Advance Professional Development
1:30 pm Discover: Advancing Professional Development To Drive Engagement
Synopsis
- How can we ensure that we are supporting our current leaders in the midst of challenging market conditions and ensure there is a plan in place for any necessary organizational restructuring?
- How can we show an investment and commitment to our employees as an institute of higher education in their personal and professional development
- What more can we do to help drive internal mobility and provide further support to enhance skill sets of our high potential talent and allow them to transition seamlessly into a position of leadership?
1:50 pm Discover: Leveraging Transferrable Skills & Creating New Career Pathways; The Story from Stevens
Synopsis
- How can we identify the strengths of our non-academic employees and invest in their development with new roles to suit their personal progression?
- Creating a new framework for career pathing to provide further development opportunities to employees, boost engagement and advance professional development
- How Stevens Institute of Technology are providing key training and development to help non-academic employees enhance their skill sets and adapt to new roles within the job architectures to ensure a seamless transition into their new roles and successful professional development
2:10 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn From the Leaders Investing in Their Employees Personal and Professional Development To Enhance Engagement?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair
2:30 pm Action: How Are You Going to Show Investment In The Development of Your High Potential Talent?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
2:50 pm Refreshments Break
3:10 pm Discover: Creative Talent Acquisition Methods To Secure Critical Talent & Advance Retention
Synopsis
- What creative methods can we use to attract and retain the right candidates to current open vacancies within our higher education institutions?
- Successfully building a recruitment and hiring function within HR that enables us to attract and hire the talent we need to achieve our mission and vision
- How Colby College have re-imagined staff onboarding with the development and launch of Colby RISE to support the first year journey of new staff
3:30 pm Develop: What Else Can We Do To Optimize Our TA Pipelines & Onboard Effectively?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair
3:40 pm Action: How Are You Going to Energize, Onboard and Support New Critical Talent Within Your Higher Education Instituiton?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair