Dear Colleague
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Wessex Branch website.
The current economic climate remains a challenge for the UK economy and has impacted our working lives as HR professionals. Many of our colleagues are facing challenges in their organisations which they have not faced for a number of years, or indeed for some, ever.
In trying to acknowledge the impact of these challenges, your Group Committees have put together a programme of events for the forthcoming year which will give you an opportunity to explore topics on social media networking, mental toughness, business survival, employment law, team performance, leadership, managing talent, to name but a few.
We have endeavoured not to duplicate dates with events appearing in chronological order to enable you to attend any of them across the Wessex Branch. For the first time this year, we will be making slides available of these presentations on the Wessex website, ready for you to download.
Please may I stress the importance of ensuring that you update your My Profile on the CIPD website, which you can access by selcting 'Profile' from the menu across the top of the screen. This now is our only way of keeping you updated with local event information and changes as papers mailers will no longer be sent. You will also automatically receive our Wessex quarterly e-newsletter.
It just remains for me to thank all Branch and Group committee members for their hard work and dedication. In addition, I would like to thank all of you who supported our local events by your continued attendance. We look forward to welcoming you back this year.
Best wishes.
Monica Key
Wessex Chair & Council Representative
Next event
09 February 12
18:00 for 18:30 start
Wessex Branch
Venue: Southampton Solent University Conference Centre, 157-187 Above Bar Street, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 7NN
Speaker(s): Stephen Gates