Find out more about each of the conference seminars

Engaging Generation Y in Workplace Learning [A1]

This session will cover:
• what leading organisations are doing to identify and satisfy the development needs of Generation Y
• why talented young people don’t just expect engaging development, they demand it
• the growing importance of apprentices, interns and graduates to sustain growth. ...more

Making OD Happen – OD in action [A2]

This session will cover:
• understanding where to start in delivering an OD strategy
• linking engagement to OD
• gaining support and buy-in from others within your organisation and influencing leadership
• how L&D can play a vital role within the OD process. ...more

How to Exploit Learning Technologies for Business Advantage [W1]

This workshop will cover:
• identifying the tangible benefits associated with technology-enabled learning for your organisation
• ensuring flexibility and relevance (how not to get blindsided by the technology!)
• how to deliver efficiency without compromising on quality
• making the business case for using learning. ...more

How to Develop Leaders who can Challenge Convention [W2]

This workshop will cover:
• the leadership skills required for companies to become challengers in their marketplace
• how to develop braver leaders who are able and willing to challenge the norm
• the practices and disciplines that underpin the successful challengers.

You will take away:
• guidance on developing leaders with the confidence and courage to think differently
• ways to instil abilities that can help leaders lead through times of uncertainty
• how to encourage your leaders to challenge both themselves and those around them.

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Becoming a Learning Organisation [B1]

This session will cover:
• creating an environment where learning is embedded in the organisational culture
• the business benefits of focusing on learning
• developing a proactive approach to learning where employees take ownership of their own development. ...more

Getting Results from Coaching: enhancing engagement and
improving retention [B2]

This session will cover:
• developing your people and improving engagement through a fit-for-purpose approach to coaching
• using coaching as a tool for developing and retaining key talent
• making a difference with your coaching initiatives.

You will take away:
• how to implement a coaching framework that meets business needs
• how to improve talent retention and engagement through coaching
• practical tools and techniques you can use in your own practice. ...more

Developing and Implementing Online Learning Tools [C1]

This session will cover:
• how two organisations have created and distributed e-learning systems across their businesses
• the savings made, the different types of learning management required and the impact on the business
• how the projects were managed and the lessons learnt along the way. ...more

Identifying and Improving your Leadership Capability and
Capacity [C2]

This session will cover:
• identifying your next generation of leaders from within your organisation
• improving the leadership skills and judgement of your developing leaders
• achieving successful leadership development both efficiently and cost-effectively ...more

How to be the Solutions Architect for your Organisation [W3]

This workshop will cover:
• how you can position yourself as a learning consultant to the business
• ways to ensure that you are the first point of contact for performance and competency issues
• how to work more effectively with different departments to achieve strategic success. ...more

Core OD Knowledge to Make You a More Effective L&D Professional [W4]

This workshop will cover:
• the fundamentals of change and why they matter – based on quantitative and qualitative research
• methods for navigating through change
• how to assess the progress of change and measuring goals against outcomes. ...more

Learning in the Social Workplace [D1]

This discussion session will cover:
• why use social media for workplace learning?
• practical implications to consider when applying social tools in L&D
• how far can social media go in developing skills and providing learning?
• measuring the results when using social learning. ...more

L&D’s Role in Instilling the Right Leadership Skills and Behaviours [D2]

This session will cover:
• aligning values and company cultures to your business objectives
• uniting your organisation under a single set of core values
• rewarding the behaviours you want to see in your organisation and challenging behaviours that don’t fit. ...more

Enabling a Learning Environment [E1]

This session will cover:
• Google’s innovative approach to continuous learning and development
• Google's approach to leadership and development
• examining successes and failures, in the development of valuable learning experiences. ...more

Creating Excellent Customer Service through Coaching: an award-winning story [E2]

This session will cover:
• using coaching as a tool for improving customer experience
• equipping employees with the skills to listen, question and understand customer needs
• developing supervisors to coach employees and embed the values of fantastic customer service. ...more

Technology-enhanced Learning: making learning more efficient [E3]

This session will cover: 
• explore how people acquire knowledge and how this can be best used in people development
• consider how humans work with technology and where the challenges lie.
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Creating a Culture of Innovation and Equipping the Organisation to Adapt to Change [E4]

This session will cover:
• avoiding working environments governed by fear, and creating environments of innovation
• ensuring leaders have space to innovate
• the role of L&D in creating reflective rather than regimented leadership styles.

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