Speaker:

Neil McCormick, General Manager Workforce Enterprise and Government Solutions, Talent2, Author, Lean But Agile

Amanda Garland, Vice President Global Strategy, IBM Growth Markets

Time:

7 for 7:30 am  concluding at 9 am. Informal networking 7-7.30 and 9-9.30 am. Delicious hot breakfast included.

Profiles:

NOTE: We will be using a networking mapper at this event which will allow you to connect with everyone in the room.  All guests booked by July 14th will receive a link to the survey to indicate areas of interest.  If you have specific areas of interest please indicate in the comments field when booking and we will do our best to incorporate.

TOPIC: The Future of the World of Work

Neil McCormick

Chances are, your organisation is experimenting with many ways to get work done without adding to its full-time payroll. But are you still managing to fulfill the high standards your customers and shareholders expect? Is your company systematically planning for the quantity and quality of people needed to achieve superior work results? Does it have a system in place to predict your future needs, keep your workforce lean, and move quickly enough to keep up with sudden changes in the marketplace? 

Neil will give an overview of a comprehensive system for analyzing work and selecting the ideal combination of cost-effective resources—employees, consultants, contractors, temporary workers, and vendors—to accomplish it. This eye-opening methodology shows you and your organization how to optimize efficient and effective ways to achieve work results in keeping with customer expectations while minimizing the costly expenses involved in maintaining a cadre of full-time workers. 

You’ll learn how to examine and rethink how work gets done in your organization; prepare for future needs; use training, goal-setting, and performance management to keep your human resources nimble and ready for unexpected challenges; and incorporate up-to-the-minute management strategies for keeping up with temporary and contingent workers, contractors, “permanent part-time” staff, outsourced staff, teleworkers, and others.

Neil also reveals how to build organizational commitment for, and then implement, a comprehensive system for assessing present and future staffing needs, and explores the fundamental role technology can play in your transformation into a lean and agile organization. 

In today’s business environment, talent needs change so rapidly that smart organizations not only need to incorporate increased flexibility in their workforces, they have to have state-of-the-art systems for managing them. 

Neil McCormick has a broad history of international management experience. He has held board and senior leadership positions in both domestic and international markets. 

Neil has worked in human resources and consulting services for the past 17 years building a repertoire covering the spectrum of human resource management. For the last 8 years, Neil has held a leadership position at Talent2. A recognised presenter and guest lecturer on the subject, Neil has a detailed understanding of, and passion for, the application of talent management principles and processes for the ongoing success of business.

Neil's latest development activity includes the creation of a Workforce Strategy & Optimisation Consulting framework and Consulting Service to better align Human Resources to deliver the specific goals of organisations. This work has resulted in the publication of “Lean but Agile” ~ “Rethink workforce planning to gain a true competitive edge”.

Neil is a published author, also an Editorial Advisor for HR Examiner www.HRExaminer.com and is an Advisory Board member of OrcaEyes Workforce Analytics Solutions, www.orcaeyes.com.

Amanda Garland

How will the world of work look in the future? Fresh from the Macquarie University, Women, Management and Work Conference, Amanda will discuss how the future world of work will look.  Amanda will share how the organisations of the future will operate, the workforce of the future and the skills needed and paint a thought-provoking and eye-opening picture of the managers of tomorrow.  No-one can afford to miss this insightful presentation.

Amanda Garland is Vice President, Global Strategy for IBM Growth Markets.  In this role she is responsible for helping IBM identify locations around the world where there are pools of skills, and the right factors in terms of economics and openness, for placing global sourcing work.  

From January 2004 to the beginning of 2008 Amanda was Director for Media Relations and Corporate Communication across the Asia Pacific region for the IBM Corporation. A key achievement during this time was Amanda’s leading role in IBM gaining thought leadership for its key strategies, particularly IBM’s strategy of transforming into a globally integrated enterprise.  The first year of this role was spent on assignment in Tokyo, Japan.

From 2003 to 2004 Amanda was Analyst Relations Executive, IBM Asia Pacific and established IBM’s Analyst Relations practice in Asia Pacific.  From August 2001 to September 2002 Amanda was posted to New York as the global lead for Analyst Relations for IBM’s Pervasive Computing and Communications sectors.  

For the five years prior to her New York assignment Amanda led a team of communication professionals in support of IBM’s services business and industry sectors across Asia Pacific, covering Public Relations, Analyst Relations and Internal and Executive Communication.

Prior to joining IBM in 1997 Amanda held Public Relations and Marketing roles in Australia and the UK covering services and retail sectors.   

Amanda has a BA in Organisational Communication, a Graduate Certificate in Management and a Masters of General Management.

Join us for a fabulous event where you can meet like-minded professional women, enjoy a delicious hot breakast and listen to a speaker guaranteed to inspire. Plenty of time for networking and discussing issues with your peers. 

Enjoy meeting the facilitator at each table who will ensure that you meet others at your table in a non-threatening and elegant way. Two informal networking periods (7-7.30am and 9-9.30am) to catch up with someone or finish that conversation.

We look forward to seeing you - and we know you will enjoy it. Feel free to bring your colleagues but book early.  Numbers are strictly limited to ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience for all that allows you to connect with everyone in the room if you want to - not just those at your table.

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