Day 1

We have all heard how many “actively disengaged” employees there are in the workforce. Despite years of companies trying to drive engagement, the number of disengaged workers hasn’t changed much, if at all. Why is
it that most employee engagement programs don’t show results? Employees want to be heard; they want to be valued and they want to make a difference. Employers want – in fact, need – productive, engaged workers. Perhaps there is a different way to think about employee engagement.
In this session we will share a transformational approach to employee engagement that actually works. These simple and effective methods can yield engagement and performance improvements broadly across the organization. In this session, we will cover:

• The key link between engagement, performance and success (both personal and business)

• The single most important...and often overlooked...element in employee surveys

• The most common mistakes companies make before, during and after an employee survey and how to avoid them.

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The work of every organization is being transformed by digital technologies, providing new opportunities and challenges. Digital is changing the way that markets work, shifting customer expectations and demanding that we all engage with rapidly shifting advancements. Fifty-one percent of senior executives believe it is critical to implement digital transformation in the next 12 months, and twenty-seven percent rate digital transformation as being a ‘matter of survival’!

For companies to thrive they must move on from a sense that the familiar, linear, rational, and stable view of the world is the most effective approach in navigating the competitive environment. Getting skilled in relevant technologies is partly the answer, but if that was enough then we would just need to read a few key books and all would be well.

Instead we need to unlearn some of the things we believe. We need to examine our assumptions about change, and we need to transform our ability to act. The largest taxi company in the world, doesn’t own any cars. The largest hotel company in the world, doesn’t own any accommodations.

All of this is creating an entirely new strategic landscape that demands a new digital mindset for leaders, and a new bias for leadership action.

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More than ever before the business world needs strong HR leaders. The workforce in the developed world and China is rapidly aging. New first-time workers are barely replacing workers who are retiring. And, despite increasing automation, in the next 20 years there will be a serious shortage of skilled workforce everywhere.
It is commonly understood that companies with Workforce Intelligence capabilities outperform their peers in quality of hire, retention, and leadership capabilities. Yet recent research by Harvard Business Review and Harris Poll has found
a large gap between what companies expect from HR -- data-driven insight and action -- and the capabilities that are necessary to deliver it.

In this session, John Schwarz, CEO of Visier, the leading innovator in Workforce Intelligence, will discuss:

• The results of these recent studies
• The path HR leaders can take to deliver data-driven strategic value to the business and more.

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