CONFERENCE DAY ONE
7:30 am Registration & Networking
8:40 am What it Takes to Make a Leap a Reality
8:40 am Chair’s Welcome, Opening Remarks & Connection Before Content
Navigating & Preventing Unionized Working Environments
8:50 am Discover: Re-Branding HR away from Compliance to People & Culture to Enhance Collaboration
Synopsis
- How can we change the relationship with HR leaders to be perceived as more collaborative rather than policing?
- Partner HR with managers to create systemic change, introduce weekly meetings and rebrand HR to Culture services
- How Magnaflow have increased employee satisfaction and engagement to a strong 92-95% through working closely with their people leaders to change the perception and structure of HR
9:10 am Discover: Building Trust, Transparency & Communication to Enhance Employee Relations
Synopsis
- How can we prevent unionization by keeping employees happy?
- Don’t just be A resource – be THE proactive Human Resource and provide company knowledge before it is requested
- How Whitebridge Pets proactive approach with regards to communication and knowledge sharing has gained earned their employees trust and increased relations across the business
9:30 am Develop: How Can We Navigate Already Unionized Environments?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair
9:50 am Action: How Are You Going to Take A More Proactive Approach to Employee Relations & Satisfaction?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:10 am Speed Networking Break
TRACK A
Developing Skills & Competencies for Our Leadership
10:50 am Discover: Creating a Structured Competency System for Talent Development
Synopsis
- How can we increase talent development opportunities for our floor staff?
- Create a structured competency system
- How Michelin have created a structure that has increased corporate home grown talent to 40%, this structure encompasses a gap analysis that helps map employees identify the competencies needed to develop
11:10 am Discover: Leveraging Leadership Development Programs to Influence Retention
Synopsis
- How can we empower our leaders to develop their staff?
- Create a coaching program for performance management
- How Grain Craft have developed a leadership development coaching plan with 12 sub modules that empowers leaders to manage their staff correctly, leading to an increase in retention
11:30 am Develop: How Else Can We Develop Our Leadership?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
11:50 am Action: How Are You Going to Develop Your Leadership?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
TRACK B
Attracting Top Manufacturing Talent
10:50 am Discover: Managing Flexibility in a Manufacturing Environment
Synopsis
- How can we find skilled labor in new geographies or markets?
- Work with your marketing and branding team to ensure that you are targeting the right individuals
- How Cacique have become an award-winning-state-partnership workforce developer due to their strategic recruitment marketing to build skilled labor
11:10 am Discover: Securing Skilled Labor in Tight Talent Markets
Synopsis
- How can we find skilled labor in new geographies or markets?
- Work with your marketing and branding team to ensure that you are targeting the right individuals
- How Cacique have become an award-winning-state-partnership workforce developer due to their strategic recruitment marketing to build skilled labor
11:30 am Develop: How Else Can We Attract People into the Manufacturing Industry?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
Action: How are You Going to Retain Your Top Talent?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:10 pm
Networking Lunch
TRACK A
Upskilling Our Hourly Staff to Build Home Grown, Next Generation Talent
1:30 pm Discover: Building Next Generation Talent through A Home-Grown Apprenticeship Scheme
Synopsis
- How can we build talent while increasing retention?
- Partner with local schools, offer qualifications and create flexibility, allowing students to spend time in different departments that suits career interests
- How Jokey have partnered with local schools to create a next generation talent pipeline, while delivering training that aids leaders to help students navigate different career options, rather than simply enrolling them into their initial interest
1:50 pm Discover: Utilizing Digital LMS to Upskill Our Hourly Workforce & Increase the Speed to Autonomy
Synopsis
- How can we upskill our hourly workforce efficiently and effectively?
- Utilize technology such as digital LMS and Virtual Reality
- How Gilead Sciences are paying attention to lessons learned from implementing virtual reality training and put these into a central accessible hub, that can recommend development opportunities
2:10 pm Develop: What More Can We Learn from The HR Leaders Who Are Upskilling their Hourly Workforce?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
2:30 pm Action: What are You Going to Put in Place to Train Your Floor Staff?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
TRACK B
Retaining Top Manufacturing Talent
1:30 pm Discover: Developing a Strategic Plan to Combat High Attrition Rates
Synopsis
- How can we decrease attrition rates and ensure that our hourly staff want to stay at the company?
- Develop a multi-faceted, strategic plan that combats factors influencing turnover such as: manager competency, workplace flexibility and careful recruitment processes
- How Procter & Gamble are prioritizing workplace flexibility, skills development in their managers, and increased selectivity in hiring as a strategic plan to decrease their turnover rate
1:50 pm Develop: : How Else Can We Measure Performance Management?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
2:10 pm Action: How Are You Going to Utilize Performance Management to Increase Productivity?
2:50 pm
Afternoon Refreshment Break
Increasing Connectivity & Culture to Build Belonging and Company Pride
3:10 pm Discover: Re-Constructing Culture to Retain Skilled Talent
Synopsis
- How can we prevent highly skilled talent from leaving our business?
- Build a culture that employees want to be a part of and makes employees feel valued
- How PMP are re-evaluating their company culture such as: reducing benefit costs, re-analyzing pay structure, giving thoughtful employee recognition and amongst much more, leading to a decrease in turnover from 32% to 4.5%
3:30 pm Discover: Stabilizing the Leadership Team to Decrease Turnover
Synopsis
- How can we decrease turnover rates?
- Stabilize your leadership team and help them to understand their contribution to the company
- How ITW have stabilized their leadership team intentionally, consistently and patiently through transparency, town halls, education and more which has lead to a reduction in turnover by 21%
3:50 pm Develop: What Other Things Can We Do to Enhance Culture?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair
4:10 pm Action: What Are You Going to Do to Enhance Your Workforces Culture?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair