The Inspiring Workplaces Summer Series is a week long virtual event of expert speakers.
With the aim of sharing insight, inspiring you and injecting a daily dose of energy into your routine. Giving you that spark to help deliver more for your people and organization.
Meet the Speakers
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Christopher Littlefield is an International and TEDx Speaker, Expert in Employee Appreciation, Workplace Culture and the founder of Beyond Thank You. He has trained thousands of leaders, across six continents, on how to understand what their people want and need to be at their best. His clients include Accenture, Boston Medical, Lebanese Postal Service, MIT Sloan School of Management, Reserve Bank of Australia, Salesforce, the U.S. Army, the United Nations, and more. He has spoken at The Arc National Conference and NCE Twice and worked with over 50 chapters. His work has been featured in New York, Inc, Mindful, and British Psychologies Magazines, and profiled in Harvard Business Review. Chris is a regular contributor to Forbes and Harvard Business Review and the author of the bestselling book, 75+Team Building Activities for Remote Teams.
Christopher Littlefield
International Speaker & Founder
Beyond Thank You
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Debra Corey is a highly experienced and award-winning HR consultant, world-class speaker, and six-time best-selling author who has been named as a global employee engagement influencer and HR thought leader for her contributions. After over 20 years working for global companies, she now ‘pays it forward’ by inspiring and helping others develop and deliver people and culture strategies and initiatives in a rebellious way, pushing the boundaries and challenging the status quo to truly drive employee engagement and business performance.
Debra Corey
Chief Pay it Forward Officer
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Bruce Daisley is a Sunday Times bestselling author and presenter. He has become regarded as one of the most respected thought leaders on the subject of workplace culture and the future of work.
His prior business career saw him spend 12 years as one of the best known technology leaders in the country, first running YouTube in UK and then Twitter across Europe, Middle East & Africa. In this time a high profile survey of industry leaders voted him ‘Fantasy Hire’ that most of them would like to make. He ended up winning the award four times. (For context he came in ahead of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Sir Martin Sorrell).
Campaign magazine said Twitter UK ‘formed a reputation for being one of the most respected cultures [in the media/tech industry]… Bruce Daisley can reflect on building something particularly special.’ The UK culture was celebrated as the best in the global organisation.
After several promotions, he left Twitter as the company’s most senior leader outside of the US.
Following the remarkable success of his debut book, The Joy of Work which reached number one in the Sunday Times charts, in 2022 his second bestseller, Fortitude, was described by the Financial Times as the best business book of the year.
Bruce’s writing has featured in the Washington Post, The Guardian, Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal and The Daily Telegraph amongst other publications.
Bruce has spent the last few years turning his passion for workplace culture into an expertise. His award-winning podcast, Eat Sleep Work Repeat, has topped the business charts and has been listened to over six million times.
Having led at some of the fastest moving and high profile companies in the world Bruce understands that there’s a big difference between what might work in theory and what actually works in practice. His discussions about workplace culture are always filled with practicality, warmth and often humour.
Bruce is an Honorary Visiting Professor at Bayes Business School. He regularly teaches at London Business School.
“The best thing about Bruce is that he’s not only one of the best thought leaders when it comes to great workplace culture but he’s also personally led a billion dollar organisation and knows the complexity of getting things right in the real world”
“Bruce had the audience in the palm of his hand” – culture conference
“Bruce was brilliant, very approachable & positive. Plus, he delivered an incredible presentation. 9.6/10 – incredible score, the audience simply loved his presentation, a lot of social traction as well”
Bruce Daisley
Author, 2x Sunday Times Bestseller
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People, personalities, strategies, theories, the words that stick and the messages that make an impact. Having spent 25 years on the front line of the communications industry, Cathy has seen first hand how informed, imaginative IC can take people on an authentic, engaging journey. It’s the magic formula that makes real shift happen. And it continues to drive her passion today – working alongside our clients on their own engagement journeys.
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Alya is a seasoned people and culture expert with a decade of international work experience in the media and hospitality sectors. Starting in leadership roles in France and New Zealand’s hospitality industry, her career transitioned to the UK and Ireland focusing on learning and development, employee engagement and workplace culture in media in 2017.
In 2020, she was appointed to lead News UK’s Diversity in Leadership initiative, driving gender and ethnic diversity into leadership positions and fostering an inclusive culture. Following that, she was selected to lead the development, design and implementation of News Corp Australia’s first diversity and inclusion programme, expanding her successful UK-based efforts whilst embracing an appreciation for Australian culture and championing DE&I best practices.
Notable achievements include launching company-wide internal campaigns, introducing new policies, designing and facilitating DE&I international workshops and learning initiatives, and spearheading the creation and sustainability of 11 employee networks.With an ongoing love for restaurants and wine, Alya returned to hospitality in 2023 and has a duo life, working in both the wine trade as well as freelancing as a Culture and Engagement Consultant. Her culture work specialises in crafting bespoke solutions to help organisations start their journey, where employee culture and inclusion is at the heart of everything.
Alya Lilani
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Nothing excites Kay more than exploring new ideas and theories and putting them into practice in organisations. She has supported countless people in global businesses to unlock their full potential and perform to their best, using her keen knowledge of psychological and communication principles – mixed with her own unique brand of natural curiosity – to devise creative learning interventions and programmes that achieve brilliant results and deliver real value. With boundless optimism and enthusiasm, Kay brings a wonderful people-centred approach to our programmes.
Kay Vessey
Head of Talent and Learning
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It’s been 26 years since Jayne joined East Riding of Yorkshire Council as an adult learning volunteer – instantly sparking her imagination about the possibilities that teaching and learning can unlock. Her passion and drive secured her a position as an adult learning digital skills tutor and soon she was using her deep understanding and first-hand knowledge to develop family and adult learning programmes, designing, creating and delivering dynamic engagement and qualification-based courses. Jayne has spent the past decade in more senior leadership roles, however adult and community learning remains incredibly close to Jayne’s heart and she is still very much hands on. She now leads the team evolving and managing the council’s learning opportunities, as well as being responsible for the Council’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) offer. Through this, she develops a vast range of leadership, management and communication learning opportunities, including the industry-recognised Leadership in the Spotlight programme.
Jayne Wilcock
Learning Skills Workforce Development Group Manager
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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Over the last 20 years, Jamie has held senior and board level product, commercial
and marketing positions across global brands including Toshiba, Samsung, Sodexo
and Pluxee. Throughout that time, he was aided by a powerful friend… storytelling. In
late 2023 Jamie decided to embark on a mission, to close the storytelling gap that
exists in the workplace.In March 2024 Jamie became a best-selling author in business communication with
the release of his new book, 28 Bags of Sprouts – Storytelling with Impact. Today,
Jamie works with businesses, leaders, and teams to level up the impact of their day-
to-day content and communications through the power of storytelling, and his unique
approach.Jamie Mackenzie
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Anwen Bottois, Leadership Success Coach and Founder of Purple Sky Consulting, is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and a Level 7 Executive and Senior Leader ILM qualified Coach and Mentor.His mission is to inspire Leaders to love what they do – so they can build and grow healthier, happier, and higher-performing teams and organisations. Anwen wants to help them to love leading by working with them to be more confident and effective – quickly. Anwen achieves this by working with HR and Executive Teams to engage, enable, and empower them in a way that accelerates them to success.
Anwen is an experienced HR Leader and, after her own experience of leading and transitioning to more senior roles, realised she wanted to help more Leaders directly. “I get the challenge of moving between leadership roles. Stepping up for the first time, moving to a new organisation or getting promoted internally means change; the role and requirements aren’t the same anymore, but it takes a lot for people to admit to finding the promotion or transition they wanted challenging. We want that to be successful, and to do that, we need to stop assuming that people are completely ready or that they don’t need any further support. We can make these important changes easier for everyone by proactively giving them a space to grow and access the support, knowledge, skills and behaviours they need for their new challenge.”
At Purple Sky Consulting, we provide Boost Connect – a Leadership Development experience for Leaders taking on bigger roles. Leadership Coaching Packages and lots of Free resources in our Purple Sky Thinking Hub.Anwen Bottois
Leadership Success Coach and Founder
Purple Sky Consulting
Agenda
Every day for 1 week
8am SFO, 11am, NYC, 4pm London
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July 15, 2024
Talk 1:
Bruce Daisley
Author, 2x Sunday Times Bestseller
ex-tech firm VPResisting the RTO – why we’re getting the in-office debate wrong
A recent survey found that two thirds of CEO believe we’ll end up back in the office for 4 or 5 days a week. Many Leaders still believe our cultural woes will be solved by more time together. But Bruce Daisley believes that we’re missing something sitting in plain sight. In this compelling talk Daisley explains what is going wrong with work right now, and how we can fix it.
Talk 2:
Debra Corey
Chief Pay it Forward Officer
DebCo HRBad boss, bad boss, whatcha gonna do?
The majority of bosses do not wake up in the morning and say to themselves, “Today is a great day to ruin my people’s lives.” But the reality is that 99.6% of people have had a bad boss, and 57% leave their job because of their boss. In this session we’ll bust the myths that contribute to this problem, exploring and uncovering the tools required in this new world of work to be a great boss, one who wants to enrich – and not ruin – their employees’ lives. Attendees will leave with an awareness of the 10 types of bad bosses that exist in the workplace and an understanding of the Great Boss Building Block model that will equip their bosses with new skills to be able to tackle their bad boss traits, instead of trying to be a great boss using bad boss techniques and approaches.
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July 16, 2024
Talk 1:
Cathy Phillips
MD
H&H AgencySupercharging productivity through Internal Communications.
Whether an organisation operates on a remote, hybrid or full-time office-based arrangement, the chances are its employees are interacting, communicating and collaborating using digital tools and channels for a significant chunk of their time. This virtual working world has become the norm for many people.
How can we ensure that no matter where we work (home, office or the local coffee shop) we can be as productive and collaborative as possible. The answer lies in nurturing the core behaviours and skills that contribute to ‘Virtual Intelligence’ (VQ).
By modelling Virtual Intelligence in its approach and actions IC can help boost productivity and collaboration by creating the ideal conditions in which it can flourish. Find out how in this fascinating webinar from H&H.
Talk 2:
Jamie Mackenzie
Bestselling Author | Speaker | Storytelling CoachStorytelling: A Workplace Superpower
Storytelling is a superpower and its impact profound, yet its use in the workplace is limited. Join Jamie as he explores how, through his unique storytelling approach, every communication can be improved to make a greater impact.
Attendees will learn:
- The importance of storytelling.
- The existing storytelling GAP in the workplace.
- Unlocking a superpower: How to improve your storytelling.
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July 17, 2024
Talk 1:
Alya Lilani
Culture and Engagement ConsultantIntersectionality Explored: from concept to reality
In this summer series session, Alya will delve deeper into the term ‘intersectionality’ – what it means and where it comes from, what intersectionality looks like in reality, and how it translates to companies and their DEI/engagement initiatives.
Talk 2:
Christopher Littlefield
International Speaker & Founder
Beyond Thank You
Building a Culture of Appreciation People Don’t Want to Leave
You know your people are struggling, and that no gift card, spot bonus, or pizza party is going to make a difference on its own when an employee doesn’t feel valued by their managers or organization. But how do we get overworked leaders to do little things to take care of their people? How do we get senior leaders to understand that we can’t improve the customer/patient experience until we improve the employee experience? How do we reconnect burnt-out staff to the careers they once loved? We will answer these questions and more as we map out how to nurture a culture of appreciation and respect from your role and give you the ideas to get started today!
Outcomes: Leaders will learn to…
- Use simple low/no-cost strategies to inject authentic recognition and appreciation into all levels of your organization and total rewards strategy.
- Understand the hidden reason managers avoid recognizing employees and gain tools to guide even the most reluctant Managers and Senior Leaders to authentically recognize their people.
- Get trained in a new, easily transferable technique that will help managers get to the heart of what each of their employees really wants and needs to feel valued every day.
- Nudge positive employee interactions that help their people remember why they love their careers.
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July 18, 2024
Talk 1:
Kay Vessey
Head of Talent and Learning
H&H Agency
Jayne Wilcock
Learning Skills Workforce Development Group Manager
East Riding of Yorkshire CouncilHow a deeper self-awareness helped unlock a more connected, cohesive and collaborative workplace
In a world that feels faster moving than ever before, it’s not enough for leaders to simply keep up with the changes around them. To make sure their teams are engaged, inspired and – crucially – happy, leaders need the skills that reflect the evolving needs and demands of the modern workforce.
Join Kay Vessey from H&H and Jayne Wilcock from East Riding of Yorkshire Council as they talk about how a transformational 12-month leadership programme is helping the region’s largest employer become more agile, diverse and inclusive. And it all comes down to authentic, effective communication.
Discover how an innovative approach guided leaders on a journey of self-discovery – one which challenged them to dial up their strengths and embrace their differences. Giving them the confidence to lead and communicate a way that powerfully struck a chord with their diverse teams.
Talk 2:
Anwen Bottois
Leadership Success Coach and Founder
Purple Sky ConsultingTransform how you onboard and promote Leaders to bigger roles – Accelerate them to success!
Anwen will be sharing the realities for Leaders when they transition into bigger roles and the priority steps organisations need to incorporate into onboarding and promotion to accelerate these Leaders to success. Attendees will learn the 3 Es to transition Leaders into bigger roles successfully.
Reasons to attend
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Knowledge and Skill Enhancement
It will help you gain new knowledge and skills, contributing to your professional growth and increase your value as an employee and/or leader.
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Professional development
Attending our events allows you to stay abreast of the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in your field. This is particularly crucial in rapidly evolving industries.
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On-Demand access
You often have access to the wealth of insights the event provides On-Demand too. So you can revisit some or all of the content later on.
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Inspiration and Innovation
Hearing from other professionals and thought leaders can spark new ideas and inspire innovative thinking. You can gain insights that help you approach your work in new ways.
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Networking Opportunities
Our events bring together diverse groups of people, creating opportunities for networking online.
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AND IT’S FREE!