June 22, 2022

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We’re Back!

We are so excited to bring back our face-to-face conferences after an enforced three year hiatus.

What was The Employee Engagement Conference will now be known as, The Inspire Work Summit.

We still believe people and their stories are the biggest source of inspiration. You will leave the Summit inspired and informed with knowledge to take back into your own workplace.

Bringing together all the learnings, innovations and expertise from some of the most Inspiring Workplaces across North America, topped with the latest insights from leading thought leaders and experts in the field of employee experience, HR, employee wellbeing, future of work and diversity and inclusion.

We will have a few surprises and exciting formats thrown in too.

Our Partners

Benefits of attending

Learn from leading Inspiring Workplaces

Garner new ideas in an ever changing world of work

Meet new people in person after years of Zoom calls

Continue those new relationships online via the Inspiring Workplaces community

Meet vendors that can help accelerate your people strategy

Quite simply, this will be one of the best events of the year.

We have had three years to plan it!

What do our attendees say?

10/10 – Great opportunity to hear different view points on a complex topic, and good place to network

“10/10 – The calibre of speakers was outstanding”

“9/10 – A good selection of speakers from organisations to practitioners to academics providing a rich variety of research, experience and practical application”

“10/10 – The event was above and beyond what I was expecting. I learned a lot and met some really great people”

“10/10 – The attendees were quality senior leaders not the typical junior level staff you find at some conferences. A really well organised event!”

“10/10 – Everyone was so nice! I also really appreciated  the number of breaks and networking opportunities throughout the day”

“9/10 – Whether you are an award winner or not, the seminars were inspirational”

“10/10 – I feel like I finally found a community”

Topics covered

Hosts

Ruth Dance
Managing Director, Academy
Inspiring Workplaces

Garry Lace
Managing Partner
STM Group

Speakers

David P. Kasperson
Co-Author, Trust & Inspire, Director of Speed of Trust Speaking & Business Development
Franklin Covey

Christine Randazzo
Joint Global Leader, Reward and Benefits
PwC United States

Dr Kenya Beard
Associate Provost
Chamberlain University

Mike Winters
Vice President – Process Design Manager
Bank of America

Steph Ryter
Creative Culture Leader
Arity

Robin Washington
Global Vice President of Organizational Development
Keypath Education

Dr Jack Wiley
Author, Organizational Psychologist and Chief Scientific Officer
Engage2Excel

Christine Christou
RVP of  Sales, New England & New York
Fuel50

Lance Haun
VP Market Insights
The Starr Conspiracy

Duke Daehling
VP Government 
BetterUp

Mike Lamm
VP, People North America
monday.com

Michael Mallett
Sr Director, Global Digital Solution Principal
Medallia 

Holly Tate
SVP of Growth
Leadr

Linda DiBias
Vice President of Corporate Marketing
Global Benefits Group (GBG)

Schedule

We are currently confirming our line ups and synopsis, but here is what to expect from the summit so far.

8.30am

Registration

9.30am

Welcome

9.40am

Expert Talk | Trust & Inspire

David P. Kasperson | Co-Author, Trust & Inspire, Director of Speed of Trust Speaking & Business Development |  Franklin Covey

The two most critical jobs-to-be-done for organizations today are to win in the workplace and to win in the marketplace.

As we consider the people we lead, the natural question that follows is, how big is the gap between performance and potential?

The vast majority of the workforce today possess far more talent, creativity, ingenuity, intelligence, and ability than their present jobs require, or even allow them to contribute. The fact is, most organizations are over-managed and under-led.

The traditional Command & Control style of leadership that is prevalent, to some degree, in 92% of organizations today, is incapable of inspiring the level of commitment, innovation, collaboration, belonging, loyalty and performance needed to deliver on the two critical jobs-to-be-done in today’s ever-changing, disruptive world.

The antidote to Command & Control, simply put, is Trust & Inspire.

A Trust & Inspire leader models authentic, inclusive behavior with humility and courage. They’re not only trustworthy, they’re trusting, and their people deliver on that trust. They inspire others to willingly give their hearts and minds, not just to work, but to contribute meaningfully to something that matters. People don’t just want to be motivated, they want to be inspired. Contrary to what most people believe, inspiring others is a learnable skill.

10.40am

Coffee Break

11.20am

Creating a Culture of Healthy Feedback

Holly Tate | SVP of Growth | Leadr

According to Gallup, only 26% of employees strongly agree that the feedback they receive helps them do better work. Why is that? Because many organizations don’t provide enough feedback or they provide feedback in unproductive ways.

Holly will share how to lead effective feedback conversations, create feedback loops through your organization, and cultivate a healthy culture where every team member is engaged and growing.

11.35am

The Fuel50 “Fuellie” story

Christine Christou | RVP of  Sales, New England & New York | Fuel50

11.55pm

Lunch

12.45pm

Case Study | Inspiring Culture

Steph Ryter | Creative Culture Leader | Arity

1:05pm

Inspiring Opportunity – Opening Doors for a Diverse Workforce Advancing Health Equity

Dr. Kenya Beard | Associate Provost | Adtalem Global Education

Kenya Beard, EdD, AGACNP-BC, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, Associate Provost, Social Mission, Chamberlain University will present Inspiring Opportunity – Opening Doors
for a Diverse Workforce Advancing Health Equity at the Inspire Work Summit, as part of Adtalem Global Education’s acceptance of the Gold Award for Inspiring Diversity
and Inclusion. Beard has devoted her career to improving access and the quality of healthcare and education and the award honors Adtalem’s mission dedicated to dismantling obstacles that prevent access to higher education.

1.25pm

The Reverse Mullet: Why It’s Time to Put Employee Experience First

Lance Haun | VP Market Insights | The Starr Conspiracy

Business in the front, party in the back. That’s how mullets — and corporations — have worked for decades. While company interests ruled decision making, employee and customer experience were always chasing second place. The party was always in the back. Instead of being led by profit and shareholder value, organizations need to reverse the approach. In this session, Lance will cover:
  • The shifting tides in the market that have left organizations susceptible to disruption
  • How prioritization inside organizations needs to shift to focus primarily on the employee experience
  • Why even shareholders get value when they focus on meeting the needs of employees first

1.40pm

Coffee Break

2pm

Creating an employee culture from the ground up

Linda DiBias | Vice President of Corporate Marketing | Global Benefits Group (GBG)

When Linda DiBias joined Global Benefits Group as its VP of Corporate Marketing, her objective was to modernize the brand. She knew that change also comes from within, so the team set about overhauling the organization’s culture, creating commitments to propel positive change internally and externally.

Within two years, the team had introduced a women’s leadership program, advocated for employee development, and steered GBG to produce its first set of organizational values.

Watch this inspiring talk and learn more about how they:

  • Implemented Core Values across an international workforce
  • Transformed their passion in advancing women in business to create a Women’s Leadership Development Program
  • Worked collaboratively with HR to foreground employee-focused programs
  • Communicate CSR commitments intended to have a positive influence on the world

2.15pm

Creating a sense of belonging with meaningful workspaces for global employees

Robin Washington | Global Vice President of Organizational Development | Keypath Education

As we enter into the Future of Work, our workplaces are evolving at a rapid pace. Many companies are scrambling to build an innovative employee experience that helps recruit, retain, and engage their employees. This session will focus on how organizations can build or enhance their employee experience to be one that’s meaningful, set on a foundation of belonging, and ultimately supports employees to be their best.

2.30pm

Continuous Employee Listening: Making the Digital Experience Matter

Michael Mallett| Sr Director, Global Digital Solution Principal | Medallia

Every single day, employees run into obstacles or have ideas that go unnoticed, unheard, or unresolved. However, companies who are leaders in employee experience have an approach that also makes them 3.5x more likely to obtain that very same hard-to-capture employee feedback at least monthly.

Join Michael Mallett as he shares how companies are easily using new ways to hear what their employees really want to tell them (about their employee lifecycle, specific interactions, recent enablement content, etc.)  as part of a continuous understanding and engagement approach in the very same places where they may be receiving or acting on that information itself: their internal websites and employee-used technologies.

2.45pm

Break

3.00pm

Panel Discussion | How to make wellbeing a strategic imperative

Duke Daehling | VP Government | BetterUp

Dr Jack Wiley | Author and Chief Scientific Officer | Engage2Excel

Christine Randazzo | Joint Global Leader, Reward and Benefits | PwC United States

Mike Lamm | VP, People North America | monday.com

In this panel session, Duke Daehling, Dr Jack Wiley, Cecilia Tse, Mike Lamm will be discussing how organisations can build well-being as a strategic priority.

Why does well-being need to be a strategic priority?
How do you build a culture with well-being at the heart of it?
And why are leaders so important to this process?

Join us for what promises to be a fitting way to close out the summit.

3.45pm

Hosts Close

4.00pm

Cocktail Reception

5.00pm

Awards Ceremony Commences

5.45pm

Awards Ceremony ends

6pm

Venue Close