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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?
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
Cecilia Tse
Well-being Strategy Leader
PwC US & Mexico
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
Anne Fulton
Founder and CEO
Fuel50
Lance Haun
VP Market Insights
The Starr Conspiracy
Duke Daehling
VP Government
BetterUp
Mike Lamm
VP & Head of People
monday.com
Bill Staikos
Senior Vice President, Evangelist & Head of Community Engagement
Medallia
Holly Tate
SVP of Growth
Leadr
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.
10.20am
Case Study | The Academy at Bank of America – Measuring the Employee Experience through Teammate Voices
Mike Winters | Vice President – Process Design Manager | Bank of America
Your people are your most important asset, and it’s more important than ever to meet the needs of employees, continue engaging with them and understanding their sentiment.
During this session, Mike Winters will provide an inside look into how Bank of America’s award-winning onboarding, education and professional development organization, The Academy, launched a dynamic platform to drive accountability and continuous improvement by gathering teammate feedback on their learning program experiences. One of the most important things businesses can do to inform training and development strategies for the future is listen to their employees. The Academy serves more than 200,000 employees, so we’re constantly learning from our teammates so we can continue to get better.
Teammate Voices connects the employee experience to customer experience, creating a common framework for business partners and leaders to assess and create meaningful program changes based on teammate feedback.
10.40am
Coffee Break
11.10am
Inspiring Talk
Work Vivo
11.25am
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.
11.40am
The Fuel50 “Fuellie” story
Anne Fulton | Founder and CEO | Fuel50
11.55pm
Lunch
12.45pm
Case Study | Inspiring Culture
Steph Ryter | Creative Culture Leader | Arity
1:05pm
Case Study | Inspiring Diversity and Inclusion
Dr. Kenya Beard | Associate Provost | Adtalem Global 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
Inspiring comms from brands we love
The world of work is changing rapidly, resulting in small teams of communicators struggling to keep pace with employee engagement best practices and new developments in workplace technologies.
This exclusive talk with Interact will guide you through some of the best intranet and internal comms projects in the past 12 months, including Domino’s, Indeed.com and more.
The talk will show you how the tactics employed by a diverse range of organisations can help you to consistently deliver engaging communications that resonate with your teams. You’ll walk away with insights on:
- Who generated winning DE&I strategies
- What creative handling of crisis comms looks like
- How leading intranet innovations help communicators
- Offline worker strategies that connected every employee
2.15pm
Creating a sense of belonging with meaningful workspaces for global employees
Robin Washington | Global Vice President of Organizational Development | Keypath Education
2.30pm
Inspiring Talk
Bill Staikos | Senior Vice President, Evangelist & Head of Community Engagement | Medallia
2.45pm
Break
3.10pm
Panel Discussion | How to make wellbeing a strategic imperative
Duke Daehling | VP Government | BetterUp
Dr Jack Wiley | Author and Chief Scientific Officer | Engage2Excel
Cecilia Tse | Well-being Strategy Leader | PwC US & Mexico
Mike Lamm | VP & Head of People | 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
