PEOPLE POWER AGENDA
We are working hard to develop an agenda packed full of sessions that will provide you with the knowledge and support that you and your teams need right now.
KEYNOTES: A fantastic line up of thought leaders and experts will inspire and energise you and leave you with actionable learning.
CASE STUDIES: Leaders from other businesses will share their stories of success and the challenges that they have met along the way. They will explore what the future holds and how they planning to stay one step ahead.
WORKSHOPS: Interactive workshop sessions will give you the opportunity to really connect and share with other business leaders and managers.
The agenda includes 3 workshop sessions taking place throughout the day where delegates free to choose from 4 of sessions. All sessions will be recorded and available to delegates following the event - ensuring that you don't miss out on any content!.
PEOPLE POWER
VIP BREAKFAST
Power up for the day at this VIP Breakfast session where you can connect with the People Power community and hear from our speakers about the day ahead.
Places at this breakfast are limited and must be pre-booked.
To reserve a place, please email: briony@projects-studio.co.uk
BREAKFAST - 08:00 - 09:30
Stacey Copeland
LYSA MORRISON
PERFORMANCE
Lysa’s talk will help us understand why we see the world so differently from each other in many instances. How our different perceptions of the same data creates different subjective versions of reality and how these differing realities have a profound impact on how we think, feel and behave.
Armed with this new understanding of how we perceive the world, Lysa will show us what can we do differently to ensure we understand each other better and act in ways that creates compassion and community instead of conflict? This talk will take its participants on a whirlwind journey that explores why some people just seem to ‘wind us up’ or ‘push our buttons’ and what we can do about this to create meaningful relationships that can lead ourselves and others to achieve great things!

10:00 - 11:00
Stacey Copeland
Jo Darby, Voice in the Room
COMMUNICATE WITH CONFIDENCE
Tranforming inexperienced communicators and future leaders into confident speakers and powerful performers, so that they can speak with impact when it matters most.
Robin Hills, Ei4Change
CREATIVITY: THE BRAIN, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE & INTUITION
Explore the neurobiology of intuition & creativity.
Take away techniques to develop creativity and authentic decision making
Helen Charlton, Northumbria University
PROFESSIONALISM & 'THE ACCIDENTAL MANAGER'
What do we mean by professionalism in management, how do we develop those who come to management and leadership not by design but by circumstance, and where does executive education and apprenticeships fit?
Ketan Patel, Change Management Institute & Olivia Chalmers
EMBRACING CONFLICT: WHY LEAVING THE "ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM" CAN BE SO DAMAGING TO CHANGE INITATIVES
KEYNOTE
Ever been in a meeting where a key decision needs to be made and despite reservations around the room everyone just agrees with the boss!
It's more common a situation than you think and sadly it is the result of our fear and discomfort with our ability to handle confrontation.
11:15 - 12:00
Stacey Copeland
SAM CONNIFF
UNCERTAINTY
Burnout is at an all-time high, resilience is at an all-time low, and our intolerance for uncertainty is at the heart of it all. But uncertainty has also been humanities greatest driver of creativity and innovation, we just need to know how to use it and the Uncertainty Experts can show you how.
From smugglers turned trauma specialists to refugees turned CEOs to addicts turned activists, these are lessons learned in overcoming uncertainty taught in the shadows and applied to everyday life.
Uncertainty Experts is a groundbreaking world's first: part documentary, part online course, part psychological intervention, scientifically proven by researchers from UCL's Brain Sciences Laboratory to increase Uncertainty Tolerance (and therefore boost creativity, empathy and decision making skills).
This interactive session is both an insight into how revolutionary ideas can be borne from uncertainty, and key insights, results and takeaways from the experiment itself.

12:45 - 13:45
Alison Burgess & Cathy Lawson, I Have Got This
MINDSET MATTERS
Building your teams resilience to thrive through change.
How do you build your teams resilience to thrive during uncertainty, to be agile during change and to maximise the possibilities and opportunities that change presents? It starts with building the right mindset.
Ammar Mirza, CBE
INNOVATION IGNITION
Ignite your innovation power. Learn 3 secrets to ignite your business innovation power.
The mindset that led to success 10 years ago no longer applies – period! The world has changed and will continue to change at an accelerating pace. Succeeding in the new economy demands a mindset reset and the adoption of new skill and tool sets, ones that embrace change and drive continuous innovation and value creation.
Serial entrepreneur Ammar Mirza CBE, founder of Yohlar, will provide you with the 3 secrets of how to ignite your business innovation power
WORKSHOP 2
Neil Bestford, Authentic
THE EMPLOYER BRAND TRINITY: CULTURE, BRAND AND VALUES
How are organisations responding to this shift and how can they remain competitive and relevant in a post-pandemic world?
Kate Simpson, K8 Coaching
WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER
Why do we need to work smarter, not hard? What is the true cost of not working smarter? And what are the four areas we can all develop in ourselves to make this a reality? Join Kate's session to find out the answer to all of these!
14:00-14:45
Session 5
Emily Pearson, Our Minds Work & Paul Bannister, ManHealth
ENGAGING MEN IN HEALTH INITIATIVES AT WORK
When it comes to equality there is a glaring gap between men and women’s health.
Join Emily and Paul, to gain insights and take aways to help you make your health and wellbeing initiatives inclusive for men.
James Bunting, Human by Leighton
3 BENEFITS OF EFFECTIVE EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING
But when you get onboarding right it can save valuable time for HR teams, give much-needed support to busy managers, and conserve money for your business.
Michelle Robson, Indicia Worldwide
THE INSIDE TRACK
Every year organisations will strive to “plan” the year ahead, they will work through their “strategy” and determine the most likely course of direction.
Michelle will frame not only the connections of both People and Business, but arm you with the Mindset Change that we as People professionals must adopt to ensure that we are not only delivering from the outside in, but enabling the organisation to remain both competitive and sustained in the marketplace.
She will share practical ways that we can all influence and impact at a strategic level when building our own People Strategy.
15:00 - 15:45
LOU BANKS
LEARNING FROM REGRET

Regret isn’t one of the most celebrated emotions we experience, and many people talk about having ‘no regrets’, and reflecting on it as something that is bad or wrong.
Lou's session will show us how we can reframe the concept of regret to put us in the mindset of learning from the past and seeing regrets as opportunities rather than negative experiences. In doing so we can reshape our future to one where we thrive, and become more available and present to what is around us, in both our personal and professional lives.
Lou's session will not only change the way you view regrets and challenge you own barriers, but also allow you to push past fears that may be holding you back in the future and maybe take that leap of faith that could become life changing!
15:50 - 16:35

TICKET OPTIONS
Full access conference ticket
Full access conference tickets cost £75.+VAT
Access to all conference areas as well as to recorded sessions post-event. Includes lunch and refreshments, access to the live exhibition and event guide and goody bag.