Urbano Engage Panel Event - Flexible working and managing a displaced workforce

Urbano is London's leading independent business networking community, connecting companies of all sizes and sectors from PLCs to SMEs, in London, the UK and beyond.

Urbano hosts a calendar of different events each week, from speaker breakfasts to seminars and workshops, networking lunches and evenings, designed primarily to bring together those representing companies from our different business Communities: Build, Media, Finance, People, Host, Tech, and UWACTE (Urbano Women In Architecture, Construction, Technology and Engineering).

Urbano Engage Speaker Panel events look at major issues facing businesses, from reducing our impact on the environment and delivering on Net Zero Carbon legislation and the environment to the benefits of new technology on specific sectors, to encouraging SMEs into the supply chains of larger organisations to HR and employment issues. Our overall focus is to shine a light and lead a way for us all to be better business people and do the right thing for ourselves as business leaders, our companies, our employees and the wider society.

MANAGING A DISPLACED WORKFORCE 

DAY OF EVENT: WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14TH
Timings: 10:30 - 12:00PM

Or #wtf #wfh - keeping everyone in your workforce on side, in tune and singing from the same hymn sheet.

As we all settle into the new reality of running a business in 2020 and looking ahead, the issues around companies now having different parts of their teams outplaced from the workforce has huge potential impacts on teams, departments, inividuals and companies.

This event will explore these issues from a perspective of employment and HR, brand, leadership, management and culture. Our speakers, outlined below, have years of experience across all sectors and discuss the key challenges in behaviour displacement can bring and then our audience will be invited to out their questions to the panel in an entertaining and interactive session!

SPEAKERS

Debra Spurway – HR Dept

Debra is a Director at The HR Dept London City & Central and Somerset leading a team providing employment law and human resources support to small and medium sized companies. An Associate CIPD with over 20 years' experience, Debra provides advice on employment contracts, HR policies and procedures, offsite advice and on site assistance with Disciplinary & Grievance, absence issues and dismissals. She also advises on restructuring and redundancies, training and development and coaching on all employment issues.

Jo Geraghty – Culture Consultancy

Jo is a Director at Culture Consultancy.  Formerly Head of HR for Goldman Sachs France and Switzerland and with 16 years’ experience working in change management for various investment banks across the globe, Jo brings a wealth of practitioner experience to change projects. She is a speaker on high-performance leadership and organisational culture and a regular guest lecturer at several of the UK’s leading business schools. Jo was recognised in the 2017 Smith & Williamson Power 100 Index for her work to boost productivity through positive company culture.

This panel event will be facilitated by Mark Herring, Urbano's Connector-In-Chief.  To date, Urbano has organised over 500 events, nearly all hosted and facilitated by Mark, instigating conversations and connections between thousands of companies across all sectors to create value exchange and opportunities.

Links to video and podcast of this event:

Video: https://vimeo.com/468231365

Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/256276
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More about Urbano Network 

Since Urbano began in 2011, we have had a proud track record of championing opportunities for women, especially in historically male dominated industries and sectors, such as construction and engineering. To develop deeper connections between women in SMEs and larger companies: UWACTE (Urbano Women In Architecture, Construction, Technology & Engineering*) where women in Urbano member firms can develop and enhance their connections across our network.

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