Maintaining Motivation through CHANGE
Organisations are downsizing, merging or splitting, undergoing or embarking on great transformation. The challenge is to emerge with a committed and motivated workforce.
Featuring the Head of IiP Branding & Communications at UKCES, Head of Learning & Prof. Dev. at the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Strategic Director of Resources at Halton Council, and the Corporate Services Director at West Mercia Housing Group.
Speaking at this seminar…
Alec Jessel is Head of Investors in People Branding and Communications at UKCES.
As Head of Development and then of Marketing he has been responsible for key change initiatives at IiP, such as the new website; IiP Interactive and Direct; the Bronze, Silver and Gold levels, a new identity for IIP, plus the new Health and Wellbeing Framework to be introduced shortly.
Michael Buckley is Head of Business, Commerce & Public Sector for Learning and Professional Development at the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
He will explore how employees react to change, going through rejection to acceptance, the role of L&D as an agent of change, and how it can motivate and nurture talented individuals.
Ian Leivesley is Strategic Director – Resources at Halton B.C., and was Assistant CEO there, and Deputy Corporate Director at Staffordshire C.C.
The Skills for Change project represented an innovative approach for the Council. It involved actively engaging with the Council’s workforce and encouraging feedback and participation, in preparation for an impending Efficiency Review.
Ian has been involved in significant change programmes at Halton, including leading the change to Unitary status in 1998 and currently chairing the Council’s Efficiency Programme Board.
Simon Wright is the Head of Human Resources at Whitefriars Housing Group (partnered with West Mercia Housing Group), a group of housing associations organised on a federal basis, sharing resources and expertise to deliver housing services and affordable homes.
Their talk on Achieving a Culture of Continuous Learning through Coaching looks at how a CMI Level 5 Coaching Skills programme has delivered against an IiP recommendation to ‘create a culture of continuous learning’ that is recognised and adopted by all areas of the business.
West Mercia’s partner in this project is
