Developing People Strategy that Works
Navigating Paradoxes, Priorities, and Practice
Thursday 20 August | 9am - 1.45pm
Via Zoom
Join our virtual summit, People Strategy That Actually Works: Navigating Paradoxes, Priorities, and Practice, designed for leaders and people practitioners who want a people strategy that drives business outcomes - not a list of HR initiatives. Across six practical, experience‑led sessions, you’ll learn how to connect workforce decisions to organisational goals, balance competing priorities, and keep your strategy alive under real‑world pressure.
What to expect:
- A clear view of the core paradoxes that shape people strategy (capability vs performance pressure, investment vs cost, stability vs agility).
- A practical method for translating business drivers into people strategy, with a logical framework you can reuse.
- Simple, fit‑for‑purpose ways to move from strategy to execution - without “strategy theatre”.
- How to think long‑term about talent pipelines, labour market cycles, and strategic workforce planning.
- Lessons for SMEs and growing organisations building people strategy with limited resources.
- What makes people strategies fail - and the governance habits that keep them resilient through change.
Featuring insights from experienced governance, consulting, and CPO leaders - including Tim Miles, Brian Yee (MSH Consulting), Claire Walker (Genesis), Gillian Brookes, and Alex Hagan—this summit is the one you must attend in 2026.
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Summit Programme
| 9.05am | Lessons from a “Dinosaur’- a perspective on People from Leadership and Governance Tim will broadly cover: * Long‑term capability building vs short‑term performance pressure
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| 9.45am | Linking “People Strategy” To Business Goals * Distinguishing people strategy from a list of HR initiatives or policies
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| 10.25am | From Strategy to Reality — Making People Strategy Practical Claire will cover simple, fit‑for‑purpose people strategy models, using 3‑year strategic horizons supported by annual tactical plans and how review cycles keep strategy alive rather than static. Claire will also discuss how to avoid “strategy theatre” in favour of usable frameworks.
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| 11.05am | Time to take a Break |
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| 11.35am | Workforce, Talent, and the Long Game Gillian will lift the lens beyond the organisation to external labour markets and future capability and will cover: * Why people strategy must account for labour market cycles
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| 12.15pm | People Strategy in SMEs and Growing Organisations * Building people strategy in greenfield or lightly resourced HR environments
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| 12.55pm | Why People Strategies Fail — and How to Keep Them Alive Alex will cover leadership change, incentives, and operational pressure as failure points, what causes organisations to abandon people strategy and governance and executive ownership of people strategy. He will also discuss practical techniques for maintaining momentum through disruption.
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| 1.35 pm | Wrap up and Close
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