{"id":441,"date":"2024-07-24T09:29:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T09:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/?page_id=441"},"modified":"2024-11-30T11:11:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T11:11:46","slug":"speaker-sessions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/speaker-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"py-5 seminars\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"seminar-tabs\"><ul class=\"tabs\"><li><a href=\"#tab-771\">Leadership &#038; Insights Stage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#tab-773\">The Wellbeing Stage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#tab-790\">The Employee Experience Theatre<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div id=\"tab-771\" class=\"tab-content\"><div class=\"seminarwrap\"><div class=\"seminar\"><h3>Theatre Energiser<\/h3><p>Bodyrap!\r\nLeadership Theatre open enigizer session<\/p><p><strong>Panelist:<\/strong> Orangeworks Facilitator<\/p><p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> Orangeworks<\/p><p><strong>Code:<\/strong> Theatre welcome<\/p><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 09:30 - 09:40<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/xx\" target=\"_blank\">This session will open soon<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"seminar\"><h3>What is expected of you as a Leader<\/h3><p>Most senior People and HR leaders walk into work knowing what their job description says. What it rarely tells them is what is genuinely expected of them: commercially, culturally, and personally - in the organisations they serve.\r\n\r\nDrawing on twenty years of frontline CPO experience across PE-backed businesses, multi-site care providers, M&amp;A integrations, and large-scale workforce transformations, I aim to deliver the kind of honest, evidence-based challenge that the audience will see as commercial, cultural and personal expectation.\r\n\r\nThis is not a presentation about HR best practice. It is a peer-to-peer conversation about what it actually takes to lead at the level<\/p><p><strong>Panelist:<\/strong> Daniel Dickenson-Hope<\/p><p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> Kirkclees Collge<\/p><p><strong>Code:<\/strong> E03<\/p><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 10:00 - 10:30<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/xxx\" target=\"_blank\">This session will open soon<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"seminar\"><h3>Leadership Accountability: The Hidden Cost of Getting It Wrong<\/h3><p>Leadership accountability is no longer a \"nice to have\"; it is a strategic business imperative. In an era of increasing regulatory scrutiny, evolving employment legislation and heightened stakeholder expectations, organisations must ensure leaders are held to consistent standards. Yet the true cost of getting accountability wrong is often underestimated, resulting in employee relations challenges, cultural decline, legal and compliance risks, reputational damage and reduced organisational performance.<\/p><p><strong>Panelist:<\/strong> Tracey Darby<\/p><p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> Wescom<\/p><p><strong>Code:<\/strong> E05<\/p><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 11:00 - 11:30<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/xx\" target=\"_blank\">This session will open soon<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"seminar\"><h3>EX Fireside-chat Session Powered by Muddy Wellies<\/h3><p>Giving Employees the Tools for Success<\/p><p><strong>Panelist:<\/strong> LeeThawley,Paul Jones-Nolan<\/p><p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> MW, San Carlo Restaurant Group.<\/p><p><strong>Code:<\/strong> E11<\/p><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 14:00 - 14:30<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/xx\" target=\"_blank\">This session will open soon<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"seminar\"><h3>The hidden cost of leadership teams that think alike<\/h3><p>Why do capable leadership teams, full of talented people, keep missing the thing that later seems obvious? In this session Steve Gee argues it's rarely a talent problem; it's a design and culture problem and one that AI is about to make far more expensive if you\u2019re a leader. Using some of the stories collected across the global Blend community, this keynote gives leaders a practical way of spotting when their own decision-making has narrowed to a limited point of view and provides three practical steps to helping you to see and think differently.<\/p><p><strong>Panelist:<\/strong> Steve Gee<\/p><p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> Blend<\/p><p><strong>Code:<\/strong> E13<\/p><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 15:00 - 15:30<\/p><div class=\"other-speaker-photos\"><p><span>Panelist Photos:<\/span><\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Unknown-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Other Panelist Photo\" style=\"width: 70px; height: 70px; object-fit: cover; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/xxxx\" target=\"_blank\">This session will open soon<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"tab-773\" class=\"tab-content\"><div class=\"seminarwrap\"><div class=\"seminar\"><h3>Energiser Theatre Welcome<\/h3><p>Body rap2- Theatre Energizer welcome<\/p><p><strong>Panelist:<\/strong> Orangeworks Facilitator 2<\/p><p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> Oragneworks<\/p><p><strong>Code:<\/strong> Theatre Weldon<\/p><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 10:30 - 10:40<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/xx\" target=\"_blank\">This session will open soon<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"seminar\"><h3>From Staff Voice to Visible Action: Building Inclusive Employee Experience in a Time of Change<\/h3><p>This session will explore how organisations can move beyond listening exercises to create meaningful, visible action that improves employee experience. Drawing on experience across culture, inclusion and organisational change, the session will consider how staff voice, inclusive leadership and responsible use of insight \u2014 including AI-enabled analysis \u2014 can support trust, engagement and better workplace outcomes.<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/Unknown-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Peter Hall\" style=\"width: 70px; height: 70px; object-fit: cover; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><p><strong>Panelist:<\/strong> Peter Hall<\/p><p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> UCA<\/p><p><strong>Code:<\/strong> E02<\/p><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 10:45 - 11:15<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/xx\" target=\"_blank\">This session will open soon<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"seminar\"><h3>Beyond EAP: A Proactive Approach to Employment Support<\/h3><p>EAPs have an important role to play, but what happens when an employee needs more targeted support? This session explores Employer Direct Referral, the value of early intervention and how employers can take a more proactive approach to keeping people well, productive and in employment.<\/p><p><strong>Panelist:<\/strong> Rebecca Blundall<\/p><p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> Therapy Centre Servces<\/p><p><strong>Code:<\/strong> E04<\/p><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 11:30 - 12:00<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/xx\" target=\"_blank\">This session will open soon<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"seminar\"><h3>Turning Inclusion Into Experience<\/h3><p>DEI isn't what it used to be - and that's the point. Join Pauline as she explores how Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has evolved, the challenges organisations face right now, and what leaders, teams and individuals must do to turn inclusion into real engagement. Expect honest insight, practical takeaways, and a clear picture of what it really takes to build an inclusive culture that drives employee experience.<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Unknown-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Pauline Miller\" style=\"width: 70px; height: 70px; object-fit: cover; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><p><strong>Panelist:<\/strong> Pauline Miller<\/p><p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> Executive Advisor and Former Chief Equity Officer | Founder Leading Black Women<\/p><p><strong>Code:<\/strong> E06<\/p><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 12:30 - 13:00<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/xx\" target=\"_blank\">This session will open soonn<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"tab-790\" class=\"tab-content\"><div class=\"seminarwrap\"><div class=\"seminar\"><h3>Coming Soon<\/h3><p><\/p><p><strong>Panelist:<\/strong> <\/p><p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> <\/p><p><strong>Code:<\/strong> <\/p><p><strong>Time:<\/strong>  - <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-441","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":767,"href":"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/441\/revisions\/767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/employeexperience.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}