Archive for May 6th, 2008

Show #007: The Public Sector People Managers’ Conference 2008

Published by Karen Wormwell on 6 May, 2008 in PPMA Conference. 0 Comments

The PPMA’s annual conference was held in Brighton last week and this month’s show comes directly from the event.

The theme of this year’s conference is Evolution or Extinction: the future for HR in the public sector and there was a good mix of inspirational and interesting speakers, who challenged everyday thinking and shared their knowledge, through case studies and research findings. We caught up with them during the conference to find out more.

To kick off the show, we hear from Stephen Moir - this year’s President, to find out his plans for the Association.

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Podcast running order and timings (in minutes and seconds)

  • 00.00 - 00.30 Introduction

  • 00.30 - 03.07 Stephen Moir, PPMA President outlines his goals for the Association

  • 03.08 - 05.30 Dr Emma Parry, Research Fellow, Cranfield School of Management, outlines the early results of research she has undertaken into public sector recruitment and retention issues

  • 05.31 - 07.50 Russell Prue, Anderton Tiger, talks about how HR professionals need to embrace new technology in order to engage with prospective employees

  • 08.07 - 09.28 Greg Dyke, former BBC Director General, explains what makes a great leader and how HR can best support leaders in their organisations

  • 09.29 - 12.44 Peter Reilly, Director of HR Research and Consultancy, Institute for Employment Studies, tells us what key challenges face HR Leaders and what skills they will need to tackle them

  • 13.10 - 14.36 Greig Aitken, Group Head of Employee Engagement, Royal Bank Of Scotland, explains briefly how he has engaged employees at RBS and the benefits this has had on their business

  • 14.42 - 15.24 Councillor David Parsons, Leader of Leicestershire County Council, talks about the key benefits of their employee engagement strategy

  • 15.25 - 16.07 Joan Munro, National Advisor- Workforce Strategy, IDeA, gives advice on how best to engage a workforce

  • 16.08 - 17.30 Councillor Steve Reed, Leader of London Borough of Lambeth, tells us about the future landscape for local government and the impact this will have for HR

  • 17.31 - 19.06 Steve Bundred, Chief Executive, Audit Commission, talks about the challenges facing HR teams as a result of the changing face of public sector inspection

  • 19.20 - 20.27 Jan Parkinson, Managing Director, Local Government Employers, talks about this year’s pay agreement

  • 20.28 - 23.12 Christopher Johnson, Director of Employment, Civil Service Capability Group, Cabinet Office, tells us his thoughts on current pay and reward challenges

  • 23.13 - 25.40 Miles Hilton Barber, Adventurer, gives his key pieces of advice on how to cope with and embrace change

  • 25.41 - 27.33 Martin Tiplady, Director of HR, Metropolitan Police Service, shares his views on the future for HR

  • 27.40 - 29.17 Ray Tompkinson, Consultant, discusses the issues around the shared services model

  • 29.18 - 31.30 Dean Shoesmith, Executive Head of HR, London Boroughs of Sutton and Merton, talks about a major London Borough recruitment partnership he has led

  • 31.31 - 33.31 House Debate, Geoff Armstrong, CIPD Director General, is for the motion and Professor Graham Martin is against, they both explain their reasons why

  • 33.32 - 34.20 Gillian Hibberd, Corporate Director, (People & Policy) and PPMA Vice-President, tells us her thoughts on the conference and her vision for the future

  • 34.21 - 35.43 Finally, we hear from some of the delegates to get their views on the conference

To find out more about the PPMA, go to www.ppma.org.uk or visit their new blog at www.ppmablog.org.uk

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