Event Information - Joburg

Joburg: HR Conference Connect |  8 February 2024

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This event aims to attract accomplished HR professionals, where they will converge, exchange ideas, and navigate through the latest challenges in the field of Human Resources. After hosting HR events for the past 15 years, HRworks is expanding its reach from Cape Town to Johannesburg, with The Maslow Hotel in Sandton as the venue.

These HR events serve as a dynamic platform for HR leaders to connect, share insights, and draw from each other's experiences. Attendees, comprising HR leaders and professionals, will delve into discussions on current HR trends, exploring emerging practices critical for staying abreast of the constantly evolving HR landscape. Featuring insightful keynotes, this event promises a valuable learning experience for all HR practitioners.

Key topics on the agenda include:

• Performance Management & Reward Trends
• Employee Wellbeing & Mental Health
• Employee Value Proposition, Talent Acquisition & Retention
• The Impact of AI in Human Resources

• Future Leadership Styles

The event will feature an exhibitor component, providing HR and Training service providers with an opportunity to showcase their offerings. To conclude, the event will host lucky draws and a networking session with refreshments, fostering social connections among participants.

Speaker and topic overview:

Dr Mark Bussin | Chairperson | 21^st Century
Performance Management and Reward Trends

• Post Covid performance management trends
• Performance management from schools to universities to industry and government
• Reward trends that will stick for years to come
• New patterns of Remuneration
• Predictions for 2024 and beyond

Dineo Sekwele  |  Group HR Executive & Director | Nutun
Employee Value Proposition / Talent & Attraction.  A Nutun Case Study

Dineo Sekwele, an accomplished HR leader with numerous awards to her name, is deeply committed to enhancing employee well-being and engagement at the Nutun Group. During her presentation, she will delve into the Nutun story, revealing valuable insights, lessons learned, and the key factors contributing to their success.

Mark Baker  |  Psychologist & CEO  |  Mygrow
Employee Well-being: Key Considerations and Tech-driven Solutions for a thriving future

Thriving employees are an undeniable competitive advantage for organizations. However, shifts in the world of work have left employees struggling. Many traditional approaches to wellbeing are misaligned with current realities and therefore have low impact. Technology advancements have opened the way for proactive and macro approaches to wellbeing that more appropriately align with the new world of work. These approaches develop, measure, and track employee wellbeing in unique ways that significantly empower HR leaders. This session will cover key psychosocial shifts in the world of work, outline the impact on employee wellbeing, and highlight a tech-enabled approach that enables high impact. Ultimately, attendees will be left with philosophical and practical considerations for better decision making in terms of employee wellbeing.

Themba Chakela |  Chief People Officer | BlueSky
New Leadership Behaviours that drive Digital Transformation

When the Covid-19 pandemic sent us all home to work in our pyjamas, leaders and managers faced a brave new world of leadership. We were all thrust into the digital frontier, where traditional practices and processes gave way to ever evolving and digitally led “new-normal.” The people/HR function irrevocably changed and those that lead it had to and, continue to have to adapt or face obsolescence.

The leaders who will swim and those that sink as the tide continues to rise can be differentiated key traits.

Gareth Ireland  |  Modern Work Specialist  | Microsoft 
The Impact of AI on HR

AI is poised to create a whole new way of working. Next-generation copilots will work alongside people, freeing us from digital debt and fuelling innovation.
Organizations that embrace AI will unleash creativity and unlock productivity for everyone—ushering in a new wave of productivity growth and value creation. 

Microsoft will summarise the latest findings from their reports into AI usage. As well as sharing learnings from their own organization and early customers of their
new AI technology Copilot.