MRS Leaders Forum - Recruitment, Team & Culture

08.30 09.00

Registration & coffee

09.00-09.10

Introduction from the Chair

Sinead Jefferies, Senior Vice President, Zappi

09.10-09.40

Rethinking recruitment: a new era for talent attraction

• How to align employer and employee expectations:

    -      balancing flexibility, culture, and business needs

• Highlighting innovative approaches that are reshaping talent acquisition
  
  -       examining alternative pipelines & unexplored talent avenues

• Bringing candidate identity back into recruitment practices

• Weighing up how best to deploy AI in recruitment for best outcomes

Chair

Richard Heath, CEO, Blue Yonder Research

Panellists

Sinead Hasson, CEO, Hasson Associates

Bethan Coe, Head of Recruitment & Future Talent, Ipsos

Suzy Hassan, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Potentia Insight

09.40-10.10

In-conversation with young researchers: appreciating the employee experience

• What are the first 5 years of being a research practitioner like and how it could be improved?

• What are the factors that encourage young researchers to stay in that first role?

Led by: Josephine Hansom, Gen Z Consultant

10.10-10.40

Leading with impact: inspiring teams and shaping culture

• Discover simple strategies to inspire, motivate and reward in a way that resonates with your team

• Learn how you can lead culture with confidence and authenticity (even as a numbers person)

• Acquire practical tips for building a comfortably diverse and inclusive environment

Rachael Fraser, Leadership Coach (CPCC ACC)

10.40-11.10

Morning refreshments

11.10-12.10

Peer advisory round table discussion

Come to the forum with a recruitment, team or culture challenge you’d like help solving. Working in small groups, delegates will select two challenges to tackle. Share ideas, hear alternative approaches and find out what’s worked for others.

12.10 -12.20

wrap-up

12.30

Lunch