WORKSHOPS

These half-day workshops provide the opportunity to cover specific topics in-depth and run concurrent to the main conference and Directors Forum.

A healthy approach to productivity
9am - 12pm, 3 October 2006
Michelle Spooner, general manager, ahm Total Health

What is the impact of health on productivity and absenteeism in the Australian corporate environment?

Michelle will outline the benchmarks for physical, psychosocial and cultural health in Australian organisations, and discuss the various ways that companies are working on to improve these benchmarks. Specific examples will be provided from ahm's current client list, and will represent organisations of different sizes and industry sectors.

ahm Total Health specialises in measuring and benchmarking the impact of physical, psychosocial and cultural health on productivity and absence. The data is then examined and correlated with productivity and absence scores to determine which interventions and wellness programs are likely to have the greatest business impact. ahm Total Health then design and deliver programs and interventions to address the issues in an organisation. 

Workforce globalisation: effective expatriate migration
2pm - 5pm, 3 October 2006

Harriet Mantell, director, migration services; Cameron Allen, partner, corporate & international taxation; Sarah Lane, partner, international assignment services, Deloitte

How can you overcome the skill shortage by tapping into the burgeoning competitive international market for talent?

More employees are broadening their employment search to include overseas opportunities, while employers are fighting harder to win quality international recruits and provide secondments that keep valuable people on board over the long-term.

Expatriate employees have specific needs and create challenges in a minefield of legislation and changing government policy.

Led by taxation and migration experts, this session will workshop your issues and questions relating to employee migration: both inbound and outbound, long-term and short-term.

Coaching for success
9am - 12pm, 4 October 2006

Kathy McKenzie, director, Fire Up Coaching

Coaching is now recognised as one of the most effective tools for enhancing the performance of your people and your organisation.

In this workshop find out how to develop great coaches within your organisation and the types of training to implement to develop great coaches. Analyse how you currently develop coaching skills in your organisation and then look at some of the success stories, which will show you how to successfully implement coaching as a means for increasing effectiveness.

Achieving a paperless performance management system
1.30pm - 4.00pm, 4 October 2006

Kate Baring and Terry Dwan, directors of Traxion HR

This highly interactive workshop offers a live demonstration of how you can create your own internal performance management system from scratch and then utilise the efficiencies of the cyber world to manage and enhance your internal review processes.
 
All attendees will receive a Traxion HR workbook entitled The Step By Step Guide to Implementing an Outstanding Performance Management System which will be used during the workshop for attendees to update with their own specific information.  One attendee will be selected for participation in a live demonstration of how to convert a paper-based system to an on-line one.
 
To maximise outcomes from this session, attendees might find it helpful to bring with them their company organisational chart, any strategic objectives information relative to their own organisation, along with any existing paper-based review material. 

Key Media reserves the right to vary the program and speakers due to any cancellations or rescheduling