2025 NSW HR Leadership Summit
27th & 28th May
InterContinental Sydney
As trusted business advisors, HR leaders are relied upon to navigate change within their businesses, sectors and communities. Leadership is not only important but a fundamental aspect of the human element that can inspire change and drive innovation within the business. By leveraging human potential, collaboration, knowledge, and data, HR leaders play a critical role as they help shape the future of the workplace.
The 2025 NSW HR Leadership Summit will focus on navigating complexity. The program will cover important topics, including developing a sustainable people strategy, creating a skills-based workforce, implementing effective change management, balancing human skills with digital innovation, communicating values to both the business and the board, and empowering a diverse workforce. These themes are expected to dominate discussions at the conference, helping attendees refine their game plan and strategic roadmap for navigating the people landscape beyond 2025.
- Navigating complexity – developing a future-ready organisation
- Adjusting HR practices in the changing world to enable a diverse workforce
- Unpacking trends shaping the HR profession - leadership development, organisational culture, talent attraction and recruitment, talent mobility, people analytics and succession planning
- Strategic workforce planning - developing a sustainable people strategy
- Building a skills-based workforce - harnessing the power of human potential
- Understanding talent scarcity – AI and equity
- Assessing the use of AI in HR functions - risks, opportunities, skills and governance considerations
- Creating a safety-first environment - the interconnection of HR, safety and leadership
- Building a well-being strategy – a data-driven approach
- Change management – case studies and key considerations for the future
- Incorporating the capability framework to support the culture and leadership initiatives
- Leadership development - identifying and developing top talent and potential leaders
- Navigating the compliance jungle - case studies and trends in ER/IR
- Looking ahead - how HR will shape an adaptive workforce?
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