Forward Motion – leveraging the collective strength to shape change

As trusted business advisors, HR leaders are relied upon to navigate change within their businesses, sectors and communities. Leadership is a behaviour that can inspire change and create a meaningful impact on people. The 2025 WA HR Leadership Summit will encourage attendees – people and culture leaders – to examine what change looks like in their organisations and how they can influence decision-making and drive positive change for the benefit of their organisations, workforces, and the communities they serve.

Embedded with the theme Forward Motion – leveraging the collective strength to shape change, the program will explore topics such as building a sustainable people strategy, fostering skills- and work-based talent, integrating sustainability principles for change, balancing human and digital capabilities, aligning values across business and leadership, and empowering a diverse, multigenerational workforce. 

• 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?