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Ruth George, HR Consultant and Herts CIPD Chair, talks about the challenges HR can pose for a SME, the importance of offering flexibility to employees and why small businesses can't afford to miss the AI boat.
Ruth is a Chartered Member of the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) with over 25 years' experience in senior HR management roles. Previously HR Director at Gallagher Heath - a leading UK insurance broker in the City, she has also been HR lead for Head Office at Homebase and has worked with household names such as Next, Fujitsu, Seiko and Travelport.
Ruth is Chair of the CIPD branch in Hertfordshire with over 3,500 members one of the largest branches in the country – the CIPD is the professional body for HR Practitioners.
Ruth has a degree in Modern Languages and speaks fluent French, Spanish and Portuguese. Having spent the past 11 years running her own HR Consultancy, she now focuses on providing a range of generalist HR support to both corporates and SME clients. A large part of Ruth’s work concentrates on management and leadership development and she has run several programmes for international clients both virtually and face-to-face. -
Baljit Kaur, Founder of Innate Consultancy and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion champion, talks about the challenges Diversity, Equity & Inclusion can present for an SME, whilst offering actionable changes and starting points that can help to get the ball rolling.
Baljit helps companies design a diverse workforce and inclusive cultures achieving excellence in diverse employee attraction, engagement, and retention. She creates opportunities for connection, learning, and shared experiences centered around the core values of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. -
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James Ker-Reid, top SaaS and technology sales leader and co-author of two bestselling books, talks about the challenges of creating a robust, enduring sales framework whilst in a fast-moving start-up. Discussing his simple, proven framework, he covers the key elements needed for sales success.
James has a background in B2B SaaS and IT consultancy, with specialisms including fintech, insurance, HR and innovation tech. He has over 15 years of experience selling to startups and enterprises in the UK, Europe, Asia and North America. His major successes include a management buyout and a startup acquisition of $500 million. In 2018, James was named one of the top SaaS and technology sales leaders of the year. He has co-authored two bestselling books – Sales Genius #1 and Happy Healthy Wealthy Entrepreneurs.
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Chris O'Riordan, Founder and MD of Firestarter Business Solutions, talks speed planning and how it can be the answer to your SME planning woes, why the best plans never exceed a single A4 sheet of paper and how not to get lost in a jungle of KPI's.
Chris is a specialist in sales excellence, organisational structure & design, sales training and change management programmes with over 30 years’ experience in sales management and business leadership.
Since 2012, Chris has been the business leader of Firestarter Business Solutions, working across a broad range of clients to drive sales performance improvement, growth initiatives, change management, organisational development and sales productivity programmes to deliver tangible sales results. -
Stuart Hearn, HR and Technology Entrepreneur, talks about the challenges of managing people in today’s uncertain business environment and how business owners and managers approach the tricky balance they seek between ‘doing the day job’ and effectively managing their teams.
Stuart is an experienced HR and Technology entrepreneur, having founded and scaled two successful HR businesses - most recently Clear Review, which he grew into a multi-million revenue business with a successful exit after 5 years. He now acts as a mentor and board advisor to a small number of HR and employee-based tech start-ups that are making a positive difference in today's world. Stuart previously led a successful people performance management consultancy and was also International HR Director at Sony Music. -
Sean Ruane, Founder of Mind Data, talks mental health check ins, how managers can play an important role in improving employee mental wellbeing and the importance of businesses being proactive with how they support their employees.
Sean is the founder of Mind Data, a digital platform that aims to improve human-to-human therapy. Mind Data provides tools to increase self-awareness in patients/clients and insights to make therapy check-ins even more effective. By utilising technology, Mind Data is able to offer a unique and innovative solution to the mental health space. After suffering from suicidal depression, Sean's personal mission is to improve the mental health of one million people, and he believes that Mind Data is an important step towards achieving that goal. -
Francis Lake, Founder of Green Juniper, talks about changing attitudes to hybrid working, his experience developing innovative working practices, and why one popular hybrid policy is an ill-fitting suit.
Francis has a long career in organisation and people development. He’s got a track record in deploying groundbreaking practice, winning awards for performance and purpose. His work on post-covid working has been the subject of a Gartner case study, and he’s a frequent speaker at conferences on subjects including future of work, purpose, culture and performance. He established his new consultancy, Green Juniper last year to be able to help more companies have brilliant people practices. -
Jim Simpson, Founder and CEO of Ziptech services discusses the changing attitude to tech, how it underpins business growth and why it is so important for business leaders to expand their knowledge.
Jim founded Ziptech at a time when his frustration with IT Support companies was at its height. Working as a turnaround CEO, he realised that the performance of each of these companies who sought his advice could be remarkably improved with better IT. Jim decided to set up a straight-talking, skilled and well-organised IT service business with customer needs at its heart.
His other passions include his love for his dogs Ben and Mini who can often be found curled up by his desk. -
Souky Arsalane, CEO and Co-founder of newly established ZING, discusses the problems underrepresented founders face, what she has learnt as an entrepreneur and her role supporting other female founders.
Souky is the CEO and co-founder of ZING, the platform for digital experiences designed for businesses who want to enrich the lives of their staff.
Previously part of the management team and Head of Finance of Valuedynamx. Having grown through the ranks of PwC, L’Oreal, Coca Cola and Unilever. Souky has a deep understanding of marketplaces and a commercial though versatile profile that enables her to lead cross functional projects involving product, operations, and sales teams.
Souky is also involved in diversity initiatives and is a mentor who helps underrepresented founders with their commercial plans. She works regularly with LSE and other founders of her network, helping them to secure accelerator prizes and present to investors. -
Katherine Rayden, Owner and Founder of Rayden Solicitors, discusses what makes a good business leader, growth during Covid and creating a positive working environment.
Katherine has over 25 years’ experience as a specialist family law solicitor. She has a wealth of knowledge in disputes that can follow the breakdown of any relationship whether this concerns children and/or finances. Katherine has experience of complex income and financial structures (in this jurisdiction and others), pensions and issues requiring in-depth and expert analysis.
Katherine also handles almost all aspects of private law children matters including relocation of children, applications for contact with children, fact-finding hearings and parental alienation.
Focused on achieving a sensible and cost effective solution for her clients, Katherine draws on her substantial experience to try and achieve settlement without the need for lengthy and expensive final hearings. Katherine believes that preparation is key and so although most of her cases settle outside of Court, the vast majority will be prepared as if the matter will be reviewed by a Judge in order that there is a clear strategy from the outset.
Katherine is noted by industry peers as ‘the doyenne of family law outside London’ and commended for her ‘tremendous enthusiasm for her work.’ -
Louise Hosking of Hosking Associates, IOSH President and One WISH co-founder, discusses how she puts the pulse into health and safety, what flexible working means to her and the impact of feminine skills in leadership positions.
Louise is a first career Health & Safety Professional with over 30 years experience. Her consultancy, Hosking Associates, was established in 2005. As an employer and small business owner she has a keen understanding of the distractions and pressures leaders face everyday.
Louise became IOSH President and Chair of Council in November 2021 having served as a Vice- President for 3 years and President-Elect for one year. Her Presidential themes focus on “People, Sustainability and Putting the Heart into Health & Safety”.
Louise is a passionate Inclusion champion both within IOSH and outside of it. She is also a co-founder of the OneWISH coalition: Women & Inclusion in Safety & Health. -
Adrian Malpass, Executive Coach, Mentor and Board Advisor discusses the leadership qualities he saw in Gareth Southgate, his advice for SME business leaders and how business owners can best utilise their skill sets.
Adrian is a renowned award-winning executive coach and mentor, and board adviser, focusing on leadership, strategy and managing growth for businesses of all sizes. He is also Curator of GlosBiz®, Gloucestershire’s largest business network.
He is a fully qualified, national award-winning Executive Coach, trained mentor and project manager, and a Licensed Emotional Intelligence Consultant developing emotionally intelligent leaders and teams.
He has over 34 years' experience as a proven business transformation specialist, with extensive experience and success in working in the SME professional services sectors, as well as some of the UK’s major PLCs. He specialises in improving profitable performance through enhanced leadership and business management, and identifying and delivering strategic and sustainable growth. Working alongside boards, individual Directors, senior managers and business owners, usually in coaching, mentoring, project or consultancy formats at a strategic level, he has worked successfully with over 350 businesses to date, including in non-executive director roles. -
Louise Towler, Founder and Managing Director of Indigo Tree discusses her first steps into technology, being a female leader in STEM and her advice for SME business leaders.
Louise is a technology entrepreneur and started her career in STEM as a software developer over 30 years ago. Today she is the founder and Managing Director of Indigo Tree, a digital agency, with a team of twelve, experts in WordPress websites using inspirational design, innovative technology and insightful data. Louise is driven by a passion for technology and business, and an enthusiasm to deliver the best results for her clients. -
Peter Hopwood, Global Public Speaking & TEDx Coach discusses some of his top tips to be more impactful in a virtual setting, how to transfer existing presenting skills to the screen and the importance of emotion when storytelling.
Peter delivers dynamic public speaking, pitching and presentation skills, through individual and team coaching - worldwide. As an international speaker coach he guides personal clients and corporate groups helping to construct strong storylines, deliver beautiful pitches and speeches while overcoming the anxiety of public speaking. From Dubai to Brussels, Shanghai to Amsterdam, equally as a dynamic and engaging in-demand British corporate events MC, Peter shapes digital events, conferences, summits, demo days and award ceremonies across Europe, Asia and The Middle East. -
Kimberley Whalen-Blake, Director at Hughes Paddison Legal Practice answers five of the most topical and current employment law questions. Covering IR35, returning to work post COVID, Brexit and much more.
Kimberley specialises in all areas of employment law, with over 10 years’ experience in her field and has advised on and litigated all aspects of employment law, from unfair dismissals, TUPE, redundancies and restructures, to lengthy and complex discrimination and whistle-blowing cases.Kimberley also provides a range of HR support services to SME businesses, ensuring they are up to date with the constant evolution of employment law and to help them best protect their business in what can be a very complex area of law. Her previous experience as department head of a 33 strong team, Kimberley is well aware of the challenges faced in running a productive, profitable and efficient workforce – all the while juggling the management issues that comes with being an employer.
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Linda Garcia, owner of Alluxi Consulting discusses productivity trends, the impact the pandemic and working from home have had on productivity and steps that business leaders can take to improve productivity in the workplace.
Owner of Alluxi Consulting, Linda Garcia has more than twenty years experience in project formulation and application; the design, development and implementation of management control systems to achieve significant productivity and performance improvement and profitability, she has worked at Board level to define business plans to enable short term initiatives to be fine tuned to longer-term strategies, right down to the shop floor supervisory levels, designing and delivering management and supervisory training and development workshops, to ensure the whole organisation is aligned to the behaviour change required to improve performance. -
Gary Swanwick, Co-founder and Managing Director at Epoq IT discusses how simple antivirus software is no longer enough, how the rise in remote working has impacted cyber security and steps business leaders can take to educate themselves and their people.
Gary is co-founder and managing director of managed services provider Epoq IT, which is based in High Wycombe.With over 20 years’ experience in the IT industry advising corporate and SME clients, Gary is a winner of the Buckinghamshire Entrepreneur of the year award.
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Cathryn Barnard, Director at Working the Future discusses the importance of foresight focus and why it is essential for business leaders. As well as the trends that are currently impacting employees' expectations of business leaders.
Cat is a director at Working the Future, a management consultancy helping business leaders make sense of the multiple forces changing how we work in the 2020s.With a long career in workforce planning, and experience of growing her own successful businesses, Cat recognises the criticality of human connection in accelerating team engagement and performance.
As work becomes increasingly underpinned by digital technology, amazing commercial opportunity emerges - blending the best of human AND technology to deliver highly customised client experiences that drive brand loyalty and enhanced success outcomes.
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Kimberley Whalen-Blake, Director at Hughes Paddison Legal Practice shares her knowledge and top tips on how Brexit and the ending of Freedom of Movement for EU nationals might affect your recruiting and staffing practices.
Kimberley specialises in all areas of employment law, with over 10 years’ experience in her field and has advised on and litigated all aspects of employment law, from unfair dismissals, TUPE, redundancies and restructures, to lengthy and complex discrimination and whistle-blowing cases.
Kimberley also provides a range of HR support services to SME businesses, ensuring they are up to date with the constant evolution of employment law and to help them best protect their business in what can be a very complex area of law. Her previous experience as department head of a 33 strong team, Kimberley is well aware of the challenges faced in running a productive, profitable and efficient workforce – all the while juggling the management issues that comes with being an employer.
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Sarah Sen, HR Consultant at Sen Consulting, shares her top tips on the key considerations for employers when moving to a hybrid working arrangement, the great benefits it can offer and the pitfalls to avoid.
Sarah Sen is an award-winning HR and dynamic working consultant who works with SME clients to develop modern and flexible workplaces. Sen HR consulting is a boutique people consultancy focused on modernising outdated ways of working and helping companies to build flexible solutions for the future of work.
Sarah is MCIPD qualified and a certified Agile HR Consultant.
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