In light of the Coronavirus, Covid-19 public health issue, we have taken the decision to postpone the Best Employers Eastern Region 2020 launch conference on 18th March. We plan to rearrange as soon as it is advisable to do so and will carry forward your ticket to the future event.

Employee engagement is all about looking after our people and we want to do what we can to protect you and your teams.

The survey is still open on the 18th of March. Visit www.best-employers.co.uk for more information on how to get started.

Best Employers Eastern Region brings together employers from across the East of England to support the economic growth of our region through increased employee engagement.

This network supports business leaders who are passionate about and want to develop their organisation’s culture, engagement levels and workplace environment. It enables you to collaborate through inspiring events and initiatives and to further develop your engagement strategies with our free survey, analysis and expert insights.

At the launch conference

• Discover how to create inspiring, innovative and engaging places to work.
• Hear from industry specialists who will talk about best practices and employee engagement ideas.
• Learn from the experiences of our region’s Best Employers who will share how they have delivered the survey within their organisation, how this has affected their employee engagement and the steps they have taken to improve their employer brand.
• Take away practical ideas on how to implement the survey.
• Find out how to get your people involved and network with like-minded organisations.

Start your 2020 journey at the Best Employers Eastern Region launch conference. Book your place today.

Agenda

09:30 Registration and refreshments
10:00 Introduction
10:15 Tipping points on growth and engagement - C-J Green, Brave Goose
10:55 A Best Employer Story - Jon Woolston, Managing Partner, and Amanda Ninham, Head of HR, MHA Larking Gowen
11:20 Break
11:40 The Best Employer Team
12:05 Achieving accreditation - Tracey Locke, HR Director, JLL
12:40 Interview with a CEO panel:

• Ali Clabburn, CEO, Liftshare
• Jeff Ward, Chief Executive, Centurion
• Sharon Allen, CEO, Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
• Peter Mitchell, Managing Director, Holkham Estates

13:10 Lunch
14:00 Creating a highly productive performance-based culture - David Smith, Author, Business Speaker and Consultant.
15:00 A Best Employer Story - Andy Wood, CEO, Adnams
15:30 Close and next steps
16:00 End

About the speakers

David Smith

David Smith has 35 year's corporate experience of change management, the last 15 years of which were spent in the turnaround of the Asda Retail Business. At Asda, David was People, IT and Loss Prevention Director and on the Executive Board for 10 years. David and his team led many of the changes which created a highly productive performance-based culture and laid the foundations for commercial success.

Today, David is a highly respected Author, Business Speaker and Consultant. He is also frequently requested to Mentor/Coach CEOs, HRDs and other Board Directors, utilising his experience of Executive responsibility in a fast-moving commercial environment. He is Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Employment Studies.

Andy Wood, CEO Adnams

In this presentation, Andy Wood will talk about how Best Employers has been delivered at Adnams, what they have learned about their people and their organisation. He will share how they encouraged participation and what they did with their results.

Andy Wood joined Adnams in the mid 1990s with responsibility for developing its customer service and supply chain operations. He joined the Board in 2000 as Sales and Marketing Director becoming Managing Director in 2006 and Chief Executive in 2010. Andy has an MBA, a doctorate from Cranfield University and Honorary doctorates; in Business from Anglia Ruskin University, in Science from Cranfield University and Civil Law from the University of East Anglia. He was also awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2013 and is HRH The Prince of Wales’ Ambassador for Responsible business in the East of England. In 2018 Andy was awarded the First Special Award for Environmental Responsibility as part of a House of Lord's presentation on Responsible Capitalism.

Who should attend?

• Business leaders, owners and directors
• HR leadership team and those responsible for employee engagement
• Directors, senior managers, heads of function and business leaders.
• Anyone who has responsibility for leading people and wants to hear from successful business leaders and learn more about cultivating inclusive, inspiring workplaces.
• Anyone considering implementing an employee survey in their organisation.

About the Founders and Sponsors

Best Employers Eastern Region was founded by Pure and psychometrics experts eras ltd in 2012 to support organisations in creating workplaces which are stimulating, motivating and bring out the best in their people. Since 2018 Best Employers Eastern Region is sponsored by Archant and Birketts. For more information visit www.best-employers.co.uk