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4th Annual Business Driven HR Metrics Forum

Driving business objectives through workforce data 27-29 May 2015Stamford Plaza,

Melbourne

KEY BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

• Optimise existing data to get quality insights• Drive financial and performance based

continuous improvement• Learn how to sustain metrics programmes by

cultivating a pro-data culture • Enhance organisational development with

more effective data driven decisions• Engage senior stakeholders by successfully

communicating data insights• Forum includes interactive ‘Spotlight’ session

and hypothetical scenario workshop

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:• Anne Foley, HR Director, Agilent Technologies• Chris Cheesman, Senior Manager, Global HR Systems & Services,

(Formerly of BHP)• Brad Waldron, Analytics and Workforce Planning Manager, Crown

Melbourne• Travis Burge, Enterprise Relationship Manager, Linkedin• Monte Kainth, Manager HR Reporting and Metrics, Transport NSW • Dr David Schmidtchen, Group Manager Human Capital Research,

Australian Public Service Commission• Kevin O’Malley, Workforce Manager-Corporate, Hunter New England

Health • Meryl Miller, HR Information and Analytics Manager, (Formerly of)

Unilever• Peter Dimsey, Manager Information Management, Victorian Public

Sector Commission • Adam Berry, Head of Organisational Development, National Australia

Bank • Brett Holmes, Head of HR Systems, Jemena • Trent Pawsey, HR Manager, McCormick• Andrea Heyward, Deputy Executive HR Director, Monash University• Grant Lepan-Walker, Senior Manager, Workforce Analytics, Monash

University • Katherine Oliver, HR Analyst Human Resources, Transport Accident

Commission• Sean Preusse, Organisational Metrics Analyst, Caltex Australia • Colin Beames, Director, Advanced Workforce Strategies

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DAY ONE:8:00 Registration opens 9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair

TURNING INSIGHT INTO ACTION

9:10 The pathway to predictive HR • The challenging transition from reactive to a predictive HR

function• The metrics foundations of predictive HR • Implementing internal big data management: issues in systems

integration and overhaul• Progress toward predictive HR: case studyBrett Holmes, Head of HR Systems, Jemena

9:50 Turning insights into action: A practical guide• What is my analytics ‘mission’: starting with the business goal• Practical advice for the four key steps of predictive workforce

analytics • How to draw insight from data: identifying and ranking key

drivers• Developing effective recommendations to drive positive results Chris Cheesman, Senior Manager, Global HR Systems &

Services, (Formerly of BHP)10:30 Addressing cultural and procedural challenges when implementing data analytics

• When intuition gets in the way of fact: the cultural issues presented by workforce data in executive decision making

• Strategies to create a positive culture around data driven decisions

• Building a sustainable analytics practice over time

Dr David Schmidtchen, Group Manager, Human Capital Research, Australian Public Service Commission

11:10 Morning Tea

BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE METRICS PRACTICE

11:40 Interactive short workshop• In groups, attendees will be given practical tasks and

information on HR process design, master data management and information standards

• The purpose of this workshop is to understand how to create strong foundations and quality assurances for the best practice set-up and management of an HR metrics practice.

FACILITATED BY:Meryl Miller, HR Information and Analytics Manager, (Formerly) Unilever

12:50 Luncheon 1:50 Analysts vs reporters: Best practices in managing analytics teams

• Are your analysts reporting but not analyzing, and what does it mean to truly analyze the data?

• Techniques for developing an insights driven culture within your analytics team

• Tips on hiring and training analysts: Backgrounds you want to avoid and those which deliver

• Best methods to report insights up the organization hierarchy Brad Waldron, Analytics and Workforce Planning Manager, Crown Melbourne

2:30 7 strategies for optimising your existing data and getting real insights

• Overview of data optimisation• Strategies to get your metrics off the ground

Sean Preusse, Organisational Metrics Analyst, Caltex Australia

3:10 Demystifying your data • How to understand and interpret data • What questions to ask when presented with data• Identifying the misleading aspects of your data

Katherine Oliver, HR Analyst Human Resources, Transport Accident Commission

3:40 Afternoon Tea 4:20 Spotlight session: How my organisation uses workforce metrics and analytics to achieve our business goals

• In this interactive session, delegates will network by sharing their stories with one another in groups.

• HR Data and how it was used to achieve business goals focuses on the use of metrics and analytics to achieve a strategic objective or overcome a workforce issue.

5:00 Closing Remarks from the Chairperson 5:10 Day One Adjourns

DAY TWO8:00 Registration opens 9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair

DRIVING BUSINESS IMPROVETMENT AND WORKFORCE PERFORMANCE

9:10 Driving workforce success through analytics• Driving business value from HR Analytics• Setting key performance indicators, targets and

scorecards• Evolving beyond reporting and using analytics

more dynamically• The value of storytelling• Understanding common pitfalls and risks• Examining future trends and big data analytics

Travis Burge, Enterprise Relationship Manager, Linkedin9:50 Using engagement data to drive continuous improvement in productivity

• Measuring and analysing engagement effectively• Using engagement data to identify strengths and areas

for improvement in the business• Identifying and utilizing high performance results in line

managementAnne Foley, HR Director, Agilent Technologies

10:30 Using HR analytics to pursue cost savings and financial objectives

• Best practices in identifying the ROI of people and HR projects

• The importance of data quality and causation in being a value driven organization

• When does data become insight?Adam Berry, Head of Organisational Development, National Australia Bank

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11:10 Morning Tea 11:40 Using evidence to inform the organisation and its workforce

• Identifying issues and prioritising time and resource allocation across the workforce

• Ensuring the timely and effective completion of business objectives using HR data

• Assessing the HR department for potential improvementsKevin O’Malley, Workforce Manager-Corporate, Hunter New England Health

12:20 Conducting tests on project feasibility and scope using HR data

• Interrogating the system and processes in data storage

• Liaising with internal stakeholders effectively • Extracting to a uniform platform across client

groups• Extracting the information credibly • Identifying what to extract and why

Monte Kainth, Manager HR Metrics and Reporting, Transport NSW

1:00 Luncheon2:00 Providing real insights on staff productivity, staff quality, and diversity to achieve organisational objectives

• How Monash University used HR metrics to benchmark and increase workplace diversity

• What makes data meaningful to senior executives? Concerns from collection to communication Andrea Heyward, Deputy Executive HR Director, Monash UniversityGrant Lepan-Walker, Senior Manager, Workforce Analytics, Monash University

2:40 Quantifying organisational fit and quality of hire effectively

• Creating quality of hire metrics and analytics: Recruiting based on ‘organisational fit’

• How to predict people performance: Benchmarking existing roles and high performers for comparison

• Analysing patterns and trends in past and current planning related data Trent Pawsey, HR Manager, McCormick

3:20 PANEL DISCUSSION: Using external data to boost the value of your metrics

• What important precautionary steps should be taken when using external data?

• How external data been used in your practice to boost the value of your metrics?

FACILITATED BY:Brad Waldron, Analytics and Workforce Planning Manager, Crown MelbourneTravis Burge, Enterprise Relationship Manager, LinkedinMonte Kainth, Manager HR Metrics and Reporting, Transport NSWPeter Dimsey Manager Information Management. Victorian Public Sector Commission

4:00 Closing remarks from the Chair4:10 Conference closure

POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPSDAY THREE: FRIDAY, 29th MAY 2015

WORKSHOP A: 9:30-12:30 Improving business outcomes through the use of metricsMaking Metrics Real in Improving Business Outcomes.This workshop will enable delegates to contextualise metrics to extract maximum value and impact from HR data to improve business outcomes.

• Classifying the three types of HR data• Configuring and interrogating this data to analyse any number of

people related scenarios• Reporting HR analytics findings with maximum impact, including

the quantification of people risk and the “bottom line” implications• Understanding the deficiencies of traditional approaches to

workforce segmentation• Linking workforce and business strategies with HR analytics to

improve business outcomes and maximize the ROI in people• Overcoming typical roadblocks in effectively communicating

findings to key stakeholders Colin Beames, Director, Advanced Workforce Strategies

Colin Beames is a business focused corporate psychologist (and formerly an engineer), author and thought leader in human capital and workforce strategic planning. He is the Managing Director of Advanced Workforce Strategies, a firm that provides consultancy services in the areas of workforce strategic planning, workforce segmentation and configuration, measurement and reporting of human capital.Colin’s passion is aligning workforce and business strategies and generating business focused metrics to make better people related decisions. Colin’s recently publshed his second book entitled “Aligning Workforce and Business Strategies: Mobilising the 21st Century Workforce”.

WORKSHOP B: 1:30-5:00

Designing and implementing business driven metrics Participants are requested to bring to the workshop examples of workforce reporting they currently undertake, and examples of organisational strategic goals and objectives where people issues are critical for a successful outcome, for discussion and exploration.

• Why it’s important to design and implement metrics with corporate goals and issues in mind

• How to select data sources and measures using effective questioning and investigation

• Developing strategic reports that respond to senior executive’s priorities

• Using data and benchmarking to develop informative reports on workforce and trends over time

• Using single and multiple related data items to report and project against corporate plan objectives.

• Constructing measures to identify and monitor people issues that are risks to achieving organisational goals Peter Dimsey, Manager Information Management, Victorian Public Sector Commission

Peter Dimsey has made a career out of gathering, analysing and reporting workforce data to support policy development and management improvement. For the last ten years he has been responsible for the collection and reporting of workforce information across the whole of Victorian Government. This has involved co-ordinating and validating information sourced from over 250 organisations, designing reporting at a whole of government level and designing reporting of comparative information back to organisations in a form that is informative to senior executives and addresses strategic needs.

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