Drawing on over two decades of experience delivering annual conferences on culture and leadership in Australia and New Zealand we are excited to share with you the presentations from our 2020 conference.
VISION INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Vision Investments Limited is a diversified and successful business enterprise with a long history of trading in Fiji. VIL is a publicly listed company and currently the second largest company on the Fiji Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation exceeding USD 200 million. Hollis Toaisis and Maria Sandys tell the story of transformation for the retail arm of their business in the Pacific and how they developed a strong culture with their retail store managers. How they operationalised the behaviours they wanted to see and the set up and systems they put in place within their retail store structures to encourage more constructive interaction.
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SPARK
Heather Polglase, HR Director Spark and Roz McCay, Programme Director Haikai Co-Lab Limited share how their authentic partnership and Development ecosystem has helped them to build and grow the Spark Agile Leadership Programme. Heather and Roz share the framework and principles that have been fundamental to this experimental approach to growing leadership at Spark – which is pretty far from “off the shelf” leadership development work and practice. During the session they share what good looks like for them and Spark, context and insights about why they’re doing what they’re doing, and what more is possible from the evolution of the constructive leader to the highly adaptive one.
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CEO PANEL
One of the most often asked questions we get about creating culture change is “how do I get my CEO on board?” We decided to ask them. We engaged five of our most experienced and effective CEO leaders in an insightful conversation about why they believe developing a constructive culture is so critical to the success of their organisations: • What convinced them that the investment required to do the work was worthwhile? • What have they learnt about how culture shapes performance in their organisation? • If they needed to convince another CEO of the value of culture, what would they say?
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SANDOZ
Guy Strong, Country Head Australia & New Zealand along with the Head of People & Organisation Asia, Clarette Crame share the transformation journey of Sandoz. One that led them to drive an INSPIRED, CURIOUS & UNBOSSED culture. Where patients and their people are at the heart of everything they do. In 2018, Sandoz Australia & New Zealand encountered challenges in various aspects of their business and there was a critical need to identify what was standing in the way of good performance. While their market fundamentals were good, and the team were knowledgeable, their culture wasn’t matching up. Guy and Clarette tell the story of how they turned Sandoz around…with incredible results!
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HANES AUSTRALASIA
Hanes Australasia is home to some of our most recognised apparel and lifestyle brands, such as Bonds, Sheridan and Champion. Sandra Blackburn, General Manager People and Culture, shares their story of a focus on culture through constructive leadership.
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ROCHE
Roche is one of the world’s leading and largest pharmaceutical companies, specialising in five Disease Biology Areas (DBAs) including oncology, hematology, immunology, infectious diseases and neuroscience. Gin Chen, Chapter Lead Therapeutic Solutions Partner Hong Kong and her team shared the transformational change story of the sales team at Roche Hong Kong in order to create better outcomes for more patients, faster. This was part of a bigger change journey for Roche globally to move towards agile working. Human Synergstics worked with the team to better understand their culture and how they worked with healthcare professionals to get better results for their patients. Following a culture review Human Synergistics supported Roche with design sprints and leading change workshops to reimagine the sales function. They worked hard to transform the way they worked as a team by moving from a culture of competitive sales strategies to shared KPIs to the value patients receive.
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PHOCAS
Phocas has a simple mission – to make people feel good about data. The tailored industry-focused solutions simplify data management through powerful analytics and visualization tools, and revolutionizes the way customers interact with their own information. Phocas changes the way people think and work, and makes it easier for people to be decisive and operate with confidence. At the heart of Phocas is a commitment to our values – to make life ‘fun, fulfilling and forever’ for Phocas customers, employees and investors. The CEO & Co-founder Myles Glashier and Chief People Officer, Karen Hailwood share the Phocas story of transformation from a small bootstrapped start-up – to an established global business with big growth plans – all in the rapidly changing world of SaaS. Alongside the innovative products we have a dedication to nurture a culture where people are trusted, have autonomy and feel good about coming to work each day. Our culture is fundamental to our success.
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YARRA VALLEY WATER
In the lead up to our virtual conference this year, Pat McCafferty shared some of the incredible things Yarra Valley Water are doing to achieve and sustain their constructive culture. Yarra Valley Water has a proud history of pursuing a long-term culture change program to deliver excellence. They embarked on their cultural journey back in 2001 and their ongoing commitment has transformed their strategy and vision, as well as their approach to leadership and employee experience. They have created an engaged and inclusive workforce in tune with customers – allowing them to deliver on their purpose to provide exemplary services that contribute to the health and wellbeing of current and future generations.
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AURORA ENERGY
In the lead up to our virtual conference this year, we spoke with Rebecca Kardos, CEO and Kane Ingham, General Manager Commercial Services as they shared the incredible culture gains experienced at Aurora Energy. Back in 2018 Rebecca shared a story with our conference audiences – Courage & Commitment: That’s Culture – about the challenges of shifting a deeply embedded culture and what happens when things don’t go to plan. Rebecca’s honest and thought-provoking presentation shared that leaders need courage, focus and long-term personal commitment to achieve and sustain change. So two years on, where are they now?
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