Summary: The NHS is the largest employer in Europe and the annual NHS Employers Conference was held in Birmingham last week. This month's show comes straight from the event. To listen to the podcast, click the grey arrow below. Leading Workforce Thinking, is the conference theme and in addition to some high profile plenary sessions there are 4 strand themes - Engaging Staff for Success, Facing the Future, Focus on Fundamentals and Policy into Practice. The conference featurednbsp;somenbsp;highly inspirational and informative sessions and in this episode, wenbsp;hear fromnbsp;a selection of the speakers across the three days. First up, is Sian Thomas and Alastair Henderson, Joint Acting Directors of NHS Employers who tell us more about the conference. Podcast running order and timings (in minutes and seconds) 00.00 - 00.44 Introduction 00.45 - 02.55 Sian Thomas and Alastair Henderson talk about the challenges ahead for the NHS HR community and the key elements of the new workforce proposals 02.56 - 06.20 Professor Beverley Alimo-Metcalfe, Professor of Leadership Studies at Bradfordnbsp;School of Managementnbsp;and Chief Executive of Real World Group,nbsp;talks about the style of leadership that is best suited to today's workplace 06.21 - 07.36 Dr Anthony Hesketh, Senior Lecturer at Lancaster School of Management, gives us his views on whether the HR function as we currently know it, has outlived its usefulness 07.37nbsp;- 09.48 Sahar Hashemi founder of Coffee Republic, shares her thoughts about how to turn your vision into reality 09.49 - 13.12 Rachael McIlroy Policy Officer at the TUCnbsp;and Paula McDonald, Deputy Director, Public Service Workforce Reform at the Cabinet Office, tell us more about their joint Drive for Change initiative 13.13 - 14.51 Andy Randall Ex Chief Executive of iGrasp and Advisor to leading edge businesses explains how on-line recruitment will develop in the future 14.52 - 17.56 Steve Sonsoni, bestselling author, motivational speaker and Fellow in the Centre for Management Development at London Business School gives his top 3 leadership tips on how to boost productivity and performance 17.57 - 20.16 Professor Derek Mowbray from Organisation Health talks about the prime cause of stress in the workplace and the best way an employer can overcome this 20.17 - 21.59 Gareth Malone, Choirmaster for the London Symphony Orchestranbsp;isnbsp;probably best know for his achievements in the BBC2 documentary 'The Choir' henbsp;explains how he helps people to believe in themselves in order to fulfill their potential and how they can then turn that nbsp;into team achievement 22.00 - 23.21 Steve Barnett, Chief Executive of NHS Confederationnbsp;reflects on the success of thenbsp;Conference and the things he would like delegates to take awaynbsp;nbsp; 23.25 - 24.25nbsp;Finally we hear from some of the delegates to find out their thoughts on the conference 24.26 - 25.00 Close Listening to the show is simple, you can do it in a number of ways and you donrsquo;t need an iPod or MP3 player. Simply click on the grey arrow underneath the show heading and it will play through your computer. Alternatively, you can easily download the file and listen to it later, ornbsp;transfer it onto an MP3 player,nbsp;just right click on lsquo;Downloadrsquo; and select lsquo;Save Target Ashellip;rsquo; The show can also benbsp;playednbsp;on iTunes. To make sure that you never miss an episode, you can subscribe freenbsp;via email, or by clicking the orange RSSnbsp;icon or iTunes button. Each new show will then be delivered automatically to your computer, along with notes about the show, useful contact details and links to additional information. Inbsp;would love to hearnbsp;your feedback and any suggestions for further shows. Either email me directly at karen@publicsectorhrpodcast.co.uk or click on lsquo;Commentrsquo; underneath the show title and type away...
