Summary: The PPMA's annual conference was held in Brighton last week and this month's show comes directly from the event. The theme of this year'snbsp;conference is Evolution or Extinction: the future for HR in the public sector and there was a good mix of inspirational and interesting speakers, who challenged everyday thinking and shared theirnbsp;knowledge, through case studies and research findings. Wenbsp;caught up with themnbsp;during the conference to find out more. To kick off the show, we hear from Stephen Moir -nbsp;this year's President, to find out his plans for the Association. To listen to the podcast, click the grey arrow below. Podcast running order and timings (in minutes and seconds) 00.00 - 00.30 Introduction 00.30 - 03.07 Stephen Moir, PPMA President outlines his goals for the Association 03.08 - 05.30 Dr Emma Parry, Research Fellow, Cranfield School of Management, outlines the early results of research she has undertaken into public sector recruitment and retentionnbsp;issues 05.31 - 07.50 Russell Prue, Anderton Tiger, talks about how HR professionals need to embrace new technology in order to engage with prospective employees 08.07 - 09.28 Greg Dyke, former BBC Director General, explains what makes a great leader and how HR can best support leaders in their organisations 09.29 - 12.44 Peter Reilly, Director of HR Research and Consultancy, Institute for Employment Studies, tells us what key challenges face HR Leaders and what skills they will need to tackle them 13.10 - 14.36 Greig Aitken, Group Head of Employee Engagement, Royal Bank Of Scotland, explains briefly how he has engaged employees at RBS and the benefits this has had on their business 14.42 - 15.24 Councillor David Parsons, Leader of Leicestershire County Council, talks about the key benefits of their employee engagement strategy 15.25 - 16.07 Joan Munro, National Advisor- Workforce Strategy, IDeA, gives advice on how best to engage a workforce 16.08 - 17.30 Councillor Steve Reed, Leader of London Borough of Lambeth,nbsp;tells us about the future landscape for local government and thenbsp;impact this willnbsp;have for HR 17.31 - 19.06 Steve Bundred, Chief Executive, Audit Commission, talks about the challenges facing HR teams as a resultnbsp;of the changing face of public sector inspection 19.20 - 20.27 Jan Parkinson, Managing Director, Local Government Employers, talks about this year's pay agreement 20.28 - 23.12 Christopher Johnson, Director of Employment, Civil Service Capability Group, Cabinet Office, tells us his thoughts on current pay and reward challenges 23.13 - 25.40 Miles Hilton Barber, Adventurer, gives his key pieces of advice on how to cope with and embrace change 25.41 - 27.33 Martin Tiplady, Director of HR, Metropolitan Police Service, shares his views on the future for HR 27.40 - 29.17 Ray Tompkinson, Consultant, discusses the issues around the shared services model 29.18 - 31.30 Dean Shoesmith, Executive Head of HR, London Boroughs of Sutton and Merton, talks about a major London Borough recruitment partnership he has led 31.31 - 33.31 House Debate, Geoff Armstrong,nbsp;CIPD Director General,nbsp;is for the motion and Professor Graham Martin is against, they both explain their reasonsnbsp;why 33.32 - 34.20 Gillian Hibberd, Corporate Director, (People #38; Policy) and PPMA Vice-President, tells us her thoughts on the conference and her vision for the future 34.21 - 35.43 Finally, we hear from some of the delegates to get their views on the conference To find out more about the PPMA, go to www.ppma.org.uk or visit their new blog at www.ppmablog.org.uk 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...
