3rd Annual HR Leaders in Africa - 9-11 June 2014 (Lagos, Nigeria) Contact me at tarina.newcastle@iirme.com for more details

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9 – 11 June 2014 | Lagos | Nigeria
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TWO HARD HITTING PRE
CONFERENCE MASTERCLASSES:
9th
June – Don’t miss out on practical lessons
to change the way you run your business
MASTERCLASS A
Elements of Success™: A SHRM Talent And
Competency Model
MASTERCLASS B
STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING - RIGHT
PEOPLE, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME
WHAT WILL INSPIRE YOU THIS YEAR?
Ground-breaking guru Chester Elton brings you the
latest thinking on motivation, leadership and engagement
Author and
HR Motivation Guru
CHESTER
ELTON
FEATURING
Best in class speakers including
TOTAL E&P Nigeria Ltd
George Oyetola
Head, HR Policies &
Job Administration
DAL Group
Adebayo Akinloye
Group Career & Succession
Planning Manager
KPMG
Yetunde Kanu
Associate Director
People and Change
Dangote Industries
Limited
Paramjit Pabby
Group Chief
Human Resource Officer
Accion Microfinance
Bank Limited
Emmanuel Michael
Head
Human Resources
British American
Tobacco Nigeria
Adediran Aderemi
Head of HR Operations
West Africa Area
Top class, brilliant
facilitators, I’m really pleased
I came
The learning was more
enriching than an MBA/MSc
rolled into one
A must attend
Attendance
should be made
compulsory for any
forward thinking
HR practitioner
Featuring the world’s best brands – Total, Guiness,
KPMG, Samsung and over 20 more key organisations
speaking
Including the best employers in Africa and around the
globe to share with you their expertise
Cross industry perspectives: multi- sector viewpoints
from HR thought leaders
Helen Victor Ebhaleme
Head Business Consulting
First Bank Nigeria
Ibrahim Mustapha Shehu
Senior Supervisor
Central Bank of Nigeria
Mohammed Aminu
Area HR Manager, North
Nigerian Bottling Company
Elizabeth Okonji
Learning and Resource Manager
Resourcery PLC
Making Your People The Core Of Corporate Success
To Register Contact Tarina Newcastle
+971 52 7997602 or tarina.newcastle@iirme.com

2. WELCOME TO THE AFRICA’S MOST
INFLUENTIAL
GATHERING OF HR PROFESSIONALS
WHAT’S
NEW
THIS YEAR
In 2014 we host one of HR’s iconic
thinkers and trendsetters. Armed
with a new best seller and findings
of a survey of 300,000 managers,
Chester Elton will share the
latest thinking on employee
recognition and motivation – a
key ingredient in your retention mix.
What was
big Just got
bigger
The interactive guru day, conference
and masterclass format brings you
more, content, greater interaction
and better networking to make you
an effective agent of growth in your
business.
We have increased opportunities
to interact with speakers and
panelists as well as network with
close to 150 influential peers
and industry figures to enrich your
experience. This isn’t an unfocussed
trade show – it’s a decision making
gathering with the people who are
really shaping the direction of HR and
talent management in Africa
ONE WEEK IN
LAGOS
365 DAYS
of Inspiration
No matter where you are in your HR
career, this year the show promises
to deliver great value through many
learning and networking opportunities
that will keep you inspired and fired up
to be more successful.
With a speaker line up of world-
class guru, regional and
international HR trendsetters, HR
Leaders in Africa is the place where
tomorrow’s strategies are discussed
and transformational expertise is
exchanged.
THE SHOW AT A GLANCE
MONDAY 9 JUNE
PRE-SUMMIT
MASTERCLASSES
TUESDAY 10 JUNE
Conference Day One
Chester Elton Guru Day
WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE
Conference Day TWO
African Leaders
Who
comes to the
show?
Through the show’s comprehensive coverage of the profession and offering value-added
learning to every team member in the HR function, the show has been the most inclusive
HR event in the region drawing participation from a CHRO level to new HR business
partners across all major industries.
The HR Leaders Africa attracts HR professionals from the whole of Africa.
Whether you are in recruitment, learning or a HR
generalist, the HR Leaders this year promises to grow
your professional network meeting and sharing ideas
with individuals that will have a real impact on how
successful you are in your job. Through our structured
and facilitated networking hub, you are guaranteed to
meet new peers to exchange tips and best practice.
3 days of learning, networking and unlimited inspiration
It’s a fantastic chance to hear their latest thinking and
offerings that will enable you to transform your HR
operations and stay ahead of the curve. Find out
what’s new and innovative in recruitment, learning
and development, technology and analytics as well
as performance management and employee
benefits.
DUBAI - Tel: +971 4 335 2437 | Fax: +971 4 335 2438 | Email: register-africa@informa.com |
NIGERIA - Tel: +234 809 999 9246 +234 809 999 9256 | Email: sales@afrocet.com |
Web: www.hrleadersafrica.comTo Register Contact Tarina Newcastle
+971 52 7997602 or tarina.newcastle@iirme.com

3. Conference DAY ONE
Chester Elton Guru Day
Tuesday | 10 June 2014
Called the “apostle
of appreciation” by
the Globe and Mail,
Canada´s largest
newspaper, and “creative
and refreshing” by the
New York Times, Chester
Elton is co-author of
several international
best sellers. Step 1
Define your
Burning
Platform
Step 2
Create a
Customer
Focus
Step 7
Establish Clear
Accountability
Step 3
Develop
Agility
Step 6
Root for
Each Other
Step 5
Partner with
Your Talent
Step 4
Share
Everything
Engaged
Enabled
Energized
High-
Performance
Culture
Chester has authored and co-authored
6 New York Times best sellers in a row
and his work on workplace recognition in “The
Carrot Principle” is the seminal work on the
subject. “The Orange Revolution” took the
concept of teamwork to the next level. Now with
“All In: How the Best Managers Create a
Culture of Belief and Deliver Big Results!”
the concepts of getting the right culture at
work and how right culture is every company’s
competitive advantage, are again changing the
way leaders look at their people and their unique
advantage in their markets.
As founder of the global consulting company The
Culture Works, Chester works with the leadership
teams of firms such as Cigna, American Express,
Proctor & Gamble, AT&T and Texas Roadhouse.
How Great Leaders Use Recognition to Develop
a Culture of Belief, & Deliver Big Results!
In this very interactive and engaging session
based on The Gostick & Elton New York Times
best selling book, “All In” and research from
over 300,000 surveys on high performance
organization from Towers Watson, Chester will
teach leaders how to Engage, Enable and
Energize their workforce through the power
of recognition or “Rooting for Each Other”
(step 6). The simple formula of E+E+E outlines
how these high performance organizations
deliver extraordinary results through creating the
right culture at work. This workshop will focus
in energizing your people through effective
recognition. In short, to get your people “All In” and
committed at your organization.
With case studies from the financial and
services worlds to professional sports this
session will:
• Show how the best companies reinforce their
culture through recognition
• Best practices in recognition
• How and when to reward and recognize.
• How to make a world class presentation
• Everyday low cost and no cost ideas to
reward, engage and energize your people
Elton is famous for his highly engaging and
interactive sessions. In this session the use of
multi-media and highly interactive exercises will
draw out the best thinking in the session.
This full day session will have your leaders thinking
of ways to engage their people in a positive way
that the research shows drives exceptional results
to the bottom line.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
8.30 Registration
9.00 Guru session
10.00 Speed networking
10.30 Refreshment break
11.00 Guru session​
12.00 KPMG - Perspectives on Talent
Risk – by Yetunde Kanu (Associate
Director, People and Change)
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Guru session
16.00 Close of Day 1
How great leaders use recognition to develop
a culture of belief and deliver big results
DUBAI - Tel: +971 4 335 2437 | Fax: +971 4 335 2438 | Email: register-africa@informa.com |
NIGERIA - Tel: +234 809 999 9246 +234 809 999 9256 | Email: sales@afrocet.com |
Web: www.hrleadersafrica.comTo Register Contact Tarina Newcastle
+971 52 7997602 or tarina.newcastle@iirme.com

4. PanelDiscussion
PanelDiscussion
08:15 Registration and Morning Refreshments
09:00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
09.15 Interactive Polling Session - Live Statistics Generated By
The Audience
Setting the tone for the rest of the agenda, this session will help
you put matters in perspective and generate data and statistics to
support your compensation and benefits practices.
09:30 Panel Discussion: Empowering HR – engaging with and
equipping executive management to respond to HR
challenges
ƒƒ How important is talent management to your company strategy
ƒƒ Which HR competencies are your senior management looking
for – demonstrating your business value add
ƒƒ How do leaders identify the talent gaps in the organization and
how do they plan to fill them?
ƒƒ Considering HR not as a cost centre but as a profit centre
ƒƒ Is talent management on your monthly dashboard?
Emmanuel Michael, Head, Human Resources, Accion
Microfinance Bank Limited
Wale Adediran, HR Director, Guinness Nigeria
Oludare F. Arinde, Group Head, Human Resources, Forte Oil Plc
10:15 Panel discussion: Career and talent development strategies
for high performers in Africa
ƒƒ Linking career and organisational development to your business
objectives and addressing your competency shortages
ƒƒ Communicating career development plans to staff
ƒƒ Creating new opportunities and overcoming flat structures –
enabling horizontal movement, redefining hierarchies and interim
job opportunity engagement
ƒƒ How career development is critical to engagement, retention
and upward mobility
Kunle Olaifa, Head - Human Resources West Africa, Samsung
Ibiai A. Ani, Managing Consultant, The Daisy Management
Centre Ltd
Adebayo Akinloye, Group Career & Succession Planning
Manager, DAL Group, Sudan - North Africa
11:00 Morning Refreshment and networking break
11:30 Cultivating women employees on the career path to
leadership
ƒƒ An assessment of company diversity and inclusion initiatives:
where are we seeing the big wins?
ƒƒ Breaking down cultural barriers for women working offshore and
adapting field conditions for longer retention of female employees
ƒƒ Successfully adapting the employee value proposition (EVP) for
women
ƒƒ 3 simple steps for improving the oil & gas brand perception for
women
ƒƒ How to attract, retain and develop female employees into
empowered leaders
Tampiri Akemu, Capacity Development– West & Central Africa,
AMSCO
12:00 Addressing leadership shortages – developing the next
generation of leaders
ƒƒ Implementing dynamic succession planning strategies for
business continuity and growth
ƒƒ Identifying the skills and traits of a good leader - who is ready to
be successfully developed?
ƒƒ Locating strengths and gaps in your leadership pipeline and
planning the development of local talent
ƒƒ Analysing the latest trends in succession planning and filling key
leadership positions within your organisation - identifying and fast
tracking the leaders of tomorrow
12.30 Local content - Overcoming the challenges to effective
nationalization of the workforce
ƒƒ Driving quality-based local development under global talent
development and management principles
ƒƒ Creating development plans to cultivate national talent into senior
technical positions
ƒƒ Successfully marketing the energy sector against competing
industries
ƒƒ Long term talent management perspectives for Africa
Paramjit Pabby, Group Chief Human Resource Officer, Dangote
Industries Limited
13:00 Lunch and Networking Opportunity
14:15 Critical tools for bolstering employee retention
ƒƒ Processes to facilitate meaningful career development
discussions between employees and their supervisors
ƒƒ Tailoring your employee value proposition (EVP) to the region and
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
ƒƒ Harnessing the IOCs breadth of location to move employees and
cultivate experience: what solutions are available to NOCs in this
space?
ƒƒ Solutions to combat the negative effects of the ‘boredom factor’
offshore
15:00 Understanding performance management
ƒƒ Mapping effective systems for performance management
ƒƒ Understanding your performance management goals
ƒƒ The role of apprasials,tracking and KPIs
George Oyetola, Head, HR Policies & Job Administration, TOTAL
E&P Nigeria Ltd
15:30 Afternoon Refreshments and Networking Opportunity
16:00 The evolving role of HR as business partner to identify
talents and develop future leaders
ƒƒ How can HR facilitate business success through talent &
leadership?
ƒƒ How the profile of the ideal leader has changed?
ƒƒ Identifying talents to develop “sustainable leaders”
Bryan Morris, Strategic and Transformational Human Resources
Executive, WENL
16.30 Adapting HR practices for successful talent acquisition
and leader building
ƒƒ Comparing the current “baby-boomer” workforce with the
next generation: understanding the differences in order to
successfully develop new talent
ƒƒ Adapting to new expectations in order to attract, retain and
motivate the next generation
ƒƒ Pinpointing innovation capability as the industry moves into new
and evermore complex business models
Adediran Aderemi, Head of HR Operations West Africa Area,
British American Tobacco Nigeria
17:00 Close of Conference Day Two
Wednesday | 11 June 2014Conference DAY TWOPanelDiscussion
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5. Monday | 9 June 2014
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MASTERCLASSES
2 Pre conference masterclasses led by expert facilitators with
50+ years of HR experience collectively
More learning by doing
Masterclass A Registration: 8.30am
9.00 – 12.30
Elements of Success™: A SHRM Talent
And Competency Model
This workshop is for senior HR managers and other key stakeholders to
develop an understanding of the potential strategic advantage to be gained
through best practice and high performance HR.
Objectives: By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
• Clearly and objectively differentiate ‘talent’ from employee and
‘competencies’ from tasks or routine
• Understand the objective, scientific and value added rationale for making this
distinction
• Learn about the SHRM 2013 Global Competency Model for HR practitioners
• Apply the Elements of Success™ model to their human capital inventory and
career development goals
• Develop a competency model for a real position within their organisation
Led by
Brad Boyson
Executive Director
SHRM MEA
Masterclass B Registration and Lunch: 12.30pm
13.30 – 17.30
STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING - RIGHT
PEOPLE, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME
On the top of list of HR challenges, you will find aligning people strategy to
business strategy and shaping the organisation so that it is agile enough to
deal with both expected and unexpected events. The answer is Strategic
Workforce Planning.
Objectives: At this masterclass, you will learn how to:
• Develop HR contribution from data to insight and use qualitative and
quantitative information about your human resources in support of business
strategy
• Understand methods for ensuring that the demand for people - numbers,
knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values - are matched with supply of such
attributes
• Design a process by which people considerations are raised in the business
strategy-setting debate and to ensure that business-based plans are put in
place for the people outcomes of this debate
Contact Faariss Khalil on +971 4 407 2516
or sponsorship@informa.com for more information.
Wonderful and world-class.
Very engaging and forward
looking, interactive and thought
provoking
Felix Ekpo
Senior manager – Admin/HR
Hull Blyth Nigeria Ltd
Found the programme
innovative, interesting and
highly revealing for both HR
and non-HR professionals
Hassam Salisu
Head Management Development Services
Dangote Group
Very insightful
and educative. An
eye opener to new
HR issues
Especially timely
for the public sector
where HRM is
evolving
Marcellina Ibuke
HR
Jagal Pharma Ltd
Bofadele Dapo-Thomas
Director (Establishments)
LASG Office of Estates
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