People and Culture Leadership Circle

Psychological Safety in Practice - 14 July 2026

Following significant legislative changes and increasing organisational focus in this area, many organisations are still navigating what psychological safety genuinely looks like in practice beyond policy, training and compliance frameworks.

This session will explore how organisations are tracking in the current environment and examine the practical realities of building psychologically safe workplaces within increasingly complex, high-pressure and performance-driven settings.

Discussion will focus on:

• Balancing accountability, performance and respectful workplace expectations
• Practical lessons and challenges arising following recent legislative changes
• Moving beyond “tick-box” approaches toward meaningful cultural impact
• What psychological safety looks like in practice across teams and leadership groups

You will leave with practical insights, peer perspectives and strategies to strengthen psychologically safe and high-performing workplace cultures.

From Learning to Leadership Impact - 11 August 2026

Many organisations continue to invest significantly in leadership development programs yet often struggle to translate learning into sustained behavioural change, improved leadership capability and measurable organisational outcomes.

This session will explore how organisations can move beyond attendance metrics and post-program satisfaction scores to create genuine leadership accountability and practical application of learning in the workplace.

Discussion will focus on:

• Embedding accountability for applying learning on the job
• Designing and measuring leadership development
• Why leadership development programs often fail to create lasting impact
• The role of executive leaders and managers in reinforcing development

You will gain practical ideas for strengthening leadership development outcomes and improving the return on investment of leadership capability programs.

Talent ID and Succession Planning - 15 September 2026

In many organisations, succession planning remains a once-a-year exercise that generates limited long-term impact or meaningful pipeline strength.

This session will explore practical approaches to building succession and talent identification processes that are strategic, objective and sustainable. Participants will examine how organisations can identify and develop future leaders while creating talent pipelines that withstand executive and board scrutiny.
 

Discussion will focus on:

• Assessing readiness versus potential
• Building meaningful development pathways
• Practical tools for identifying high-potential talent objectively
• Moving beyond “replacement planning” toward genuine pipeline development

You will leave with practical approaches, peer insights and ideas to strengthen leadership pipeline capability and succession planning maturity within their organisations.

P&C Leadership Circle Conference - 8 October 2026

A dedicated full-day conference bringing together senior HR and People and Culture professionals to explore emerging workforce trends, organisational challenges and innovative practices shaping the future of People and Culture leadership.

Engagement and Exit Data - 10 November 2026

Employee engagement surveys and exit processes are now embedded within most organisations, yet many HR leaders continue to question whether these activities are genuinely generating meaningful insight or simply becoming routine compliance.

This session will explore how organisations can move beyond collecting workforce data to using insights strategically to strengthen retention, culture, leadership capability and employee experience.

Discussion will focus on:

• Using workforce and exit data to identify trends
• Whether organisations are asking the right questions
• Translating workforce feedback into visible organisational action
• Addressing survey fatigue and disengagement from feedback processes

You will gain practical ideas for improving workforce listening approaches and using data more effectively to inform organisational decision making and retention strategies.

Managing Performance - 8 December 2026

As organisations continue navigating ongoing change, workforce pressure and increasing operational demands, many leaders are managing teams that are capable — but fatigued. Change saturation, competing priorities and sustained pressure are impacting motivation, resilience, engagement and performance across many workplaces.

This session will explore how organisations can maintain performance expectations while recognising the realities of workforce exhaustion and pressure. The discussion will focus on practical approaches to leading performance conversations with empathy, clarity and accountability while avoiding disengagement and burnout.

Discussion will focus on:

• Balancing accountability and support in fatigued teams
• Leading effective and respectful performance conversations
• Supporting leaders to confidently manage difficult discussions
• Recognising differences between burnout, capacity and underperformance

You will leave with practical strategies to support leaders, maintain performance standards and sustain workforce engagement in high-pressure environments.