Chapter Masterclass : Workplace (Productivity/Change Management)

When:  Mar 20, 2012 from 03:00 PM to 06:00 PM (ET)
Associated with  Sydney

CoreNet Sydney Chapter and the CoreNet Workplace Community invite you to attend a Master Class in Workplace Change Management. The Master Class is designed to bring together workplace executives to discuss and debate the opportunities and challenges associated with the introduction of new workplace environments, with the discussion being lead by four leading practitioners.

The Master Class will address the theory and application of workplace change management principles in a format designed to be interactive, and participants will be encouraged to share their own experiences in group discussion.

The Master class will provide participants with:

  • real life experience in the introduction and management of innovative workplace environments;
  • the options for change management strategies to suit particular projects;
  • answers to your questions with concrete examples, including facilitated experience-sharing with other Master Class participants; and
  • experienced change agents who understand the impact of change and workspace design on business productivity and how that can be translated for end users.
The Master class will be facilitated by Chris Alcock from Space Logic, a leading exponent of workplace change in Australia, and the current Operational Lead of the CoreNet Workplace Community in Australia and New Zealand.

Vanessa Beggs is Head of Change, Workplace Programs, at the Commonwealth Bank. Vanessa led the change management program for the largest workplace change the Commonwealth Bank has undertaken, at the recently-opened Darling Quarter project in Sydney. This undertaking involved technology, process and behavioural change across a number of cultures within the organisation. Vanessa commenced her career in corporate real estate and has obtained deep and varied experience in all aspects of the property industry across a number of large corporations and has most recently focussed on endeavours that improve employee engagement, communications and effect cultural change.

Robert Garrett has worked as both a workplace strategy consultant and as an internal workplace change manager, helping to solve complex organisational issues as well as improving the effectiveness and quality of life for their people. His projects include a number of significant and award winning workplace change projects spanning financial services, government (Australia & New Zealand), utilities companies and multi-national corporates. He is currently leading the behavioural and change management workstream on ANZ’s new Sydney Head Office currently under construction.

Kim Haywood-Matty is Managing Director of the transformational consultancy firm HAYWOOD-MATTY and is an experienced practitioner who has more than 20 years experience working in the People space driving behavioural/cultural change. After many years working in the UK with Natwest Bank and London Business School, Kim joined PwC and moved to Australia. She subsequently joined Macquarie Bank and in her role as Head of Culture & Capability for the Banking and Financial Services Division, was responsible for leadership of the Bank’s change program in its move to the landmark Shelley Street workplace.

Samantha Morley has had significant experience in change management, particularly in the public sector, both as a consultant and as an internal change agent. She started her career in education, culminating in her role as Programs Manager at the Australian Graduate School of Management. From here she obtained qualifications and moved into change management, originally working with the NSW Department of Planning and more recently the NSW Department of Commerce (now Department of Finance and Services) where she has lead the workplace change program and subsequently Manager of Organisational Development.

Please note preference will be given to End Users for this event.
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Location

Commonwealth Bank Place
11 Harbour Street
Sydney, NSW 2000