Thursday 30 October 2008
Heritage Auckland, cnr Wyndham and Hobson Streets
9.30am - 2.00pm

Parking available at Wilson Parking on Wyndham Street ($10 earlybird parking available to 10am) or valet parking at the Heritage ($25). The most convenient entry is from Wyndham Street which also has a disabled lift.

This year, prior to the EEO Trust Work & Life Awards gala presentation dinner, the EEO Trust is hosting an HR practitioners workshop where  participants can take time out to learn from experts in the field and share practical examples benefits of supporting diversity at work.

10am: Diversity and flexibility: Let's get real

This interactive workshop is facilitated by Juliet Bourke who uses what she calls "real play" to deliver her training. Two well-known Australian actors, Grant Dodwell and Brian Meegan, will play out two workplace scenarios to stimulate conversations about diversity and flexibility. The audience can interact with the characters to probe their motivations and thought processes, or even to tell them to how behave more constructively.

Recruiting in my golden image enacts a debrief between a senior manager and his direct report about a recruitment interview.  The senior manager's comments expose his assumptions about who is the "right fit" for his team.  

A culture of (in)flexibility brings to life a chance meeting between two colleagues and their conversation about a colleague who is working flexibly to contrast attitudes to flexibility.

Juliet is well known on both sides of the Tasman and has worked with leading organisations to develop and implement organisational change strategies which promote equity and diversity. Recent key appointments include Chair of the Taskforce on Care Costs, Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Network of Australia, President of the NSW EEO Practitioners' Association and member of the Law Society of NSW's Legal Workplace Committee.

11.30am Women in leadership

What's happening? What's changed? A presentation featuring local and international research and case studies from clients of Professionelle, an online community established by Sarah Wilshaw-Sparkes and Galia BarHava-Monteith. Professionelle brings professional and corporate women together, supporting them to share practical advice and support on the issues they face at all stages of their careers and lives.

Sarah Wilshaw-Sparkes
Sarah worked as a strategic business consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. Consulting, both as an employee and a contractor, has taken her from corporate boardrooms to government offices to factory floors - and most places in between. She has an MBA from London and a background in European marketing with Unilever.

Galia BarHava-Monteith 
Galia has a Masters in Developmental Psychology from Auckland University and a local work history spanning corporate and professional service sectors. Her last corporate role was as Ethics Manager for Fonterra and more recently she has undertaken independent consulting contracts in this field. Galia is an Honorary Research Fellow of Management and International Business in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland.

12.15pm Forever young

Find out about the likely impact of baby boomers on New Zealand's future. This new research will be presented by Jude Hooson and Sandy Callister, two of the directors from The Providence Report, a high level strategic research company mapping the contours of the new New Zealand of the 21st Century. Working with New Zealand's corporates, government and media organisations, The Providence Report provides strategic insights to senior executives and Boards to enable them to more effectively navigate a rapidly changing New Zealand.

Lunch will be served at 1.15pm