In Conversation with Q5

We are The Loves Gen Z & Gen X webinar

Gen Z & Gen X - same same, but different when it comes to employment?

 

A myth-busting, insight-giving and sweeping-generalisation-challenging conversation hosted by We are The Loves, discussed between Claire Lowson, Janis Mikaela Esteban and Emma Wharton Love about the generations of women in the workplace, and how to address these challenges through creative employer branding.

Vision 2030 - what can business leaders do to help drive UK growth?

For our third, ‘What’s Next?’ event in partnership with Prospect magazine, our esteemed co-host and panellists discussed the topic of 'Vision 2030 - what can business leaders do to help drive UK growth?'.

Alan Rusbridger, Panel host, Editor-in-Chief of Prospect and formerly Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian was joined by:

• Matthew Crummack, CEO of Domestic and General.
• Seema Malhotra, The Labour Party's Shadow Business Minister.
• Tony Danker, Director-General at CBI (Confederation of British Industry).

Given the challenges facing the UK and current economic performance predictions, this is a timely and highly important topic.

The changing role of business in society

Our second ‘What’s Next’ event in partnership with Prospect magazine – The Changing Role of Business in Society. Ellen Halliday, Deputy Editor at Prospect was joined by:

• Rt Hon. Justine Greening, Chair of the Purpose Coalition.
• Sarah Gillard, CEO of A Blueprint for Better Business, a leading UK think tank on Purpose Driven Organisations. Sarah previously led the work on Purpose at John Lewis Partnership.
• Ed Boyd, co-founder of ReGenerate and previously MD of the Centre for Social Justice and advisor to the Cameron government.
• Stu Hennigan, author of Ghost Signs: Poverty and the Pandemic. Stu’s book highlights social inequality and the devastation that has occurred in our poorest communities over the last decade.

This is a fascinating conversation on why and how the role of business is changing, the impact this is having right now and how this is likely to evolve over the next few years. This is a topic every business leader needs to engage with, discussing questions such as:

• Are we witnessing a paradigm shift, is what makes a business successful being redefined?
• Will the relationship between business and society be the critical factor in business success going forward?
• As a leader, what do you need to know and understand about social licence to operate

How to tread the fine line between cost reduction and sustainable growth

In Conversation with Q5 presents 'How to tread the fine line between cost reduction and sustainable growth'

Q5's Tom Leary is joined by expert speakers, Emma Humphreys, Chief Financial Officer at News UK, Nicola Downing, CEO at Ricoh Europe and Graham Page, Organisational Design Director at Q5.

📈 Answering some of the most important questions facing organisations in 2023:

• How do you protect your customer/client outcomes whilst reducing cost?
• How do you protect the culture during a re-alignment phase?
• How do you ensure costs don't creep back in?
• How do you determine whether the changes call for a material shift in the way you operate vs doing the 'same with less'?
• How do you protect your culture and avoid employee fatigue during the re-alignment phase?

This podcast discusses questions on all business leaders’ minds around how to reduce business costs while continuing to make sustainable growth in the current climate. Catered to CEO’s, CFO’s and senior executives, our experts share actionable tips on how to enter this process, who to involve and which approach works.

Building Purpose-Driven Organisations

The People Leaders Podcast:

Purpose-driven organisations are more than just ‘nice places to work.’ They also tend to have higher market share and grow three times faster than organisations that are not purpose-driven.

In this podcast Jan had a lively discussion with Lyndal Hughes, Managing Director of Q5 Australia, a consultancy that helps organisations ‘make change stick.’

Lyndal explained that their work centres around helping organisations and teams find their ‘Why’, collectively and personally, and then work out how their work can be meaningful for all involved.

And Lyndal was kind enough to share a free giveaway, a pdf explaining some of the finer points that were covered on the interview (see the link below).

What do top employees really want right now, other than great pay?

In Conversation with Q5 & Ceridian presents 'What do top employees really want right now, other than great pay?'

Q5's Oliver Purnell will be joined by expert speakers Sara Birmingham, Chief People Officer at Shutterstock, Julie Derene, SVP, Global Talent Management at Ceridian and Helena Rodrigue, Chief Happiness Officer at Happy Lab Consulting.

Psychological Safety at Work with Q5’s Claire Hamlin and Sheila Fitzsimons

Claire Hamlin and Sheila Fitzsimons are consultants with Q5, a consultancy that specialises in Organisational Health. Kicking off the season on psychological safety at work Claire and Sheila share their thoughts on what psychological safety is (and isn’t) and how leaders and individuals can go about improving it. Their optimistic stance is that it’s not that hard or costly to do, and that real change can and will happen if everyone, not just leaders act. Their challenge – what are you going to do?

 

Produced by Talking Leaders

How can businesses respond to record high levels of anxiety?

We're delighted to invite you to listen our first 'What's Next?' Podcast proudly brought to you by Q5 and Prospect Magazine.

Editor-in-chief of Prospect Magazine Alan Rusbridger was joined by expert speakers Mary Homer, CEO of the White Company, Steve Rowe, former CEO of M&S, 2016 - 2022 and Paul Farmer, co-author of Government review ‘Thriving at work' and the CEO at Mind to dive into this fascinating topic.

📈 In the Podcast our experts explore some of the most important questions facing business leaders, including:

• How is anxiety manifesting itself in both society and inside your organisation?

• What initiatives are you (or other leaders you know) implementing to address this issue, and have you got any specific examples of where you’ve seen an organisation deal with anxiety in an innovative and effective way?
• Is it really the role of the business to provide support for external variables contributing to employees' high levels of anxiety?
• Should business leaders take more responsibility for how they can impact employee anxiety outside of the workplace?  And if so, how?

 

How are consumer organisations doing more with less?

During this Podcast, we explore how consumer facing companies are navigating an increasingly uncertain and volatile environment that we are all living in. Impacts we touch on include, rising global energy prices, raw material costs, inflation, and the impacts of these on the increased cost of living.

Q5's Andy Morris was joined by expert speakers Caroline Thomas, Director of HR at B&Q, James Dorling, Group Development Director at Wilko, Paul Solly, Chief Commercial Officer at Dreams and Debra Goodwin, Chief Customer Officer at Yell.

📈 Listen in to hear answers to some of the most important questions facing retail professionals, including: 

• What challenges are you expecting to see in the retail industry in the next 18 months?
• Due to the volatility of the environment, are you finding your organisation is having to do more with less? How are you turning that to your advantage?
• With less resource and tighter budgets, how are you prioritising as a business? What tough decisions are you having to make?
• How are you building resilience into your business model to drive growth and mitigate any future challenges?

What makes a healthy culture?

A healthy organisation culture drives performance, alignment and engagement and is a key differentiator for success. It enables businesses to accelerate the execution of their strategy and galvanise their people for the future.

 

In this Podcast we discuss:

1. Tested toolkits and approaches for building a healthy culture

2. Examples of organisations who have created healthy cultures

3. Top tips what ever the stage of your organisation's culture journey

 

Ann Paul & Pavlina Kouvela are joined by expert speakers Rachel Gidman, Executive Director of People and Culture at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Sam Dunn, Business Psychologist, Organisation Development Consultant & Founder of Ealing Partners who will share their top tips and key watch-outs to drive and embed successful culture change.