HR Director Boardroom

Date: Thursday 30th November 2023
Time: 8:30am – 10:00am
Topic: Managing Performance Remotely

Jill Maidment

Jill Maidment is the Founder and Director of Natural Talent Bristol and South Wales. She is a highly respected, sought-after and effective International Executive Business Coach and Mentor, Career Transition and Outplacement Coach, Resilience Coach, and British Psychological Society qualified Assessor.  Jill is the Author of an eBook on Hybrid Leadership and an eBook on Resilience as well as many expert audio talks.  Some of Jill’s Blogs appear in the top 10 of most downloaded articles by some of the largest global organizations. She is regularly asked to speak on key leadership topics at global webinars and conferences.

Simon Rice-Birchall

Simon is a partner in the Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP Employment Group. He has considerable experience of employment tribunal litigation and has a reputation in the marketplace for his discrimination law expertise: Simon has been responsible for a number of high profile discrimination cases over the last 20 years and continues to build this area of his practice. In addition, Simon’s contentious workload includes unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and executive terminations. Simon qualified in 1992, and has been an employment litigator all his career. In addition to his contentious practice, Simon also gives advice in relation to non-contentious matters such as the implications of the TUPE regulations in many different change situations, issues relating to proposals to change terms and conditions of employment and large scale redundancy exercises. Simon is described in Chambers by sources as “outstanding” for his “in-depth knowledge and understanding of all aspects of employment law” and “his excellent adversarial skills in court.” He is a recommended lawyer in Legal 500.

Date: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Time: 8:30am – 10:00am
Topic: How to Create an Emotionally Intelligent Leadership

What you will get from the session:

• A deeper understanding of EQ and how it shows up in our leaders and organisations.
• A self-assessment of your organisation: positive and negative indicators of EQ/lack of
• An opportunity to discuss challenges of the lack of EQ in leaders/ pockets in your organisation and how you have tried to increase their EQ /address this – even where it has failed/or your existing journey
• Ideas to create greater EQ: coaching/coaching questions re impact and intent, feedback, leadership time away for self-development.
• Self-assessment – of your EQ and ideas to build further strength.

Tom Bray

Tom is a Partner in Eversheds Sutherland’s Employment, Labor and Pensions Practice Group, specialising in UK employment law. He is also the Senior Office Partner of our full service office in Cardiff. Tom is a recommended individual in the most recent legal directories in the area of employment law and has been praised in external directories as being “switched on” and having a “clear and straightforward” manner. In addition to his contentious practice, Tom has particular specialisms in industrial relations, executive engagement and termination, as well as HR transactional support work (on which he leads for the firm), both in the UK and on an international basis.

Nicola Forbes-Taylor

Nicola is an executive coach and leadership development professional with FCIPD, sales heritage, and insight. She partners with leaders of fast growth and start-up tech businesses on a fractional basis, as well as championing intentional leadership through her business NFT Consulting. As a coach and leadership development expert, her specialism is in developing EQ; self-awareness, intentional impact and connection based on trust. As a fractional leader, she supports leadership that enables psychological safety, motivation and performance we are all proud of.