Building resilient HR teams in complex times: insight for HRDs and business leaders, with Tracey Locke OBE

HR teams look after everyone else, but who looks after them? Complex employee relations cases, restructures, TUPE transfers, M&A integration and culture change are landing on HR desks faster than ever, often on top of business as usual. When HR is stretched, the whole business feels it: risk rises, change stalls and growth plans slow down.

Join Adrian McDonagh of hireful and Tracey Locke OBE, People Director at People Puzzles, for a candid fireside conversation about how HR teams of every size can stay resilient under pressure. Tracey will draw on more than 20 years of senior leadership at HMRC, Mace and JLL. She’ll share how the right senior support, whether behind the scenes, embedded in the business or leading a specialist project, can help HR teams cope today and come out stronger.

Whether you lead the HR function or depend on it to deliver your business plans, you’ll leave with practical ideas for strengthening your people function before the next challenge lands.

What you'll take away

For CEOs and leadership teams:

• How to tell when your HR function is under more pressure than it shows, and what that could cost the business
• Why HR resilience is now a business risk the board should be watching
• Flexible ways to get senior people expertise when you need it, without adding permanent headcount

For HRDs and HR teams, large or small:

• How the demands on HR have changed, and why it feels harder than ever
• What good support looks like: a senior sounding board, an extra pair of hands, or someone to lead a complex project
• How to make the case for support before a crisis hits, not after

For everyone:

• Candid insight from Tracey Locke OBE, drawn from more than 20 years of senior people leadership at HMRC, Mace and JLL
• The chance to put your own questions to Tracey in the live Q&A