10th August 2009

Globis founder and MD, Clive Lewis, has been invited to speak at this years CIPD annual conference. The conference, which is being held on 17-19 November 2009, is the largest forum to keep people management and development professionals up to date with latest issues, thinking and trends. At the conference delegates will be able to hear expert practitioners and gurus as well as receive practical tips during workshops and master classes.

Clive Lewis will be speaking at a session entitled ‘An organisational approach to mediation’. The session is designed to help delegates understand what steps they should follow to put a world class mediation scheme in place. The session will also feature a case study about East Sussex County Council. Globis trained over 20 staff in mediation skills at East Sussex County Council. Following the training, the council implemented an in-house mediation scheme. The council are currently on the CIPD 2009 award short-list for the mediation scheme which generated £500,000 of productivity savings within its first year of operation.

2009 heralds a new era for the conference which is moving to Central Manchester after being held in Harrogate for many years.

Clive Lewis said

“I am delighted that the CIPD would ask me to speak at their conference this year. I am particularly honoured as it the inaugural year of legislative changes following the Gibbons Review. Globis has been working with many companies to help them understand the best way to benefit from the changes. I am pleased to be able to pass this knowledge on”.

You can attend the presentation at the conference on Thursday 17^th November at 2.45pm. Please click here to go to the conference website. There will also be a Globis Mediation Stand in the exhibition suite throughout the conference.