A practical, story-driven session exploring how aligned HR practices shape culture, strengthen strategy, and elevate the people profession.

About this event

A practical, story-driven session exploring how aligned HR practices shape culture, strengthen strategy, and elevate the people profession.

This session cuts through the complexity of the CIPD People Profession Map and focuses on what truly drives organisational performance: the alignment between strategy, culture and coherent people practices. Using the Welcome–Empower–Refine model, we’ll explore how HR can design simple, connected systems that shape employee experience, strengthen culture, and support continuous improvement. This is a practical, story-led session that brings HR and OD principles to life.


What You Will Learn

  • A clear understanding of how strategy, culture and people practice create a “golden thread” throughout the employee experience.
  • A practical way to interpret and apply the People Profession Map without overwhelm.
  • Insight into how the Welcome–Empower–Refine model can structure effective and coherent HR design.
  • Tools to spot where organisational practices reinforce — or undermine — your intended culture.
  • Ways to use organisational values as a decision-making anchor for people policies and behaviours.
  • An understanding of how empowerment and refinement work together as a continuous improvement cycle.


Who is it for?

  • HR and OD practitioners looking for clarity and simplicity in designing people systems.
  • Leaders and managers who want to strengthen culture through aligned practices.
  • Early-to-mid career HR professionals seeking confidence in applying the People Profession Map.
  • Anyone responsible for shaping employee experience, values, or organisational development.


Abridged Agenda

Overview: Why HR feels noisy — and why simplification matters

Key Themes:

  • Strategy, culture and the golden thread
  • Using the People Profession Map meaningfully
  • The Welcome–Empower–Refine model
  • Values-led, coherent people practices


• Q&A and takeaways


Guest speaker's profile:

Vicky Gutteridge is the CEO of Citizens Advice Leicestershire, where she leads organisational strategy, culture and people development. Under her leadership, the organisation was shortlisted for Best Organisational Design at the CIPD People Management Awards, recognised alongside national and international finalists. With a master’s in Strategic HRM and expertise spanning OD, culture and values-led leadership, Vicky specialises in designing coherent, purpose-driven systems that enable people and organisations to thrive.

Please note:

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5. This event may include an external speaker who has prepared their own presentation. Any views or opinions expressed by the speaker are their own and do not reflect those of the CIPD.

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