From research to practice: When neuroscience & performance management meet

About this event

Embark on an insightful journey about how neuroscience can transform performance management.

This event is hosted jointly by the CIPD Branches in South West London and Wessex.

What actually happens in our brains during performance conversations?

Join us for an engaging exploration of how neuroscience can enrich and transform performance management practices. This session blends research‑based insights with practical examples and real‑world case studies, illustrating how neuroscience‑informed approaches have been successfully applied across different organisational settings. You’ll leave with concrete strategies you can adapt and use to enhance performance outcomes in your own organisation.

This event marks the launch of "From research to practice conversations", a new series of events developed through the collaboration between the CIPD and the University of Southampton. The series brings together academic experts from the Department of HR Management and Organisational Behaviour and industry practitioners and policy makers. Each session explores a key HR topic, combining rigorous research insights with practical perspectives to help bridge the gap between theory and practice.

About the speakers

Dr Jelena Petrovic

Jelena is Associate Professor at the University of Southampton Business School, Chair of the CIPD Branch in South West London, and Knowledge Transfer Editor of HRM (a Financial Times Top 50 Business Journal). Jelena has 30 years of experience in teaching, research, and consultancy in corporate governance and strategic international HR management in the UK and internationally.

She is a UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Chevening Scholar and has received the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and Emerald Publishing Group award for her PhD in Strategic Leadership and Governance. Jelena is interested in transforming knowledge and ideas into action and is actively engaged in industry collaborations.

Lorenzo Chiozzi

Lorenzo is HR Director at Hikvision UK & Ireland, where he drives HR strategy and operations in the surveillance and security sector. He is an experienced HR leader with over 30 years of international experience in strategic HR and performance management, creating innovative HR solutions and integrating HRIS and modern HR practices to optimise performance and talent management.

Throughout his career, Lorenzo has held key HR leadership roles in major international organisations, including Mitsubishi Electric and Robert Bosch, where he successfully implemented transformative HR strategies and designed and executed high-performance HR systems to enhance workforce performance and organisational effectiveness.

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