Lucy Adams is one of Europe’s best-known HR executives.
She led HR and internal communications at the BBC and now offers a number of challenges, new models and fresh insights to support business leaders. Since leaving the BBC, Lucy has been working with major organisations to help them re-think their approach to leading change, employee engagement, HR and internal communications.
She created the Disruptive HR Agency to combine strategic and operational HR expertise with a fresh but practical approach. Lucy aims to put the “human” back into Human Resources.
After having held senior-level HR roles in a variety of sectors she grew frustrated with the lack of innovation and fresh thinking in the HR profession and wanted to find new ways of tackling old problems.
Talking Points
Keynote Presentations
What you can expect from a keynote:Keynote Presentations
- Fresh thinking and inspiration
- Multiple real-life examples
- Insights and the very latest trends
Lucy speaks on a wide range of topics suitable for HR or leadership audiences, but these are some of the most popular:
- Leading in a disrupted world
- Delivering HR differently
- Making change happen
- The future workplace
All keynotes can be delivered face-to-face, virtually or as pre-recordings.
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Lucy Adams on the need for widespread change in HR
Lucy Adams created The Disruptive HR Agency after having held senior level HR roles in a variety of sectors, most recently at the BBC. She grew frustrated with the lack of innovation and fresh thinking in the profession and wanted to find new ways of tackling old problems. She now runs the agency to help HR Directors and business leaders to do things differently.Lucy Adams: The best and worst ways of identifying new leaders
Lucy Adams created The Disruptive HR Agency after having held senior level HR roles in a variety of sectors, most recently at the BBC. She grew frustrated with the lack of innovation and fresh thinking in the profession and wanted to find new ways of tackling old problems. She now runs the agency to help HR Directors and business leaders to do things differently.Lucy Adams on one of the worst phrases a manager can use
Lucy Adams created The Disruptive HR Agency after having held senior level HR roles in a variety of sectors, most recently at the BBC. She grew frustrated with the lack of innovation and fresh thinking in the profession and wanted to find new ways of tackling old problems. She now runs the agency to help HR Directors and business leaders to do things differently.“You managed to do that difficult thing of getting people to think more broadly about their profession, sharing fresh thinking from other companies and weaving this into a stimulating and en ... keep reading Accenture
“You were fantastic! The levels of enthusiasm, engagement and participation from the audience were unprecedented with this group. I found you insightful, educational, inspirational ....”
“You were the star turn of our event! Everyone was buzzing. You were superb: fluent, charming, engaging and so authentic. I am so very grateful to you. Outstanding.”
“You were a massive hit at the event and your style resonated brilliantly. The feedback was outstanding and I can’t thank you enough.”
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