Rahul Kalia

Head of Human Resources APAC,
Bayer Crop Science Division

Rahul Kalia is a Human Resources professional with over 20 years of international experience in human resource management and commercial excellence across diverse sectors. In his current role, he is responsible for leading the regional people agenda across multiple regulatory and labour environments. He also represents HR function at the regional and the global HR leadership team for Crop Science division.

His role involves conceptualizing and implementing appropriate people strategy for the business. He builds a sustainable talent pipeline with the right people, in the right roles, with the right capabilities and mindset to deliver high business impact. This enables the business to meet its ambitious goal to become market leader, whilst increasing positive social impact.

Mr Kalia started his career in India. He moved to Singapore 5 years ago from Germany.

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Conference Day One – Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Wednesday, September 18th, 2019

2:00 PM Panel: Attracting, Engaging and Retaining Millennials - The Generational Shift

Millennials are set to dominate 75% of the workforce by 2025. This makes it pertinent to understand the generation’s characteristics and what their priorities are. In this panel, experts will discuss how to:

· evolve and develop the ideal workplace for Millennials – flexibility, non-traditional career paths, a sense of purpose, the use of technology

· manage diversification in attitudes, personalities, aspirations and expectations

· incorporate millennial values into the company’s reward strategy to optimise high levels of engagement and retention

3:40 PM Roundtable D: Demonstrating ROI Through Employee Experience

· Turning employee experience into an instrument to drive business transformation

· Understanding the cost of employee disengagement

· Effective means of measuring ROI of various initiatives

Post-Conference Workshops – Friday, 20 September 2019

Friday, September 20th, 2019

1:00 PM Workshop D: Measuring the ROI of Employee Experience

Many companies are pushing for a more efficient and inclusive employee experience by experimenting with new and exciting perks and initiatives, like remote work policies or employee recognition programs. However, it can be tough to determine whether organisations can truly measure the ROI of such experience-enhancing techniques.

In this workshop, delegates will learn:

what makes a good employee well-being strategy
obtaining buy in from the entire company
how companies respond to engagement metrics data derived from digital employee well-being initiatives
poor success with employee engagement, what went wrong
effective means of measuring expected business outcomes