SIS Briefings: Redundancy & Leadership Resilience
08 Dec 2022, 10:54
- Support
- Cost of Living
Our guest speakers for this session have a wealth of knowledge and experience in the areas of employment law and senior leadership.
You may have to plan and make some big and difficult decisions for your organisation now or in the future based on the the current economic climate and impact of the cost of living.
Our expert from employment law will provide you with an overview to help better inform your decision making process and next steps - should you have to consider redundancies within your business and the best way forward for its future success.
Being a leader can be a lonely place. How do you muster the layers of resilience needed to make key and difficult decisions for the business and the team you lead? At what point do you make them? Any choice is the right choice as long as you know the how and why. Your wellbeing, taking time out and speaking with others you know who can support and guide you is essential at challenging times.
Guest Speakers
Kieran Daly, Head of Market Building, Social Investment Scotland
Kieran started his career as a youth worker at The Prince’s Trust, devising and delivering training programmes. He has held senior management roles in business development for a range of arts, volunteering and youth organisations for over 15 years.
Kieran was Chief Operating Officer at food waste and food poverty fighting organisation, FoodCycle. While there, he grew the organisation’s presence from 14 to 30 locations around England in under two years, through a social franchising model. He was also responsible for FoodCycle’s income generation and operational functions.
Most recently, Kieran was Scotland Manager for Big Issue Invest, where he delivered a multi-agency partnership, engaging the private, public and third sectors in mentoring and lending money to early-stage social ventures. He is a keen cyclist who enjoys giving back by being on the Boards of Scottish social enterprises, MsMissMrs and the TIE campaign.
Jane Bruce, Founder of Brilliant Leaders
Jane is the Founder of at Brilliant Leaders a transformational coaching & development for mission driven leaders and teams. Jane’s coaching is based on a belief that everyone has the potential for leadership and the ability to have a positive impact on the world. She offers a model of modern leadership that is accessible and effective for the challenging times we are living in.
Jane has been operating at senior leadership level as a Chief Executive and Board Member for the past 16 years, bringing a deep knowledge of organisations to her coaching. Jane has worked mainly in the not for profit sector but have also worked extensively with partners across the public and commercial sectors.
Jane was also previously Director of Venture Scotland – delivering on running wilderness-based programmes of personal development and volunteering for disadvantaged young people.
Sarah Gilzean, Senior Associate at Morton Fraser
Sarah is a Senior Associate in the Employment Law team. She is an accredited specialist in employment law and has particular expertise in discrimination and equal pay. Sarah is highly regarded in the sector as a discrimination lawyer and is Convener of the Law Society Equalities Law Reform Committee and Secretary of the Scottish Discrimination Law Association.
She regularly advises in relation to senior exits, TUPE and redundancy, disciplinary and grievance, contractual disputes, whistleblowing, discrimination, equal pay and industrial relations. She appears on behalf of clients in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal and is regularly asked to speak at conferences and training seminars on employment law and discrimination topics. Sarah is considered an Associate to Watch in Employment law by Chambers and Partners.