Join us for one of South Africa’s leading HR events, bringing together forward-thinking HR professionals to explore the trends, challenges, and innovations shaping the future of work.
For the past 15 years, HRworks has proudly brought the HR community together through meaningful, high-impact HR conferences and HR events that inspire connection, collaboration, and growth.
📍 The Leonardo Hotel, Sandton
📅 12 May 2026 | 09:00 – 16:30
🎟 Tickets: R2999
HRworks conferences offer a vibrant, community-driven platform where HR leaders connect, gain fresh insights, and share meaningful, real-world experiences -strengthening the profession through collaboration and shared learning.
Featured Speakers & Topics
Dr Mark Bussin
Total Rewards – What is Trending Globally (Fasten Your Seatbelt!)
A dynamic and thought-provoking session unpacking global remuneration and reward trends shaping the future workforce.
✔ What truly retains talent beyond pay (“People Glue”)
✔ The rise of conscious “unbossing”
✔ The loneliness crisis in the workplace
✔ Emerging trends like JOMO, dopamine management & more
Johnny Goldberg
Employment Law Specialist, Global Business Solutions
Employment Law & Case Law Update
Stay ahead of critical legal developments impacting HR today. Johnny will unpack real-world case law and provide practical guidance on navigating workplace risk.
✔ Harassment, discrimination & workplace conduct
✔ Dismissals, retrenchments & incapacity management
✔ Supervisory accountability & legal risk
✔ Key procedural pitfalls HR must avoid
Dan Stillerman
Founder, Excel Academy
A Practical AI Guide for HR Leaders and Teams
AI is transforming the way work gets done -and HR is no exception. In this highly practical session, Dan will show how to use AI as a thinking partner to enhance productivity, improve decision-making, and elevate everyday HR work.
✔ Learn how to integrate AI into HR workflows
✔ Improve communication, planning, and problem-solving
✔ Build smarter AI habits across your team
✔ Master prompting as a powerful delegation tool
Dr Mavis Mazhura – Leadership Psychologist
Sustainable Leadership: From Capacity Depletion to Renewal
This powerful session explores the hidden cost of high performance and the shift required for sustainable leadership. Dr Mazhura unpacks how leaders can move from burnout and overextension to alignment, clarity, and renewed capacity.
✔ Move beyond survival-based leadership
✔ Build systems for sustainable high performance
✔ Lead with energy, intention, and resilience
Thato Mxo
Head of Human Resources, KFC Franchise
Diversity That Drives Performance
Creating inclusive workplaces that go beyond compliance, unlocking diverse thinking, strengthening leadership pipelines, and delivering tangible business outcomes.
✔ Move beyond tick-box diversity initiatives
✔ Embed inclusion as a driver of business performance
✔ Strengthen leadership pipelines through diverse talent
✔ Align diversity strategies to measurable impact
Nomfundo Vilakazi
HR Director, Dis-Chem Pharmacies
From Control to Orchestration: Leading in an Ecosystem Organisation
As organisations become more complex and interconnected, traditional command-and-control leadership is no longer effective. This session explores how HR leaders can shift towards orchestration - enabling alignment, agility, and collaboration across an ecosystem of teams, technologies, and stakeholders.
✔ Move from hierarchical control to networked leadership
✔ Enable alignment across diverse teams and systems
✔ Foster agility and responsiveness in complex environments
✔ Position HR as a strategic orchestrator of business success
💡 Why You Should Attend
- Practical, relevant insights you can apply immediately
- Learn from leading HR experts and practitioners
- Stay ahead of trends in AI, leadership, rewards, and employment law
- Connect with like-minded HR professionals
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