HR: Before Policies Take Over (Temple - 5pm)

​Many high-stakes people issues do not begin as formal cases. They develop gradually through strained relationships, unresolved tension, and patterns that feel concerning but difficult to act on.

​This session is for HR and People leaders who regularly sit in that in-between space — where something is clearly off, but does not yet meet the threshold for formal process.

​We’ll explore:

• ​The patterns that tend to emerge before issues become formal

• ​What makes earlier action difficult in practice

• ​Why waiting often feels safer than intervening

• ​What helps, and what makes things harder, before escalation

​The session brings together Ankia Coetzer (Yellow Cable) and Roanna Blacklock (RoKit HR), combining perspectives from early relational intervention and post-escalation HR work.

​This is a structured, small-group conversation (maximum 8).
The focus is on pattern recognition and judgement, not case-solving.