About
Membership of the London HR Connection is free. Whilst our webinars are free to attend, our face to face networking events cost £40+VAT to attend. As a not-for-profit organisation, this fee covers our administration costs and enables us to offer refreshments to attendees.
About the London HR Connection
Some of our other recent guest speakers include the likes of the CEO of Time Out; the barrister representing Uber’s case for zero hours contracts; former HR Director of the BBC, Lucy Adams; the former captain of England’s rugby sevens team, Rob Vickerman; the managing director of Santander’s corporate banking arm talking about culture change; the CIPD’s CEO, Peter Cheese; and the HR Director of Waitrose, the CEO from an NHS Trust and the Chairwoman from the UK’s largest media company talking about engagement.
The LHRC is long established and has developed significantly since its origins within the CIPD and remains an independent branch and strong ally. It has, for many years, operated through an independent commercial non-executive Board and an independent Chair (Craig McCoy since 2014).
King’s College London and the Bayes Business School (formely CASS.)
The LHRC partners with the School of Management & Business at King’s College and the Bayes Business School (formerly CASS). This gives us access to some of the world’s most influential thought leaders in HR management and business and we host regular speaker events and panel discussions in conjunction with our partners.

History
The name The London Human Resources Connection was adopted in October 2003 but the history of LHRC has much earlier origins.
Records of the Welfare Workers Institute mention the London Branch. The Welfare Workers Institute became Institute of Industrial Welfare workers.
Became the Institute of Personnel Management. The first recorded meeting of the Central London Group was on 7 October 1946 at Metal Box.
London IPM was split into three with the Central London Group having the specific aim of ‘arranging lunchtime meetings for those who work in the middle of London’.
Formation of the Institute of Personnel and Development from the merger of the IPM and the Institute of Training and Development. The lunchtime special interest group became the CIPD Capital Network.
Following a major consultation exercise with our members we re-branded and became The London HR Connection.
Tips on Networking
Rehearse
Prepare some conversation lines if you’re worried about ‘sticky silences’. Try offering two topic choices, e.g. ‘do you know many people here or are you a newcomer like me?’
Body language
Think about your posture, levels of eye contact, facial expressions and your handshake. These all influence peoples’ perception of you and give off signals as to how confident and engaged you are.
Follow-up
As soon as you leave, begin thinking about how you’ll follow-up new contacts. Take a few notes on who you met, and ensure you follow up within three days of the event.