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Building a Happy Service Desk

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen St, London WC2B 5DA

02nd July 2025 (1Day)
9:00 AM - 4:35 PM BST

£75 each (exc. VAT) Price
Free for premium members

Lead with Joy, Serve with Excellence: Building Happier Service Desks for Better Service!

Join us in person for an upbeat, interactive event dedicated to transforming the service desk experience! This event will focus on strategies to create a positive, people-first support environment where service desk teams feel empowered, valued, and ready to tackle challenges with a smile. From engaging keynotes by industry leaders to networking with your peers, you’ll gain practical insights into boosting team morale, improving workflows, and reducing burnout—while creating happier, more engaged teams.

🫖🍴 🌯  Refreshments and Lunch provided.

 

Perfect for service desk managers, IT support leads, and anyone passionate about building an energising support culture, this event offers fresh ideas, inspiring real-world success stories, and plenty of networking opportunities. Walk away with actionable tips and tools to make your service desk a place people love to work, improving both employee well-being and customer satisfaction. Let’s re-imagine the service desk together!

📽️ Inspire: Industry leaders share their secrets to creating happier, high-performing service desks.
🎉 Delight: Cut down on stress, improve workflows, and empower your team
🤝 Surprise: Meet others who share your passion for happy, efficient service teams!

 

Agenda

2nd July 2025

09:00-09:45

Arrive & register

Tea, coffee, networking and expo

09:45-09:55

Welcome address

Welcome to today’s event with SDI’s host David Wright.

09:55-10:20

Opening keynote: Dr Natalie V. Bailey, TEDx Speaker, Founder & CEO of Well Minds Together

Intentional Leadership: How Small Shifts Create Big Impact in Workplace Well-being

 

A thriving service desk isn’t just about efficiency—it’s about people. When leaders embrace small, intentional actions, they create a culture where teams feel valued, engaged, and motivated to serve at their best. In this high-energy opening keynote, Chartered Psychologist and TEDx Speaker Dr. Natalie V. Bailey, drawing from her TEDx talk on intentional habits, will show how simple leadership habits can reduce burnout, boost morale, and transform the service desk experience—because when teams thrive, customers feel the difference.
Attendees will learn:
✔ How small leadership habits lead to happier, high-performing teams
✔ Practical strategies to build well-being and prevent burnout
✔ How to lead with joy while maintaining excellence in service
With real-world stories, interactive moments, and fresh leadership insights, Dr. Bailey will set the stage for an event that’s all about transformation. Because when leaders are intentional, workplaces change. And when workplaces change, people—and the service they provide—can truly thrive.
10:20-10:45

Paul Whitwell, Service Desk Manager (Interim), London Business School

Session to be confirmed

10:45-11:05

Sponsor session to be confirmed

Session to be confirmed

11:05-11:35

Tea, coffee, networking & expo

Tea, coffee, networking & expo

11:35-12:00

Sponsor session to be confirmed

Session to be confirmed

12:00-13:00

Roundtable session

Small group discussions on aspects of happy service desks

13:00-14:00

Lunch, networking & expo

Lunch, networking & expo

14:00-14:25

Speaker to be confirmed

Session to be confirmed

14:25-14:50

Speaker to be confirmed

Session to be confirmed

14:50-15:10

Sponsor session to be confirmed

Session to be confirmed

15:10-15:40

Tea, coffee, networking & expo

Tea, coffee, networking & expo

15:40-16:05

Sponsor session to be confirmed

Session to be confirmed

16:05-16:30

Speaker to be confirmed

Session to be confirmed

16:30-16:35

Closing address

Closing address with SDI’s David Wright

Speakers

Short Bio

David is an award-winning leader, auditor and consultant with 20 years of BPO and ITO service experience ranging from first line to service management to...

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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Natalie V. Bailey, TEDx Speaker, Founder & CEO, Well Minds Together

Paul Whitwell, Service Desk Manager, London Business School

Location

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms

Address

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms,
61-65 Great Queen St, London WC2B 5DA,
WC2B 5DA

Telephone

0207 405 7811

Website

https://www.devere.co.uk/grand-connaught-rooms/

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen St, London WC2B 5DA
02nd July 2025 (1 Day)
9:00 AM - 4:35 PM BST
Price: £75
each (exc. VAT)

£75 each (exc. VAT)

£75 (exc. VAT)
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