Past Events

The Art of Leadership - Vancouver Presented by Knightsbridge

March 29, 2012
The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts
777 Homer Street
Vancouver BC

This one day conference features six internationally renowned bestselling authors and visionaries, who will share an exciting blend of cutting edge thinking and real world experience on today’s most critical leadership issues. Don’t miss out on your chance to gain a competitive advantage and network with over 1,000 of Canada’s most influential leaders.

Retail Council of Canada - Retail Human Resources Conference

March 28, 2012
Toronto Congress Centre
650 Dixon Road
Toronto, ON

The Retail Human Resources Conference addresses the most current issues facing HR professionals working in the retail industry. This full-day event offers the opportunity to network, discover new HR products and hear from industry experts on a wide variety of topics and issues.

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CMHA BC's 9th Annual Conference - Bottom Line 2012

February 29, 2012
Vancouver Convention Centre
999 Canada Place
Vancouver, BC

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), BC Division's annual Bottom Line Conference brings together business leaders, policy-makers, researchers, and workers to improve mental health in BC workplaces.

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The Art of Executive Leadership

February 22, 2012
International Centre
6900 Airport Road
Mississauga, ON

Join Food and Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) and host of CBC's Dragon Den, Dianne Buckner, to understand what is driving successful business leadership and learn more on how to develop leadership potential both in your corporate culture and in your career. This full day symposium provides an exciting opportunity to hear from workplace experts and executives from leading CPG companies about the winning strategies for leadership and insights into succeeding in business.

What You Will Learn:

- Insights into the skills needed by the next generation of leaders from a CEOs perspective – roundtable discussion with three CPG CEO's
- The War for Talent - how to identify, attract and retain leaders in the post-recession economy
- The importance of differentiating yourself and your company through a strong leadership culture
- The legal requirements relating to personnel, interaction with competitors, the competition bureau, relationships with retailers, and other responsibilities
- How to identify and showcase the leader within to drive your success

Beyond the CEO: What Boards Can Do to Ensure Organizations have the Culture, Leadership, and Talent to Thrive

Speaker: Vince Molinaro, Managing Director, Leadership Solutions, Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions
February 22, 2012
The National Club
303 Bay Street
Toronto, ON
7:30AM - 9:30AM

Mitigating risk is at the top on any corporate agenda. Economic challenges in Europe or our neighbours to the south are the backdrop to more localized concerns with financial risk, operational risk, regulatory risk, technological risk… and the list goes on. But what about “people risk?”What exactly does it encompass?

Just recently, the Institute of Corporate Directors, the Clarkson Centre for Board Effectiveness and Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions co-authored a report which revealed that there was a wide disparity on the breadth of board governance pertaining to “people” or “human capital”risk. In fact, fully 1/3 of directors do not believe boards should monitor, or provide oversight, other than CEO hiring, compensation and succession. This finding is interesting, perhaps even surprising when one considers how many organizations publically state that people are their most valuable asset.

Panel:

Beth S. Horowitz, B.A, MBA, HSBC Canada Board Member, Trustee, Art Gallery of Ontario; Advisor, Schulich School of Business (Dean’s Advisory Board); Advisor, Catalyst Canada (Advisory Board); and Director, the Harvard Business School Club of Toronto.

David R. Shaw, Founder and CEO of Knightsbridge Human Capital Management Inc, Board member on the Queen’s School of Business Advisory Board, the Junior Achievement of Canada Foundation Board, the Amrop Board (an international organization), the Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee Inc. Board of Advisors and two publicly traded boards, Fiera Sceptre Inc. and Brick Brewing Co. Limited.

Sylvia Chrominska, Group Head, Global Human Resources and Communications,Scotiabank Group, Member of the Dean's Advisory Board at the Richard Ivey School of Business and the Junior Achievement of Central Ontario’s Board of Governors. Chair, Capital Campaign for Women’s College Hospital. Member of the International Women’s Forum, Women’s Executive Network,and the Institute of Corporate Directors. Board of Director,Emera Inc., and the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited.

Managing the CEO and Succession Planning

Breakfast Session
February 14, 2012
Simon Fraser University - Segal Graduate School of Business
500 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC
7:15AM - 9:00AM

Managing succession planning ensures organizations have the ability to sustain excellence in leadership over time, with seamless transitions from one leader to the next. Changing the head of an enterprise has various implications within and outside the business. Effective succession planning requires a well-defined plan that ensures a highly capable professionals is ready to assume the role.

Join a panel of experts discuss the importance and steps to effective succession planning.

Panel:

- Mathé Grenier, Principal and National Lead-Client Solutions, Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions
- Ken Martin, Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Blue Cross
- Doug P. Hayhurst, Independent Corporate Director

HRPA Annual Conference - HR: 2012 and Beyond Inventing the Future

February 1-3, 2012
Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC)
South Building, Exhibit Hall E
222 Bremmer Blvd.
Toronto, ON

Join HRPA for Canada’s top HR professional development experience. Over three days—February 1 - 3, 2012—we’ll be sharing ideas, challenges and opportunities with HR professionals from around the world, examining the latest HR issues, and engaging with some of the world’s leading business minds.

You’ll network with some of the best in the profession, build understanding into the future of work and come away with the tools to prepare your organization—and yourself—for the massive change that will transform the workplace.

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HR Summit West 2011: Driving Attraction and Engagement Through Trust

December 1, 2011
TELUS Convention Centre
Calgary, Alberta

Join us for our 2011 HR Summit in Toronto or Calgary, to understand leadership’s vital role in building trust and engagement, and how to optimize that role to improve performance. Benefit from the experience of the human resource thought leaders,and get ideas to help solve your greatest HR challenges:

Learn about new tools and techniques for taking employee engagement to a new level
Find out how “leadership with purpose” can transform your organization, motivate all employees, and engage stakeholders
Discover the link between employee engagement, trust, and positive customer service
Exchange ideas, leverage your knowledge, and gain new insights into today’s leadership and engagement challenge

The Art of Leadership - Calgary Presented by Knightsbridge

November 7, 2011
Jack Singer Concert Hall
Calgary, Alberta

Join us in Calgary for this one day conference featuring six internationally renowned bestselling authors and visionaries. Don’t miss out on your chance to gain a competitive advantage and network with Canada’s most influential leaders, entrepreneurs, senior executives and business leaders.

Toronto HR Leadership Summit

November 3, 2011
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, Ontario

The Governing Body of HR executives who create the agenda understand that there is 'strength in numbers', and the challenges and opportunities faced by one organization are echoed across many. At this meeting, you will learn about best practices and how to develop leadership skills.

HR Summit 2011: Driving Engagement and Trust Through Leadership

September 27-28, 2011
Sheraton Centre Hotel
123 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario

Discuss the latest leadership, trust, and engagement thinking with the experts and your peers.

Benefit from the experience of the human resource thought leaders, and get ideas to help solve your greatest HR challenges:

Learn about new tools and techniques for taking employee engagement to a new level
Find out how “leadership with purpose” can transform your organization, motivate all employees, and engage stakeholders
Discover the link between employee engagement, trust, and positive customer service
Exchange ideas, leverage your knowledge, and gain new insights into today’s leadership and engagement challenges

Executive In The City

September 22, 2011
HRPA Learning Centre
150 Bloor Street West, Suite 200
Toronto, Ontario

Executive in the City™ is focused on inspiration by leaders for senior leaders and seasoned entrepreneurs who are expected to lead people and executive teams to business success. Located in different cities such as Toronto and New York, Executive in the City™ will connect leaders to ideas and people that will make a difference in how they think and act as leaders.

FEI Canada 2011 Conference: Capitalizing On The Future

June 8-10, 2011
Westin Ottawa Hotel

Financial Executives International (FEI) is the leading advocate for the views of corporate financial management. Its 15,000 members hold policy-making positions as chief financial officers, treasurers, and controllers. FEI enhances member professional development through peer networking, career planning services, conferences, publications, and special reports and research.

The 2011 Annual FEI Canada Conference will be held at the Westin Ottawa Hotel,in Ottawa from June 8-10, 2011. The conference content will focus on the and social programs second to none. Please Join us for the experience!

The Art of Leadership Presented by Knightsbridge

The Art of Leadership Conference
June 6th, 2011 - 9:00AM – 4:45PM
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
North Building - John Bassett Theatre
255 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2W6

This inaugural one day conference features five internationally renowned bestselling authors and visionaries, who will share an exciting blend of cutting edge thinking and real world experience on today’s most critical leadership issues. Don’t miss out on your chance to gain a competitive advantage and network with over 1,000 of Canada’s most influential leadersJoin over 1,000 of Canada's most influential entrepreneurs, senior executives and business leaders as they gather to gain the insights shared by today's experts in leadership, human resources and talent management at this highly anticipated conference. read more ...

Exclusive Invitation for SHRPs: The Role and Future of HR - the CEO’s Perspective

The Role and Future of HR -The CEO’s Perspective
May 17, 2011 - 7:30am - 10:00am
Royal Ontario Museum Level 5, C5 Restaurant - 100 Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario

Last Fall, Knightsbridge interviewed a number of CEOs about their views of the role and future of Human Resources. On May 17, the findings of the survey will be discussed with some of the CEOs who participated in it. Attendance at this event is being offered exclusively to SHRP members. Please join us for a morning filled with stimulating conversation.

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