Upcoming Events

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.

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

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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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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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.

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

Breakfast Session - See dates and venues below
Moderated by Courtney Pratt, Chairman of Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions

The quality of an organization’s leadership and collective human capital is becoming more important in an increasing competitive and complex business environment. A recent study conducted by Knightsbridge and the Clarkson Centre for Board Effectiveness (CCBE) in partnership with the ICD found that the majority of Canadian directors believe boards should be monitoring strategic talent management areas such as culture and employee engagement, succession planning, and training and development, in addition to compensation. However, many boards don’t seem to spend the time, and/or lack the information they require from management to effectively oversee human capital beyond the CEO’s office.

Join Courtney Pratt, Chairman of Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions and an experienced corporate director, along with a panel of local directors to discuss how boards can advise and work with management to ensure the organization has the culture, leadership, and talent to thrive.

The panel will address some of the following challenges:

How to gain alignment among board colleagues, and/or management to focus on important human capital risks beyond the CEO?
What questions should directors ask to ensure their organization’s strategic plan sufficiently addresses all key human capital risks?
How boards can effectively and constructively work with the CEO and management to monitor culture, leadership, and talent risks?
What information should boards be asking for and discussing to ensure they fully understand the human capital capabilities and risks of the organization?
Why are so many boards failing at succession planning, and what can they do about it?
How boards can find the time to address strategic human capital issues?

ICD Ontario Chapter Event
Date: January 11, 2012, 7:30am-9:30am
Location: Fairmont Royal York, Imperial Room

Panel:
- Mary Jo Haddad, CM, LLD, MHSc, BScN, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Hospital for Sick Children
- J. Spencer Lanthier, C.M., F.C.A, F.ICD, Chair, EllisDon Inc.
- John H. Tory, Board Director, Rogers Communications Inc.

ICD Ottawa Chapter Event
Date: January 16, 2012, 11:30am -1:30 pm
Location: Centre for Executive Leadership, Telfer School of Business
45 O’Connor St, Suite 350

Panel:
- Laurel Murray, CA, Director, Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
- Deborah L. Weinstein, Director, Open Text Corporation, Chair, Ashbury College and Director and Ottawa Heart Institute
- Steve West, Director, Ottawa Hospital Foundation, ISTP Canada and the Canadian Science & Technology Museums Foundation

ICD Edmonton Chapter Event
Date: February 8, 2012, 7am-9am
Location: Royal Mayfair Golf Club, 9450 Groat Road

Panel:
- Peter Stalenhoef, President and Chief Operating Officer, Heavy Industrial, PCL Constructors Inc.
- Michael Percy, Chair of Human Resources and Compensation Committee, EPCOR;Professor and former Dean, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta; HR committee member, K‐BRO linen (tsx).
- Indira V. Samarasekera, President, University of Alberta, and Board Director,Scotiabank, STIC, and the National Institute of Nanotechnology (NINT) Council.

ICD Calgary Chapter Event
Date: Feb 9, 2012, 7am-9am
Location: Calgary Petroleum Club - 319-5 Avenue S.W.

Panel:
- Ken Hughes, ICD.D, Past Board Chair, Alberta Health Services and President, Alpine Insurance & Financial Inc.
- Jim Simpson, Chair of Human Resources & Compensation Committee, Suncor
- Stella Thompson, Chair of WaterSmart Solutions Ltd., and director of First Calgary Financial, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. and the Calgary Airport Authority

ICD Atlantic Chapter Event
Date: April 3, 2012, 3pm-5pm
Location: McInnes Cooper offices, 1601 Lower Water Street
Summit Place, P.O. Box 730, Halifax

Panelist: To Be Announced

HRIA Conference 2012

April 24-25, 2012
BMO Centre
Stampede Park
Calgary, AB

The 2012 HRIA Conference; Inspire, Innovate and Evolve will empower HR and business professionals to become best-in-class when it comes to all aspects of managing human capital. By providing thought leadership, inspirational keynote speakers and the opportunity to network with like minded professionals the 2012 HRIA Conference is not one to miss.

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