Upcoming speaking engagements

The Power of Many!
Audra August, Principal and National Lead – Solutions Development and Carlo Bos, Senior Consultant - Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions
February 22, 2012
International Centre
6900 Airport Road
Mississauga, ON

Corporate Culture: Building a strong leadership culture as a strategic differentiator. Learn what is driving successful business leadership and how to develop leadership potential both in your corporate culture and in your career

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Seonaid Charlesworth, Senior Consultant, Leadership Solutions, Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions
March 7, 2012
Online
7:45am - 8:00am PST Login
8:00am - 9:30am PST Presentation

As more companies focus on leadership talent as a source of competitive advantage, Boards and Executive Teams are demanding robust succession plans. A critical success factor for succession is having accurate, reliable information about the leadership capabilities of people nominated for and included in a company's succession plan.

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The Role & Future of HR: The CEO’s Perspective
Susan Robinson, Principal Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions
April 24, 2012
BMO Centre
Stampede Park
Calgary, AB

Recently HRPA Ontario contracted Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions to conduct a CEO survey to address the HR profession’s most often asked question: “Are HR Executives Denied a Seat at the Table?”

Over a one year period, qualitative one-on-one interviews with CEOs representing a cross-section of business size and sectors were conducted to determine if HR executives have a seat at the senior level table. The results were surprising. They resoundingly stated yes they do have a seat at the table!  A consumer goods CEO is quoted as saying “HR has a powerful seat at the table. HR is on par with any part of the organization. It is understood that your most critical ally in getting anything done is your HR partner”.

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The Role of the Board in Building Leadership Capacity
Mathé Grenier, Principal and National Lead, Client Solutions, Leadership Solutions,Knightsbridge
April 25, 2012
BMO Centre
Stampede Park
Calgary, AB

Drawing on the data and insights from Knightsbridge research, as well as our experience working with organizations across Canada, we will explore the area of “leadership development” from an angle that has not traditionally been a focus of HR and OD – the role of the Board in building leadership capacity in the organization.

Strategic HR leaders have known for some time that building strong leadership capacity positions one’s
organization to effectively respond to uncertainty, complexity, drive engagement and ultimately achieve sustained growth and profits. Recent Knightsbridge research explores the accountability of the Board in ensuring the organization has sufficient leadership capacity to generate an effective strategy and successfully execute on that strategy.

So, how can Senior HR leaders leverage this important accountability of the Board to make the right investment to design and implement the practices needed to build leadership capacity? What does the Board expect from heads of HR? read more ...

Problem Solving Session: Solutions for Doing More With Less
May 1, 2012 - 2:45PM
Moderator: Jill Birch, Principal and National Capability Lead - Market Development, Leadership Solutions, Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions
Marriott Bloor Yorkville Hotel
90 Bloor Street East
Toronto, ON

These days many organizations are asking their human resource leaders to come up with creative ways to maximize effectiveness at a time when resources (both time and money) are increasingly limited. In this session, participants will learn how organizations are effectively doing more with less to answer this challenge. We will be examining innovation in areas including:

• Automating systems and processes to drive efficiencies and facilitate greater predictability in workflows and processes
• Designing innovative platforms to enhance communication with employees so that the right message gets to the right employee at the right time
• Developing best practices in knowledge management that facilitates transfer amongst the multiple generations of your workforce
• Strategies that can support employees to take a more innovative approach to their work as well as take advantage of opportunities that can drive profitable growth

Panelists:
Bruce McLeod, Vice-President Human Resources, Bioniche Life Sciences Inc.
Sherri Wright-Schwietz, Head of Talent and Story - Investor ServicesATB Financial

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Superior Succession Planning, Through Workforce Planning
Bryan Benjamin, Principal and Market Team Lead and Mehrdad Derayeh, Managing Director, Leadership Solutions, Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions
May 2, 2012 - 9:00AM-12PM
Marriott Bloor Yorkville Hotel
90 Bloor Street East
Toronto, ON

Succession planning is re-emerging as a theme area in a much more structured and formal way. It’s the most invested in capability in every organization and yet, still CEOs are concerned about their bench strength. There’s something that’s not working in the formula - what didn’t we get right? The answer might  lie in the fact that we’ve stopped doing work around workforce planning. It is extremely important to assess the needs of your organization with a view to the future, otherwise you will continue to develop leaders for today’s requirements. This means that the kind of development you need to be doing has to be based on a workforce plan that can project outward at least 3-5 years. In this practical and hands-on session, you will gain the highly effective tools you need for:

• Identifying how your organization will change based on your business trajectory
• Doing the math around the size of pool and the type of capability you’re going to need to have a robust set of leaders in the ranks
• Recognizing how the competency of leaders will change over time
• Reaching deeper into the organization for emerging stars
• Optimal training and development for leaders to ensure they’re ready for your organization’s needs 3-5 years out, not for today
• Workforce planning around your core capabilities
• Workforce planning as a discipline read more ...