Vancouver, BC CHRO Executive Summit

Governing Body members host this dinner to launch the event with an evening of peer networking. 

Improv Leadership – Effective Leadership in the Unscripted Workplace

Laugh and learn as you receive a backstage pass to how you can apply the best improv practices to your own organization. Andrew Bright and Elijah Tadema of The Panic Squad Improv Comedy will blend performance and teaching to deliver practical tools that will show you how to care for your team, lead them well, and accomplish great work together.

 For years HR has been focused on improving the policies and processes of the employee life cycle. The current market place now demands that attention be paid to the flow of work and the psychology of an organization as it is linked to not only culture, but capacity and capability. The future of work is here and the team accountable for understanding it and making it relevant is HR.

Join this session to explore these questions:

• What is the flow of work within the structures of the organization?
• What is slowing us down? What is making us become haphazardly reactive versus responsive?
• What is the behavior of the overall organization and what is driving and/or incentivizing those behaviors?

People expect more from the organisations they work for and buy from. Marlene Higgins will discuss how to connect the customer and employee experience and achieve an inclusive brand result.

In this session, you’ll discuss how to:

• Build a deliberate practice of experience
• Leverage your capitals of time, talent, energy and resources
• Use alignment to achieve greater productivity

 One of the top HR challenges facing most organizations today is that of recruiting talent. The talent acquisition and marketing teams from WorkSafeBC teamed up to approach this age-old challenge with combined powers and a fresh perspective.

Join this session to hear about:

• Adapting candidate perspective to improve the candidate experience
• Enabling innovative thinking and process hacking in a series of solutions
• An illuminated journey from current experience to future state.

Do recruiting top talent, keeping your stars, and improving engagement top your list of concerns? This roundtable discussion will look at how wellness strategies can incentivize employees to join, thrive, and stay in the changing employment landscape of British Columbia.

In this session, we’ll explore:

• How to support an employee’s journey along the health continuum
• Cutting-edge digital age wellness solutions
• The advantages of proactive approaches to employee health and wellness

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CHROs). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager, Zachariah Elliott, 503-972-4033.

Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace can help generate business value, increase engagement and improve culture. When it comes to innovating for diversity and inclusion — a clear strategy tied to business drivers is key. Anna and Jenine have partnered to enact a sweeping, highly successful diversity and inclusion program at their organization and will be sharing the ins and outs of the approach.

Join this session to hear how:

• Engagement at all levels can enact change at the very roots of your organization
• Collaboration between departments can create an optimal environment for change
• Establishing a baseline allows for realistic objective setting and the ability to measure progress

 What is the best structure for an HR program that enables employees to generate greater revenue and successful business results, especially in this changing technological and cultural landscape. How can your HR organization be better leaders for digital transformation?

Join this session to learn:

• How digitalization and innovation is creating proactive, preventative, and predictive HR
• What is the compelling business case for HR strategy and process transformation
• How to build an environment that enables employee skillset growth and adaptation

Andrew Bright and Elijah Tadema of The Panic Squad Improv Comedy blend performance and teaching to deliver humorous takes on teamwork and leadership.

 How do the changes in labour markets and economies effect how you identify and asses your organization’s talent? Join TD Bank to gain insight on the market and learn how they are rethinking talent management strategies, developing and engaging top talent.

In this session you will:

• Hear some of the shifting expectations of great leadership looks like today
• Talk about the pressure points on the traditional ways of developing talent
• Explore the connection to business value