Executive Real Talks featuring Sonya Kunkel, Norm Sabapathy and Sara Presutto


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Starts: 10/27/2016 4:00 PM

Ends: 10/27/2016 7:30 PM

Registration Closes:11/22/2016 5:00 AM

Event Type: Executive Programs

2.5 Hours Hour(s)

Location:
Silver Screening Room - The Hazelton Hotel 118 Yorkville Ave Toronto, ON

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HRPA Members:
$225 + Taxes
Non-Members:
$270 + Taxes
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Registration Deadline:
October 26, 2016

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HRPA’s executive Real Talks features challenge, conversation and networking between HR Leaders.

Open to senior HR Executives, Real Talks is a unique, high-level opportunity to build your own conversation around your interests, challenges and passions.

Bring your Real Talk to the table and get feedback from your HR executive peers.


Event open for Registration to Senior Executives. CEOs welcomed. Please submit registration requests toituka@hrpa.ca

Presentations; Cocktail between Sessions: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Networking: 7:00PM - 7:30PM


Featured Themes for October 27th Meeting:


1. Find Your Way:

You know the problem, how you’re currently trying to solve it, and what dimensions of performance matter. The key here is understanding that you're not alone. If you're having this problem, it's likely hundreds of thousands of others are in the same boat. There's your market.


Topic: A collective culture making sustainable change: BMO’s commitment to Diversity and Inclusion


Diversity and Inclusion matter. The power and competitive advantage they offer is powerful. Every organization has an important role to play to help remove barriers to success—whether by addressing systemic issues, or by helping people to widen their own lens on the world and discover new ways to reach their potential. At BMO, our efforts to collectively shape our culture has focused on increasing workforce diversity and workplace inclusion in a sustainable way, aligning with what our employees and customers expect from us. With close to 47,000 employees and a growing global footprint, BMO’s strategic approach to driving diversity and inclusion has transformed our senior leadership ranks, talent pipeline and organizational culture. We have also put a stake in the ground to become the bank for women, leading the financial services industry in rethinking their approach to developing and building relationships with women in business. By harnessing the commitment of our leaders and the passion of our employees, BMO has driven change from within to drive performance in the market.

Join Sonya Kunkel, Chief Inclusion Officer and Vice President, People Strategies & Insights, BMO Financial Group for a session about organizational success in Diversity and Inclusion programs


2. Global View:

Globalization affects any organization’s business approach. From exposure to a wider market and inexpensive labour to the HR challenge of adapting to foreign workplace cultures, your business has to devise strategies to maintain clientele and remain competitive globally.


Topic: Unlock Your Organization's Potential Identifying & Developing High Potential Talent


The facts are well known. High potential employees deliver results, drive productivity and go farther in an organization than their peers. An organization rich in high potential talent not only delivers superiors results today, but also has a robust pipeline of leaders to run the organization tomorrow. Talent is a competitive advantage, so creating and nurturing a high potential talent pool makes good business sense.


While this concept may appear simple, making it a reality is more challenging. This session presented by Norm Sabapathy, Executive Vice President, People, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation will cover strategies and techniques relating to developing a business case for, then realizing a return on a "hipo" investment. Learn how to identify, engage and develop your high potential talent to take your business to the next level.



3. The Future is Now::

The future hasn’t happened yet, but many people act as if it has. The truth is that the future will catch us by surprise – but that doesn’t mean we can’t prepare for it.


Topic: The Evolution of Performance and Development at Starbucks


The business landscape is changing quickly, and organizations have to evolve in order to retain the best talent. Yet even so, performance management and talent development are areas that don’t always receive the necessary attention.


Starbucks identified performance and development as key priorities for the business and began an evolution in its approach to each. In this presentation, hear how Starbucks moved from a traditional performance approach – including performance ratings – to one that includes regular two-way performance and development conversations with no ratings, based on the insights of neuroscience. Learn how this approach is transforming interactions, elevating performance and development and supporting a young workforce to achieve results.


Space is limited to 28 attendees.

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Speaker bio(s)
Sonya Kunkel, Chief Inclusion Officer and Vice President, People Strategies & Insights, BMO Financial Group

Sonya Kunkel is Chief Inclusion Officer and Vice President, People Strategies & Insights, BMO Financial Group. She has enterprise-wide responsibility (Canada & U.S.) for key enterprise people strategies, including people strategy planning, leadership planning, diversity and inclusion, careers, and employee insights and engagement.


Sonya joined BMO as Director, Diversity and Inclusion, in 2011, following a decade of research and consulting where she specialized in understanding the experiences of women, visible minorities, and Aboriginal peoples, particularly their experiences in the workplace.


She has led large-scale research projects of diverse communities, and has advised on and led organizational and culture change initiatives dedicated to building more inclusive workplaces across the public, private and non-profit sectors.


Formerly Vice-President and Senior Research Director for Environics Research Group, she led Environics Institute’s 2010 Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study (uaps.ca), a research project that captured the stories and experiences of thousands of First Nations peoples, Métis and Inuit living in Canadian cities and generated much national and international attention.


Prior to joining Environics she served as Senior Director of Catalyst (2001-2007), where she worked with former President Susan Black to build the Catalyst Canada office. Here, she held responsibility for Catalyst Canada’s Advisory Services and key research streams, including the BMO-sponsored 2004 study, The Bottom-Line: Connecting Corporate Performance and Gender Diversity. This study, for the first time, established a firm link between gender diversity on top leadership teams and better financial performance.


Sonya has an undergraduate degree in Peace and Conflict Studies, an M.A. in Political Economy and an MBA in Strategic Management from the Schulich School of Business.


Sara Presutto, Vice-President, Partner Resources, Starbucks Coffee Canada

As Vice-President, Partner Resources, Sara is responsible for leading Starbucks Canada’s partner (employee) experience and integrated talent management initiatives. Under her leadership, a team of HR business partners supports more than 19,000 partners in over 1,300 retail locations and regional offices across Canada. A 13-year Starbucks partner, Sara has been instrumental in helping significantly grow the Canadian business during her tenure.


With more than 15 years of human resources experience, Sara has been a vocal champion for Starbucks values and culture and has helped the company achieve external recognition from Best Workplaces in Canada and Canada’s Top 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures. She is an active ambassador for women and launched a Women’s Development Network, is a member of the advisory council for the Ryerson School of Retail Management and mentors youth with the Yonge Street Mission.


Sara holds a Masters of Psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP).


Norm Sabapathy, CHRP, CHRL, CHRE, Executive Vice President, People, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation

Norm Sabapathy is a Human Resources executive with more than 20 years of management experience with global, multi-billion dollar industry leaders in industrial, transportation, manufacturing, services, food, consumer packaged goods, and commercial real estate sectors.


Norm is currently Executive Vice President, People at The Cadillac Fairview Corporation, one of North America’s largest owners, operators and developers of best-in-class retail, office, and mixed-use properties, with a $30 billion portfolio across countries like Canada, USA, Mexico, Columbia and Brazil.


Norm has Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Industrial Relations degrees and has been granted the designations Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL) and Certified Human Resources Executive (CHRE).