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Date and Time:

Starts: 06/28/2016 8:00 AM

Ends: 06/28/2016 10:30 AM

Registration Closes:06/23/2016 4:00 AM

2 Hours Hour(s)

Location:
HRPA Education Centre (150 Bloor St.) 150 Bloor Street Toronto, ON

Price:

HRPA Members:
$95 + Taxes
Non-Members:
$115 + Taxes
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Event Sponsor

As the war for talent heats up, companies are competing for the same talent. How can you ensure you gain your unfair share of that talent—including your virtual/remote workforce?

Led by Decision Toobox CEO Kim Shepherd, this executive event provides actionable takeaways for how to stand apart from the competition for top talent, how to keep that talent engaged once you have them on board, and how to implement changes that could make your people happier and revolutionize your company’s profits.

Learning objectives:

<  How to attract and retain the best talent, including virtual talent

<  Why most companies fall short of their strategic goals, and how having virtual employees complicates matters

<  Understand what constitutes a performance driven workforce, and how profits follow

<  How to build a performance based workforce using the five Ps: process, people, performance, profit and purpose

<  Concrete ideas for making PDW work for you, while ensuring your employees love their work

Who should attend:

HR Executives - Directors and above

Speaker bio(s)
Kim Shepherd, CEO

As CEO of Decision Toolbox, Kim Shepherd leads the company’s growth strategy, primarily through developing partnerships, alliances and as an active member of the Los Angeles and Orange County human resources community. A recognized thought leader by HR organizations nationwide including the Human Capital Institute, Kim is a regular speaker at national and regional events on various business models.

Kim joined Decision Toolbox in 2000, and brought her unconventional approach to the company she had admired as a client. Today Decision Toolbox is 100% virtual, with more than 100 team members working remotely across the U.S. This company is a Certified Women’s Business Enterprise. This unique business model has played a key role in the company being awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility in 2009, 2011 and 2012. Decision Toolbox was also named one of the "Fastest Growing Private Companies" by the Orange County Business Journal in 2012. In addition, they have been named 3 years running to the INC 500/5000 List of Fastest Growing Private Companies and have been a 7-­‐time recipient of the HRO Today’s Baker’s Dozen for Midmarket and Emerging Markets.

Calling Kim unconventional is an understatement – her former endeavors include 10 years as a TV and Foreign Correspondent, a stint at Club Med and a near miss at a spot on the Olympic ski team.

Kim is an active member of the Adaptive Business Leaders Executive Roundtable and the National Association for Women Business Owners (Orange County Chapter). She served on the Executive Board of Trustees for Girls Incorporated of Orange County and is also the Board Chair for Working Wardrobes. She is also a former member of Impact Giving. Kim is the recipient of the National Association of Women Business Owners (Orange County Chapter) 2013 Innovator of the Year Award, the 2014 Enterprising Women Magazine’s Enterprising Women of the Year, and the 2015 Family Matters Aw