Executive Real Talks featuring Heather Briant, Wayne Gudbranson and Peter Aceto


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Date and Time:

Starts: 09/29/2016 4:00 PM

Ends: 09/29/2016 7:30 PM

Registration Closes:11/29/2016 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:
September 22, 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 September 29th Meeting:


1. 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: Gender Diversity

After years of handwringing around the lack of women in senior leadership positions in corporate Canada, in 2016 only eight per cent of the highest paid executive positions are held by women according to the latest research by global recruiters Rosenzweig & Company. And while it’s been well documented that more diverse executive teams consistently outperform teams with fewer women, Canadian organizations continue to lag behind in promoting women to senior leadership.

Join Heather Briant, CHRE, SVP HR Cineplex Entertainment for a Real Talks discussion exploring the barriers to female executives, solutions and models from around the world, best practices for developing a pipeline of strong women leaders, and the business case for leadership diversity.


Presenter:

Heather Briant, CHRE, SVP HR, Cineplex Entertainment


2. Disrupted by Technology:

Technology is quickly becoming one, if not the, greatest driver of business change. New technologies bring huge opportunities, but also new threats to markets, values and business models.

Topic: People Drive Disruption, Technology Enables It

The current Uber disruption facing the traditional taxi industry shows how change is possible when people and technology work together.

Most traditional industries are stagnant. Faced by key challenges such as new competition, rising costs, operational inefficiencies, and regulatory barriers, organizations are finding it difficult to react and adapt.

Wayne Gudbranson, CEO, Branham Group will lead discussion on why there has never been a better time to effect comprehensive change or disruption, and how disruptive change starts with people and is complimented by technology.

Wayne Gudbranson is CEO & Founder of Branham Group Inc., a global Technology Industry Analyst/Advisory company. Branham has advised over 500 global Tech brands through its Planning/Marketing/Partnering services, publishes The Branham Report and Digital Health NOW, and produces the www.Branham300.com annual listing of top Tech companies in Canada.

Wayne is a frequent and passionate speaker on trends and opportunities related to the Tech sector at key industry events around the world. In particular, one of his passions is assessing the use of technology as an enabler of disruption. He spends considerable time travelling globally, meeting with buyers and sellers of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), and helping customers achieve market success. He also spends time assisting organizations like Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Canadian Blood Services and Children’s Wish Foundation in fundraising efforts.


Presenter:

Wayne Gudbranson CEO & Founder, Branham Group Inc



3. 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: Weology

Nothing is average or normal at Tangerine (formerly ING Direct), And Peter Aceto is not your average executive. The president and CEO of Tangerine runs his business in an unorthodox and intuitively human way. The bank has no tellers, no lineups, no bricks-and-mortar branches for its customers to visit. But people are at the core of the operation: loyal, happy and engaged employees who help thousands of customers save their money, buy homes and prepare for a healthy, happy financial life. In his Weology talk, Aceto explains the “people-first” leadership strategies that have made Tangerine such a popular bank with Canadians. In putting we first instead of me first, Aceto has grown Tangerine into one of Canada’s favorite companies to bank with and to work for.


Presenter:

Peter Aceto,CEO,Tangerine



Space is limited to 28 attendees.

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Speaker bio(s)
Peter Aceto, CEO

Peter Aceto is a passionate leader. As the President and CEO of Tangerine, he stands for more than a leader of a bank: his goal is to change the conversation about leadership, and to inspire unconventional thinking and transparency that delivers unparalleled results for business and consumers.

Peter’s leadership shapes the cornerstones of success for Tangerine, where entrepreneurship and innovation are supported, customer obsession is demanded, and hierarchies and complexity are left behind. His relentless focus has yielded outstanding results for Tangerine and its customers and proved particularly instrumental in the $3.1 billion acquisition of ING DIRECT by Scotiabank in 2012.

Peter’s career with Tangerine began in Canada more than 16 years ago as a founding member of its senior leadership team. Prior to his appointment as CEO in 2008, he held the posts of Chief Risk Officer, Chief of Staff and Chief Lending Officer at Tangerine../p>

Peter is a social media leader and a frequent blogger. He is regularly profiled in media, including a monthly leadership column with The Globe and Mail, a feature in Forbes magazine as the Social CEO, and in The Huffington Post as one of top 50 Social CEOs on Twitter.

He was named 2012 Business Person of the Year by Western Law School, and recognized as 2010 Communicator of the Year by the IABC Toronto Chapter. In addition, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee award for his contribution to Canada’s leadership as a digital nation and for his contribution to his community.

Peter is the author of Weology: How Everybody Wins When We Comes Before Me, published in 2015.

Heather Briant, CHRE, SVP, Human Resources

Ms. Briant joined Cineplex Entertainment in 2006. She is responsible for all aspects of the Human Resources function, encompassing talent development and succession, organization effectiveness, total and executive compensation, health and safety, and human resources governance and reporting. She is also a leader in the organization’s corporate strategy and transformational activities. Ms. Briant has over 25 years of prior business experience and was most recently the Vice President, Human Resources at Canadian Tire Corporation Limited prior to joining Cineplex. Active within the community, Ms. Briant has served on a number of corporate and not for profit boards. She is currently a member of the Board of Governors of Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures and the Kilberry Advisory Board. Ms. Briant holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors of the Rotman School of Management and also holds the CHRE executive designation from the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA).

Wayne Gudbranson

Wayne Gudbranson is CEO & Founder of Branham Group Inc., a global Technology Industry Analyst/Advisory company. Branham has advised over 500 global Tech brands through its Planning/Marketing/Partnering services, publishes The Branham Report and Digital Health NOW, and produces the www.Branham300.com annual listing of top Tech companies in Canada.

Wayne is a frequent and passionate speaker on trends and opportunities related to the Tech sector at key industry events around the world. In particular, one of his passions is assessing the use of technology as an enabler of disruption. He spends considerable time travelling globally, meeting with buyers and sellers of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), and helping customers achieve market success. He also spends time assisting organizations like Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Canadian Blood Services and Children’s Wish Foundation in fundraising efforts.