Succession Planning: Why do organizations need it, and what is HR’s role?


Date and Time:

Starts: 01/22/2019 8:30 AM

Ends: 01/22/2019 4:30 PM

Registration Closes:01/23/2019 1:00 PM

Event Type: Workshop

7 Hours Hour(s)

Location:
Yorkville Conference Center 150 Bloor St W, 2nd FL Toronto, ON

Price:

HRPA Members:
$495 + Taxes
Non-Members:
$595 + Taxes
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An organization's business strategy is enabled by its organizational structure and the people and processes within it. Succession planning becomes a critical process.

Organizational culture lies at the centre of an effective organization – and that cannot be developed nor sustained without effective leadership. The governance structure of the organization therefore requires that a succession plan exists to ensure that a seamless transition in leadership occurs both during an emergency and over the longer-term growth of the organization. 

Research has shown that Canada's most successful organizations embed their succession planning process within their organization's integrated talent management strategy. The Human Resources department is accountable for orchestrating succession planning, and this roll up your sleeves workshop is structured to enable HR leaders to understand their role in designing, delivering and continuously improving this critical process. You learn the theory throughout the day in facilitated group sessions with your workshop peers and then it all comes together in the case study at the end of the day.

This workshop will enable participants to understand organizational effectiveness and how succession planning enables the development of leadership talent within an integrated talent management strategy.

Learning objectives:

  • Understand how the state of the business must be the first consideration
  • Frame succession planning within the context of overall business effectiveness
  • Apply talent management tools to gain buy-in and organizational alignment
  • Design succession planning initiatives that are sustainable
  • Perform key position analyses
  • Apply development plans as tools for high potential performers and others
  • Take away ideas that can be implemented within your organizations

 

Who should attend?

HR leaders accountable for the design and execution of the organization's succession planning process.

Note:

We are listening to you, our Members.

You have provided feedback that you would prefer to receive soft copies of presentations instead of printed materials, in order to be mindful of the environment and to reduce our carbon footprint.  Therefore, in 2019, HRPA Professional Development will, whenever possible, provide a soft copy of the participant course material.  We will not produce printed materials unless there is reason to do so (e.g. program format).

If you absolutely need a hard copy, we request that you print and bring it with you.  Hard copies will not be available on site.

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Speaker bio(s)
Robert W.  Turner

Robert’s career has taken him to both sides of the table as Governance/Talent Management consultant and a seasoned Human Resources executive. He brings forward a multi-industry and multi-geographic (Canadian, North American and Global) perspective. As a consultant, having held Partner level responsibility with Mercer Canada, Robert has worked with a range of clients: CEOs and their CHROs and/or Board Chairs and their Committees in both public and private companies – large organizations and start-ups. This leveraged the work done as an HR executive where he held a mix of interim and permanent positions at Arthur J. Gallagher Canada, Alberta Heath Sciences, Symcor, Descartes Systems, Canadian Tire, PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble. At WMC, his core practice is governance oversight and developing customized people management approaches to help leaders deliver their business strategies and manage change. These approaches and programs include performance management, succession planning, executive coaching, employee engagement, training / development and total compensation / rewards programs. Born in the Gaspe, Quebec; Robert was raised in Toronto and has worked in Toronto, Montreal and Edmonton. He earned his BSc at the University of Toronto, his MBA at The Ivey Business School, his co-active coaching at CTI and his ICD.D certification at Rotman. Robert sits on the Advisory Board of two start-up organizations and sits on the Executive Committee and Chairs the Finance and Human Resources Committee on the Board of Collingwood General and Marine Hospital. He also enjoys downhill skiing at the TSC, road biking with the Collingwood Cycling Club and golf through Clublink.


Olivia Banach, CHRP, Associate Consultant

Olivia Banach joined WMC in 2017and supports multiple practice areas. Since joining WMC Olivia has conducted research for a compensation project for a hospital, supported the Executive Search practice, and assisted in building a talent management program for the ground up for a construction company. Olivia has solid research and analysis skills, excellent interpersonal skills and effectively collaborates with staff and clients.


Olivia is fluent in English and Polish and has a BA: Double Major in Psychology and Criminology, Western University and Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resources Management, George Brown College. Olivia also holds her Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation and is working on attaining her Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL).