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Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation

Dan Schawbel

Technology impacts our workplaces in ways that weren’t possible a decade ago. We feel “highly connected.” Instead of strong bonds, we have weak ties. Instead of productive meetings, we have distractions. Despite the illusion of 24/7 connection most workers feel isolated from their colleagues, their organization and its leaders. What they crave most—and what research increasingly shows to be the hallmark of the highest-performing workplace cultures—is a sense of authentic connection with others. They want to get Back to Human. Dan Schawbel shows you how—while still optimizing all the benefits of technology.

Exceptionalize Team Results: Actions to Ensure Windfall Results

Mark Spencer Cook

Every team has a next big priority. What’s yours? Rapid innovation gets quick wins. Leaders who coach teammates to accomplish quick wins change team results and the trajectory of employees’ careers. Teams that innovate to achieve exceptional results with other teams transform cultures. Mark Cook has guided top brands to achieve over 4,000 team improvements with double-digit ROI. He will share five secrets to create rapid results, coaching frameworks, and cultures of engagement. Teams bond and priorities become clear. Hearts and minds engage. Results become exceptional. This engaging keynote will change minds and deliver actionable results.

The ROI in Employee Health and Productivity Solutions

Dr. Tyler Amell, PhD, MSc, BSc

Have you ever wondered if there is a business case and return on investment for workplace health and productivity solutions? Ill- health has a tremendous impact on organizations today, and it’s only getting worse. There are a large number of factors contributing to this. To stay on top and make the best decisions for their employees, employers require up to date and state-of-the-art, practical solutions. This session will be just what the doctor ordered.

When (and When Not) to Trust Your Gut: Advanced Decision-Making for Leaders

Dr. Aaron Barth

When leaders make decisions based on ‘gut feel’– as they often do– they are actually relying on brain processes that lead to unconscious bias. This shortcut leads to seriously flawed decisions of which they are wholly unaware. Dr. Aaron Barth will reveal how leaders can use their ‘gut feel’ as a reminder to ask short, evidence-based questions to improve their decision-making.

Treadmills of Pointlessness

Andrew Brown

Human Resources professionals are communicators, whether they know it or not. From routine employee emails to intranets, executive messages and ongoing engagement programs, HR drives the internal conversation in most organizations. 

Sadly, much of this conversation is not achieving the measurable, impactful results it should. 

Join Andrew Brown for a humorous and actionable look at where things go wrong and how to fix them. You’ll learn why organizations end up on the pointlessness treadmill, how to spot the signs of pointless communication, how to get your organization and audience aligned around shared purpose, measure success, and spend a whole lot less time stressing about employee communication.

Positive Mindsets: The Science-Based Seeds of Employee Performance & Well-Being

Paul Fairlie, PhD

Dr. Paul Fairlie, Founder/CEO of Heliosophy will introduce four positive mindsets that are possessed by the happiest and highest-performing people. These are fundamental and adaptive ways of seeing one’s self and the world, that have emerged from decades of behavioural science and can be developed by anyone. Dr. Fairlie’s talk will centre on why the mindsets are critical inputs for workforce planning, learning and development, and overall, for organizational effectiveness.

The Key to Unlocking Your Peace

Marianne Farag

Do you want to learn the secret to confidence, resilience and well-being at work? Are you looking to spend less time being caught up in the emotional energy consumed by workplace frustrations? You have the power to transform the quality of your workday by learning how to manage your triggers and understanding the root cause behind conflict and disruption. This session will shed light on managing your peace of mind at work and leave you with practical tools to help you reinvigorate your well-being at work.

Thriving Under Pressure

Ann Gomez

Thriving at work, and in life, requires a unique mindset. Despite how much we are influenced by our external environment, the world’s most elite performers recognize success is an inside game. Learn how to build resiliency, adopt a growth mindset and ground what you do in a solid purpose. You have immense potential. Use the power of a thrive mindset to drive your success.

Unlock Your Team’s Hidden Potential Through Talent Optimization

Eric Irwin

As economies fluctuate and industries rise and fall one fundamental resource remains:-human capital. Although technologies and practices change, motivating these teams becomes crucial for an organization’s continued success. Enter Talent Optimization. Through Talent Optimization any leader can turn their current workforce into a dream team. Talent Optimization takes an employee’s first focus and works to find the best fit for each team member.

Connecting Culture to the Bottom Line

Dr. Brett Richards

HR professionals instinctively understand the key role organizational culture plays in helping businesses grow, evolve and innovate. But we struggle to get investments in culture taken seriously because there is no clear bottom line connection. Until now. This session will show you how both culture and leadership can be objectively assessed and used as a predictor for successful innovation and growth.

How an Unhealed Betrayal is Impacting Your Work, Health and Relationships

Debi Silber, PhD

When we trust someone, we assume that person has the same values, beliefs and level of integrity we have. We also believe that they’re honouring the same agreement, sharing the same priorities, and working by the same rules. We hope those we’ve given our trust to would never do anything to violate that sacred contract, until they do. This is the powerful and painful process of betrayal. Dr. Debi shares concrete, predictable, and proven steps to heal physically, mentally and emotionally from the pain of betrayal from a co-worker or boss, family member or friend.

She Shoots, She Leads: Using Sport to Close The Gender Gap

Caroline Wiley

As the persistent gender gap in Canadian leadership teams becomes a  priority for HR, many organizations struggle to identify high-potential women they can include in their succession planning. One overlooked indicator of leadership ability is sports. Studies show that over 90% of women in the C-suite have played sports, and the coaching and leadership skills they developed as athletes are directly transferrable to the boardroom. Learn the seven leadership skills all athletes possess, plus tips for finding, inspiring, retaining and developing these natural leaders.