HR Professional - April/May 2008 - (Page Conference)

Top Talent 2008: Recruiting, Retaining, and Developing Leaders for High Performance Conference Wednesday, May 14, 2008—Pre-Conference Optional Workshop • The University Club of Toronto Thursday, May 15, and Friday, May 16, 2008—Conference • Metropolitan Hotel Toronto • Toronto Ask yourself the following questions: • • • • • • • • • • Are you fully prepared for the retirement of your current leadership team? Have you identiﬁed your organization’s next generation of leaders? Are they prepared for the challenges ahead? Do your current leaders have the skills they need to deal with a rapidly changing workforce? Are you able to recruit and retain the top talent just entering the workforce? Are your leadership development practices world-class? Do you struggle to achieve diversity at the top of your organization? Have you tailored your talent management strategy to the different levels and skills of your workforce? Do you have an effective process in place for bringing executives on board? Do you know how to prevent and manage executive derailment? What would the impact be on your organization if half of your average performers became top performers? Discover practical and innovative solutions to address your toughest talent management challenges. Talent shortages fuelled by demographic and economic change and by increasing private and public sector competition require new approaches and thinking. The pressure on the senior ranks of your organization has never been greater. Meet the experts and discuss today’s senior talent management issues, including how to: • Identify the new competencies leaders need to succeed • Develop more effective succession management solutions • Recruit and retain the upcoming generation of leaders • Prepare for the departure of key executives • Apply knowledge management discipline to retain the expertise and insights of retiring workers • Educate current leaders for the realities of today’s workplace • Use mentoring to transfer skills and knowledge to the next generation • Target coaching to make your current leaders more effective • Reduce the risk of derailment of high-performance and high-potential employees • Implement a comprehensive strategy to integrate new executives in a way that accelerates high performance Top Talent 2008 will help you answer all these questions with a comprehensive leadership strategy to create and sustain high performance in your organization. HRPAO RECERTIFICATION APPROVED Top Talent 2008 has been approved for 15 recertiﬁcation points and the Pre-Conference Optional Workshop has been approved for 5 recertiﬁcation points under Section A3 of the Recertiﬁcation Log of the Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario (HRPAOTM). To register, visit www.conferenceboard.ca/conf or for information call 1-800-267-0666. Quote priority code HRPAO. http://www.conferenceboard.ca

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HR Professional - April/May 2008

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