11th Workforce Planning

Enhancing business strategies and your competitive edge
Date: February 23 & 24, 2016
Location: Toronto
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Highlights

Align strategic recruitment and talent management

Reduce risks through scenario planning

Measure the ROI of workforce planning

Study trend analysis and forecasting

Learn to facilitate business engagement

Faculty

FACULTY
COURSE LEADERS
Pierre J.F. Lebel, Rzultz Consulting
Pierre Lebel is President and Founder at Rzultz Consulting. He provides pragmatic insight and 20 years of corporate and global consulting expertise to bundle up the right solutions to enable leaders and organizations ramp up performance results.
David S. Cohen, Strategic Action Group Ltd.
David S. Cohen is Founder of Strategic Action Group Ltd. His background spans both the fields of corporate consulting and education. He has consulted with a diverse group of industries internationally.
CO-LECTURERS
Heather Briant, Cineplex Entertainment LP
Heather Briant is Senior Vice President, HR at Cineplex Entertainment LP. She is responsible for all aspects of the HR function. She is also a leader in Cineplex corporate strategy and transformation activities.
Shelley Brown, Bromelin People Practices
Shelley Brown is President at Bromelin People Practices. She brings over 25 years of corporate experience in HR in consumer products, high tech and pharmaceuticals.
Kyle Couch, Spectrum Organizational Development Inc.
Kyle is President & CEO of Spectrum Organizational Development Inc., where he delivers customized training programs, organizational & leadership surveys, and develops progressive workforce and talent strategy plans.
Eric Cousineau, OCG Strategy and Organization Consulting
Eric Cousineau is Managing Director and Founder of OCG Strategy & Organization Consulting Inc. He draws on over 30 years of progressive experience assisting clients to successfully articulate and implement strategy.
Stacey Karpman, Future Electronics Inc.
Stacey Karpman is Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Strategic Planning and HR at Future Electronics Inc. She has over 25 years experience in international business, business transformation, accounting, finance and HR & OD.
Suzanne Killick, York University
Suzanne Killick is Director, Talent Acquisition and Development, HR and Project Director, PRASE & Creating a Better Workplace at York University. She is responsible for the development & implementation of the Learning and OD strategy.
Denise Mahoney, MaxPeoplePerform
Denise Mahoney is a Senior HR Consultant at MaxPeoplePerform, a HR Consulting organization that partners with its clients to build and sustain productive and healthy workplaces.
Dominic Mailloux, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft
Dominic Mailloux is Director, HR, Commercial Operations at Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. He supports theCustomer Services division and the Q400 program, which represents nearly 3,000 employees distributed all over the world.
Jordan Rodney, MaxPeoplePerform
Jordan Rodney is President of MaxPeoplePerform and Founder of Rodney Employment Law. He is an employment lawyer and HR professional with experience in employee & labour relations, negotiation and change management.
Dominique Vaughan-Russell, Vaughan-Russell International
Dominique Vaughan-Russell is the President and Founder of Vaughan-Russell International, a consulting firm, specializing in image management and cultural intelligence.
Alexander Uborcev, Royal Bank of Canada
Alexander Uborcev is Senior Manager, Integrated People Management in Strategic Workforce Management team with Royal Bank of Canada.

Program

COURSE PROGRAM
Case study: Workforce Planning at Bombardier Commercial Aircraft
This case study presentation will examine the workforce planning process and procedures used at Bombardier Commercial Aircraft to maintain the most efficient employee/management team possible and ensuring long-term success.

Procedures for optimizing work schedules and employee hours

Process used to optimize distribution of talent among divisions and departments

Forecasting future talent needs

Implementing a workforce analytics strategy

Business Case for Workforce Planning
This presentation will examine the rationale for investing in strategic workforce planning and how to make a compelling business case through linkages to strategy and enterprise risk:

Impact of current market conditions on the cost of hiring and retention

Consequences & cost of not doing effective workforce planning

Translating the value of workforce planning

Key considerations when building the business case

Linking Workforce Planning to Business Strategy
This session will present and explore stratagems, options and best practices for incorporating workforce planning into your critical strategic and operational planning processes.

Workforce planning as a strategic imperative and communications device

Integrating workforce planning with strategic intentions for competitive advantage

Harnessing people to business objectives through resource allocation

Linking workforce planning, organizational effectiveness & developmental initiatives

Workforce Planning Best Practices
This session focuses on the principles, values and best practices for establishing effective workforce planning processes and techniques for your organization.

Understanding effective workforce planning processes and techniques

Principles and values associated with conducting effective workforce planning

Reviewing performance

Oversight: monitoring progress, providing feedback and recalibration interventions

Facilitating Business Engagement in our Multi-cultural Environments
Leadership must work closely with HR in order to hire the right people for the right job… and this goes far beyond the technical skills. Integrating cultural intelligence into the equation and providing different perspectives and leadership/management skills is essential.

Successful enterprise-wide management engagement techniques

Introducing cultural intelligence as a strategic management skill

Providing middle managers with training and tools

Improving the exchange of workforce planning information

Introduction to Workforce Planning: What is it? Why do it?
Workforce planning is not a project with a single end product; it is an active process. It is intended to align the organizations critical people resources to meeting strategic and operational requirements. This session will discuss:

Identifying and prioritizing gaps between the current and future workforce profile

What is workforce planning and how it fits into the broader scheme of workplace practices

Who is accountable for workforce planning?

Discussing the ultimate mandate of workforce planning

Assessing future needs to determine workforce needs

Effective Workforce Planning on a Global Scale
Developing a workforce planning strategy is a complex undertaking for organizations with global operations. This discussion details key factors which contribute to the development of an effective workforce planning approach on a global scale.

Developing a plan that is effective now and as conditions change globally

Setting up the right infrastructure to support workforce planning on a global scale now and into the future

Forecasting talent supply and demand globally

Getting Started on a Workforce Planning Strategy
In order to meet the challenge of sustaining and growing staff to meet business needs, the adoption of a workforce planning strategy and the articulation of a comprehensive workforce plan is critical in order to increase an enterprise’s agility and capabilities to grow, innovate and adapt to change. This session will explore how to get started on a workforce planning strategy.

Getting senior management to take it seriously

Moving to a more strategic approach

Getting away from a reactive approach

Upskilling current workforce to meet future needs

How to integrate the plan into the organization

Workforce Planning Performance: Measuring Impact
As a strategic undertaking with the potential for significant organizational impact, workforce planning needs a performance measures to define objectives, monitor progress and evaluate opportunities for improvement. This session will show how to redesign and implement performance measures to workforce planning.

Establishing the foundation of workforce planning performance

Workforce planning ROI & performance gains

Evaluating performance relative to human capital investment

Driving Business Outcomes Through Workforce Decision Making Analytics
Leveraging Trend Analyses, population comparisons and flow models in workforce forecasting can provide a manageable foundation for workforce planning. This presentation will demonstrate how organizations can leverage workforce decision making analytics to make significant business improvements by focusing on the decisions that impact profitability, strategy development and implementation

Business intelligence practice

Assessing the probabilities of specific shortages

Assessing uncertainty through scenario, sensitivity and risk analyses

Forecasting the timing of anticipated shortages

Quantifying the costs of associated with workforce changes

Translating workforce decision making analyses into action plans

Multimedia Presentations

MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
Introduction to workforce planning: What is it? Why do it?
Al Doran
Phenix Management International Inc.
Best practices for strategic recruitment & talent management alignment
Warren Collier
Self Management Group
Aligning leadership to maximize workforce planning
Michael Harwood
Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada
Conducting a gap analysis of workforce needs
Tony Scida
Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing
Aligning HR with business goals & measures
Robert Angel
Gilford Group Limited
Workforce planning best practices
Elaine Watson
North York General Hospital
Creating a corporate culture that empowers and engages employees
Sarah Gayer, CHRP
Sare and Associates
Facilitating business engagement
Barry Nelson
Practical Management of Canada Inc.
Linking workforce planning to business strategy
David Huggins
Andros Consultants Ltd.
Business case for workforce planning
Karen Bell
MaxPeoplePerform
How HR adds value to growth and sustainability
Ashley Bennington
Sheridan College
Using workforce metrics to drive the right people behaviors / results
Penny Benson
Hilton Suites Toronto/Markham
Workforce productivity and talent management metrics
Shashi Tuteja
Celestica Inc.
Workforce planning performance: Measuring impact
David E.C. Huggins
Andros Consultants Limited
HR vs. management's role in driving results
Michael Harwood
Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada
Hiring best practices: Assessing long-term fit
Ian Cameron
The McQuaig Institute
Leveraging trend analysis in workforce forecasting
Geoff Ramey
St Andrew Goldfields Ltd. (SAS)
Role of the HR business partner in organizational & individual performance
Chris McNelly
Travel Alberta
Creating a workforce planning checklist
Emanuele (Manny) Campione
LoyaltyOne Inc.
Reducing strategic workforce planning risks through scenario planning
Robert Carlyle
Aon Consulting
Transformation to HR business partner
David Knudson
City of Calgary
Developing a global recruitment strategy
Yusra Siddiquee
Norton Rose Canada LLP
Optimizing HR’s role and readiness for integration
Bart Hermans
Mercer
Optimizing diversity through strategic workforce planning
Ann Bradt
BMO Financial Group
Utilizing technology for workforce management and planning
Al Doran
Phenix Management International Inc.

Participants

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft

Bromelin People Practices

Cineplex Entertainment LP

Future Electronics Inc.

MaxPeoplePerform

OCG Strategy and Organization Consulting

Royal Bank of Canada

Rzultz Consulting

Spectrum Organizational Development Inc.

Strategic Action Group Ltd.

Vaughan-Russell International

York University


Who should attend

Senior Executives, VPs, Directors & Managers in: HR; Workforce Planning & Analytics; Organizational Design & Development; Strategic Planning/Services

Price

Price list:-
  • Course: $1975
  • Webcast only : $1575
  • Webcast and Proceedings : $1874
  • Course and Proceedings : $2274
  • Proceedings Only: $799
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