The Conference Board of Canada: Leadership Matters 2012 / Le Conference Board du Canada : Leadership Matters 2012

(Ce programme n’est pas disponible en français.) 

Tuesday, May 8, and Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Westin Harbour Castle Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

As Columbia University’s W. Warner Burke recently wrote, “Being an effective leader is more complex and difficult than ever before, yet we need effective leadership more than ever before.”

Truer words were never spoken.

Our world is changing at a dizzying pace, bringing considerable challenges for organizations and leaders. How ready is your organization for these changes? Do you know the skills and competencies leaders will need to meet the challenges ahead? Are your succession planning and leadership development efforts effective? How can you make them even more robust?

Leadership Matters 2012: Building Leadership Capacity, Tuesday, May 8, and Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at the Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, will bring together some of Canada’s top senior executives, renowned thought leaders, and key practitioners to examine the skills and competencies needed in leaders today, and will explore leadership development innovations – now and for the future.

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College members contact Tracie Jones at The Conference Board of Canada for a special not-for-profit rate!

Here is just some of what you will hear and learn:

David Powell of the Center for Creative Leadership in the US will share the ups and downs of using social media such as Second Life for leadership development;

Elyse Allan, President and CEO of GE Canada, will reveal how GE builds leadership capacity;

A panel of Canada’s top 40 under 40 leaders will discuss their views of the skills needed by leaders today – and what organizations can and should do better to develop key leadership talent;

And, in our special one half day session on building women’s leadership talent, hear from four of Canada’s top women leaders, including the Premier of Nunavut, about what enabled their success – and those things that got in their way. Amanda Lang will be moderating this exciting session.