KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Working Smarter: Part Deux!
Dr. Nick Bontis, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Intellectual Capital Research
Back by popular demand, Dr. Nick Bontis follows-up from his 2006 keynote presentation with an outstanding session that is sure to please. Known as one of Canada’s leading up-and-coming management gurus, Dr. Bontis is recognized by the former editor of Harvard Business Review and Fortune Magazine as “a pioneer and one of the world’s real experts in intellectual capital.” Maclean’s magazine has rated him as one of “McMaster University’s most popular business professors for six years in a row!” 3M has just awarded him the National Teaching Fellow as one of Canada’s top outstanding professors.
Time is never on your side when you constantly feel that you don’t have enough. With ever-increasing work pressures and unrelenting competition, can you ever find that personal moment for yourself? During this interactive and enlightening action-packed presentation you will learn how to cope with information bombardment and improve your ability to manage change while working smarter not harder. That way, you can establish the type of work/life balance that seems to elude us all.
INDUSTRY SPEAKER:
Paul Grimes, Senior Vice President Individual Sales
Industrial Alliance
The Canadian Financial Services Landscape – What Is On the Horizon
Grimes will explore current and emerging issues facing the Canadian industry with an emphasis on how employees can best position themselves to be highly valued performers.
These Industry Education Sections will be meeting at the conference:
Agency and Market Conduct
Claims Administration
Financial Management
Internal Audit
Group Benefits and Retirement Services (GBRS)
Human Resources
Learning and Management Development
New: Critical Illness
New: Distribution