Verity Corporate Briefing Series

Verity International Limited held its Q1 Corporate Briefing Series event on March 4th, 2008 at the Board of Trade in Toronto:

Ensuring Corporate Sustainability
and Competitive Advantage – 
Growing and developing the next generation of leaders

With a focus on developing and retaining your future leaders, the most at risk corporate “assets” you have in today's economy.

Two areas of focus were explored:

• Leadership development plans currently being used to accommodate rapidly changing business strategy and the expectations of Gen X’s and Millennials.
• What organizations from the Technology, Industrial, Financial and Retail sectors are doing to mentor and actively retain up-and-coming leaders.
  

Close to 100 attendees joined us for a panel discussion from some of Canada's top companies.

Our Panel:

• Anne Berend, Vice President, Human Resources, IBM Canada
• Anna Cvecich, VP HR, General Electric Canada
• Marianne Hasold-Schilter, SVP Top Talent & Leadership, Scotiabank
• Bob Kolida, SVP HR, Hudson’s Bay Company
  

Our Moderator:

• Paul Bates, Dean, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

David Crisp, Speaker, Coach, Consultant - Leadership Effectiveness from Crisp Strategies Inc. was in attendance and had this to say on his blog regarding the session.

Who attends our briefings?
People leaders who have a stake in developing and implementing leadership and talent management strategies.

Watch for our next briefing in early Q4!

For more information, contact Tiffany Goodlet
416-862-8422 ext. 236 or tgoodlet@verityintl.com

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