The 2nd Annual Waterstone Human Capital Corporate Culture Institute

(preceding the Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures Awards Gala)

Monday February 1st, 2010, 1:30pm – 5:30pm
Four Seasons Hotel Toronto

What does corporate culture mean to your organization? Is it a “nice-to-have” or a mandatory tool in your company’s arsenal? Join us on February 1st, 2010, as Canada’s leading executives and thinkers in corporate culture – including winners from the Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures program – meet to talk about how an outstanding culture defines workplaces, impacts corporate performance and, ultimately, becomes an organization’s most valuable asset.  
 
Tentative Agenda (subject to change)
 
1:30pm – 2:10pm: Opening Keynote
Corporate Culture as Competitive Advantage
Marty Parker, Managing Director, Waterstone Human Capital
 
2:10pm – 2:50pm:
A Change for the Better: How Culture was Rebuilt at a 100-Year-Old Start-up.
Marc Tellier, President and CEO, Yellow Pages Group
 
2:50pm – 3:10pm: NETWORKING BREAK
 
3:10pm – 3:50pm:
How to Build and Sustain a Successful Corporate Culture
Ferio Pugliese, EVP of People and Culture, WestJet
 
3:50pm – 4:30pm: Panel Discussion – The Role of HR in Aligning Corporate Culture
 
Join four of Canada’s leading HR executives as they discuss the importance of an organization’s human resources department in aligning corporate culture. Topics include best practices in recruitment and retention and the importance of an employment brand.
 
Panellists: John Cardella, Executive Vice-President of Human Resources, Ceridian Canada; Len Jillard, Sr. VP, People Resources and Chief People Officer, McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada; and, Laurie Wright, VP of Human Resources at Acklands-Grainger Inc.
 
Moderated by Nick Bontis, Director, Institute for Intellectual Capital Research, Associate Professor of Strategy, McMaster University.
 
4:30pm – 4:40pm: NETWORKING BREAK
 
4:40pm – 5:20pm: Best Practices of Winning Corporate Cultures
 
This special discussion will feature the 2009 winners of the Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures program. A designated representative from each organization will share best practices in corporate culture.
 
5:30pm: Reception, Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures Awards Gala.
6:30pm: Dinner and Awards Gala.