PD Event

The Talent Advantage: How to Attract and Retain the Best and the Brightest

Please see below the link to the registration form for the upcoming talent advantage seminar to be held on March 20, 2010.

Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010
Time: Registration & Breakfast: 8:00 a.m.
Speaker Session: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Coffee: 10:30 a.m.

Location: Executive Hotel Conference Centre - BURNABY
4201 Lougheed Hwy.
Burnaby, B.C. V5C 3Y6

Register here:  www.eplyevents.com/cgaburnabyTalentAdvantage

Dr. Nancy MacKay, President, MacKay & Associates

Are you winning or losing the war for talent? Discover six strategies that you can employ immediately to help turn you and your organization into a victor in the talent wars. By attending this session, you will be able to: develop an extraordinary leadership style; view talent strategically; and become your company’s leading advocate for top talent acquisition and retention.

You will learn how to:
• Develop an extraordinary leadership style and lead your team effectively
• Create accountabilities for talent creation and retention
• Marry career development and succession planning to accelerate business results
• Become the leading advocate for top talent acquisition and development
• Embrace the needs of all generations to minimize clashes
• Accept nothing less than extraordinary leadership and talent

Dr. Nancy MacKay challenges CEOs and executive teams to raise the bar on their ability to accelerate business results. She has transformed the way CEOs and executives are leading their organizations to win the war for talent. She serves as the executive coach and facilitator of 8 CEO networks consisting of 100 CEOs. Nancy has received numerous awards, including being named a World Class Consultant by an international group of her peers. Her work as a senior consultant, former professor and keynote speaker has taken her from New Zealand to Europe, Asia and throughout North America. She also serves on the board of Simon Fraser University and is the co-author of the book “The Talent Advantage” by Wiley (with Dr. Alan Weiss).

Our next PD session is Saturday, January 23, 2009. The morning will be Personal Tax Update and the afternoon will be Corporate Tax Update. You will be able to register for one or both parts.  This year the tax update will once again be presented by Derrold Norgaard, FCA.  Mr. Norgaard is returning to us after a well received presentation last year.

A bit about Mr. Norgaard, who was awarded the Fellowship designation in 2008: Mr. Norgaard became a CA in 1985 and has been office managing partner of KPMG LLP’s Victoria office since 2004. He started his career in Chilliwack with McKnight Johnson, which later became Peat Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG), and worked in the Vancouver office throughout the 1980s as a tax specialist and manager. He became a partner in 1994, and relocated to Victoria the following year. Today, he specializes in corporate reorganizations; estate planning; and Canadian, US and international tax planning, working with a range of private and public companies. (CICA)

Register now:   www.eplyevents.com/cgaburnabytaxupdate2010