Vicki Halsey - Organizational Vitality: Leadership, Employee Work Passion and Driving Customer Devotion

Vicki, from the Ken Blanchard Companies, willdeliver an informative and interactive session on Organizational Vitality: Leadership, Employee Work Passion and Driving Customer Devotion. Vicki is a spirited, inspirational speaker, author and trainer who energizes audiences worldwide by engaging their hearts as well as their minds. For the last fifteen years she has joyously served as Vice President of Applied Learning for The Ken Blanchard Companies, where she writes, facilitates, coaches, and gives keynote speeches in an effort to help people claim their greatness.

Andrew Brash – The Profound Impact of Commitment and Compassion

Andrew is a Calgary climber and teacher who has been chasing his climbing dreams for over 20 years in many of the most impressive mountain environments in the world, including Tibet, China, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Alaska, Chile and Nepal. Along the way he has experienced some of the greatest highs and overcome the lowest of lows, both mentally and physically. His involvement in the Lincoln Hall story on Mt. Everest and the resulting lessons learned, comprise the message Andrew brings to the public speaking platform. Andrew will speak on the subject of ethics, commitment and compassion and of the profound results they can bring.

Kristen Cumming – Demography: Looking at Your Audience Through Different Glasses

Kristen's 18 years of experience in career development and human resources is complemented by a passion for demography. Her work is focused on optimizing workforce productivity through effective, values-centred leadership and management. Kristen's engaging talk uses a demographic framework to illuminate the values and workplace characteristics of different generations at work. By exploring the socio-economic conditions of each generation, organizations will gain insight to effective recruitment, training, performance and retention strategies.