Event category: Breakout

This session will start with a short overview of best practices for private company equity compensation, and then dive into a discussion with practical tips and insights – including how to get people to value equity in a down economy. Our speaker will share practical strategies to communicate the value, potential risks, key issues and implications of private company equity incentives to your employees.  Enhance your understanding and optimize your approach to equity compensation in the tech industry as a valuable part of your recruitment and retention plans.

Key Takeaways:

• Quick overview on the types and trends of private equity compensation
• Learn how to communicate the value of equity compensation as part of your total compensation package
• Best practices and practical trends of the ‘who, what, and when’ of equity plan implementation
• Considerations for designing equity value guidelines

Unlock the power of People Analytics to measure HR’s impact and demonstrate a return on people investment. Learn how to position employees as valuable assets and adopt an investor mindset in HR. This session will provide practical tools and metrics to track, analyze, and optimize your workforce’s performance and value.

Key Takeaways:

• People Analytics Fundamentals: Essential metrics and frameworks for measuring HR’s impact.
• Return on People Investment: Strategies to quantify and communicate the value of your workforce.
• Tools and Technologies: Effective solutions for tracking and visualizing HR data.
• Investor Mindset: How to think like an investor and make data-driven decisions in HR.

We are living through some of the greatest disruption in history, and Human Resource leaders in the tech sector face increasing pressure. To make the best decisions, you need the best knowledge.

Join HUB at Tech Talent North for an in-depth look at the latest trends in employee benefits from the tech sector. This presentation will provide valuable data-driven insight from the previous two years and bring you up to date on the emerging priorities.

Key Takeaways:

• Benefits insight gained from the last two years, and forecasts for the imminent future.
• Gain actionable insight into current and future benefits trends in the Canadian tech sector so that you can plan for today and tomorrow.
• Explore strategies to address the dynamic landscape of benefits and balance your recruiting and retention efforts with economic realities.

Gone are the days when it was taboo for organizations to comment on social or political issues. Modern HR is facing a fundamental shift to manage activism and value expectations in the workplace. Taking a public stance on ESG and embracing activism is expected from employees, candidates and customers alike.  With all the chaos in the world this can be a sandpit if not managed effectively. People want to know if your corporate social responsibility, commitments and values on issues such as climate change, the war in Ukraine, reconciliation, BLM, LGBTQIA2S+ rights … and more. Learn how and where to take a stand in a polarized world.

Takeaways:

• What is HR’s responsibility around addressing hot political and social topics?
• How to set a framework for activism in the workplace, and the risk for not doing it
• Tips for getting C-suite buy in for ESG and making a public stance on social issues
• How to start managing activism, and the pit falls to avoid

As the abundance of collaboration software and productivity tools continues to evolve, the challenge of managing and working in a hybrid workplace is becoming increasingly complex.  Many of the tools and systems adopted to increase productivity and engagement are proving to be ineffective, redundant, and underutilized.  If your workers are becoming overwhelmed, communication gaps are growing and organizational effectiveness is challenged, it may be time to audit your current communication and enterprise search strategies and get back to basics.

Takeaways:

• The art of simplifying tools and communication channels
• Learn how to define your communication principles and identify redundancies or overlaps
• Optimize finding, accessing, and using cross-functional information efficiently across various portals, internal channels, and websites within your organization
• Tips for engaging hybrid workers to seek information and optimize communication tools

Chat GPT, layoffs, less investment funding … the only thing constant in tech is disruption. This inspirational and hands on session will explore the implications to our people and where people and culture leaders can build a practical talent strategy and roadmap to lead organizational change. Be a disruptor for change, learn how to put a change management plan in place and ensure you and your people are irreplaceable.

Takeaways:

• Tips to effectively implement change management at any scale
• Optimize organizational design ‘to do more with less’ in recessionary times
• Obtain a talent strategy canvas and framework tool and transition roadmap to increase productivity and workforce planning
• Create a pragmatic plan to prepare for changes in your P & C role to lead your organization through disruption and change