Leadership Conference Program

7:30 am – 8:45 am	Registration
8:45 am – 9:00 am	Welcome and Introductions
9:00 am – 9:45 am	KEYNOTE SPEAKER Jean-René Halde, President and CEO, Business Development of Canada (BDC).
	Mr. Halde, whom the Conference Board of Canada calls a 'leader with a cause', has combined thirty-five years of private sector management experience with a deep commitment to public service. He will speak about how to build leadership capacity in organizations, as well as about how to transfer leadership skills from one sector to another.
9:45 am – 10:00 am	Questions and Answers - Keynote Speaker
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Grab a drink and NETWORK!
10:30 am – 12:30 pm	“Jazz and Leading an Improvising Organization” http://www.gettinginthegroove.com
	Jazz is an in-the-moment, improvised, art - so is the work of leadership. Going with the flow, listening to the voices of others and contributing one’s own voice, paying attention to and collaborating with others, learning to lead and to follow, breaking out of non-creative routines. These are the conditions essential for the making of jazz music - just as they are for making a work of art of leading our shared work experiences.
	This experiential learning opportunity brings together outstanding jazz musiciams and the leadership participants in a collaboration that uses music and the collective passion to enhance our ability as leaders to improvise.
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm	LUNCH
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm	Break Out Sessions with Panels:
	Session 1: “Transformative Experiences in the Public Sector” Leading the transformative journeys of large governments/institutions to meet challenges and create opportunities – what factors contributed to the success/lessons learned for continued transformation.
	Moderator: Elinor Caplan, Consultant and former cabinet member in provincial and federal governments Panelist A: Lise Mathieu, Maj. Gen. (retired) Leader to Leaders – It’s All About People – From one leader to another, Ms. Mathieu will discuss the challenges associated with leading the large scale transformation of a diverse and geographically disperse service organization displaying all the classic ills: ill-equipped, ill-resourced, and ill-prepared to deal with constant change.
	Panelist B: Dr. Wendy Levinson, Physician-in-Chief, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Chair of Medicine University of Toronto (to be confirmed) – transformation in health care delivery Click here to download Wendy's Presentation
	Session 2: Leadership Challenge - "Why would someone follow you?” You influence people in your organization. You likely influence their desire to stay and contribute or take their talent elsewhere. How you set an example, communicate a compelling vision and build relationships with those around you are fundamental factors affecting your leadership ability. In this presentation, you will benefit from over 25 years of research on leadership by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, authors of the best selling book the Leadership Challenge. You will learn about their model for leadership that has been successfully applied around the world. Leadership is not a special gift reserved for a selected few. It is a set of learnable skill and abilities that with practice and feedback can improve the quality of your leadership and the results of the work you do. What will be your legacy? Presenters: Maureen O'Leary-Pickard and Kelly Ann McKnight, Leadership Challenge Facilitators Click here to download Maureen L'leary-Pickard's Presentation
	Session 3: Leadership Solutions - The Pathway To Bridge The Leadership Gap. Leadership capacity is mission critical in today's public sector organizations. However, many struggle to build the leadership they will need to succeed. In this session, business leadership expert and author Dr. Vince Molinaro will provide concrete and precise strategies to close your organization's leadership gap. He will explain why leadership capacity is mission critical and why the gap persists in organizations. He will discuss how organizations need to think about leadership for the future, and describe the leadership solutions required to address your organization’s particular needs and shortcomings. Join Vince for a fun, practical and thought-provoking session. Presenter: Dr. Vince Molinaro, Principal and National Practice Lead, Organizational Solutions, Knightsbridge, Human Capital Solutions Click here to download Vince Molinaro's Presetnation
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm	BREAK
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm	KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Leadership Wisdom Margaret Bloodworth – National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister and Associate Secretary of Cabinet, Government of Canada
4:30 pm	Wine and Cheese with live entertainment

7:30 am – 8:15 am	Registration
8:15 am – 8:30 am	Welcome and Introductions
8:30 am - 9:30 am	OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
	John Furlong - Chief Executive Officer, Vancouver Olympic Committee Helping to improve the fabric of Canadian society remains one of Furlong’s steadfast personal goals. As Chief Executive Officer for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Furlong believes the event can be a real nation builder. “All Canadians must feel these Games are theirs,” says Furlong. “This is not about a few of us but about all of us.” A resolute believer in teamwork, he credits his leadership style to the lessons he learned as a young athlete: “Leadership is about finding a way to contribute to the success of your team mates and it’s never easy. I’ve tried to take the lessons of athletics – fair play, integrity and real teamwork – and incorporate them into the culture of this organization.”
9:30 am – 10:15am	Stepping outside the comfort zone - Changing the leadership dynamic! Carol Stephenson – Dean, Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario A new brand of leadership is required to manage the complexity of interdependencies created by the blurring of responsibility across levels of government - Cross-enterprise leadership in the public service. (Intro to the breakout session)
10:15 am – 10:40 am	Grab a drink and NETWORK!
10:40 am – 11:55 am	Break out Sessions Connecting the links to meet service delivery challenges:
	Session 1: Finding ‘Made in Canada’ solutions to national challenges. Canada faces significant structural challenges. Achieving national solutions requires the involvement of provinces, municipalities and/or with the federal government which need to determine how they can best make a significant contribution. Finding Made in Canada solutions also means achieving alignment among those who can make a difference. Session Moderator Presenter A: Louis Lévesque, Deputy Minister, Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office, Government of Canada Presenter B: Matthew Mendelsohn, Deputy Minister, Intergovernmental Affairs, Province of Ontario
	Session 2: : Collaborative governance and leadership – producing better results. . Shared accountability between different levels of government and/or institutions means organizations must focus on their interdependence – and on how they can collaborate to produce measurable improvements on key customer service and quality indicators. . Session Moderator: Presenter: Bonnie Adamson, President and CEO, North York General Hospital – Lessons SARS experience
	Session 3: Partnerships Building coalitions whether public/private, public/not-for-profit and other workable partnership can expand the possibilities. Look outside the scope of your organization to make things happen through interconnected relationships. Session Moderator: Syd Baxter, City Clerk, City of Vancouver, IPAC Secretary Presenter A: J. David Livingston, CEO, Infrastructure Ontario Infrastructure Ontario is a crown corporation playing a leading role in one of the most robust infrastructure development programs in the world Click here to download David Livingston's Presentation Presenter B: Michael Fenn, CEO, Greater Toronto Transportation Authority (GTTA) Working collaboratively with stakeholders, municipal partners and the public the GTTA is tasked with building a transportation system that will contribute to a robust economy, sustain the environment and improve the quality of life in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton regions. Click here to download Micheal Fenn's Presentation
	Session 4: The New Community (not-for-profit) Leading the way in responding to the need to maintain a socially responsible safety net. “Leading the way in responding to the need to maintain a socially responsible safety net – how can we bring together the private and public sectors to achieve this objective? This session will address approaches that can be taken to reach into the community to convene a wide range of people from various sectors of society to address complex problems in maintaining a socially responsible. It will look at the type of leadership that is required to find creative solutions in a collaborative way and to implement them with a variety of stakeholders. Session Moderator: Heather Orr - Manager, Service Excellence, Government of British Columbia, IPAC Board Member Presenter A: Neil Hetherington – CEO, Toronto Habitat for Humanity Presenter B: Ratna Omidvar - Executive Director, The Maytree FoundationClick here to download Ratna Omidvar's Presentation
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	LUNCH Luncheon Speaker: Motivational Leadership Patrick O'Neill - President, Extraordinary Conversations Inc.
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Breakout Sessions Leadership Wisdom
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm	Session 1 The Leadership Imperative in Governance Find out the results from a major recent research projects on leadership. The data is fresh: at times surprising, if not shocking, but always thought- provoking. Françoise Morissette is a Faculty and Fellow at the Industrial Relations Centre of Queen’s University. She will present the results of Made in Canada Leadership, an extensive research involving over 360 participants from coast to coast. Discover the Canadian Leadership Brand and how to leverage it for greater effectiveness. Reflect on what the 4 stakeholder groups (citizens, elected officials, public servants and the media) can do to enhance public sector leadership. Moderator: Presenter: Francoise Morissette, Academic/Author/Researcher, Made in Canada Leadership Session 2 Lessons Learned from Public Sector Leaders Leaders who have ‘been there – done that’ give there personal perspective on the attributes that got them to their current level of leadership and the challenges to being a leader in today’s and tomorrow’s reality of public service. Moderator: Presenter A: James Ridge, Deputy City Manager, City of Vancouver Presenter B: Shelly JamiesonDeputy Minister Transportation, Ontario Government Presenter C: Sheldon Levy, President, Ryerson University
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm	Closing - KEYNOTE SPEAKER
	LGen Roméo Dallaire (Retired), former Commander of UN Forces in Rwanda “The New Leadership – A Humanistic Approach” Competitive edge and personal fulfillment will be yours if you put your team members and your fellow man – their skills, their continuous development and their quality of life – at the forefront.
3:30 pm – 3:35 pm	Closing Remarks

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