Effective strategic planning and human resource management are key ingredients for competitive advantage and long-term success.
Talent Retention
Retaining talent is of crucial importance to all businesses and organizations. Every employee turnover comes with associated costs of recruiting, onboarding, and training. Perhaps more importantly, frequent turnover will eventually result in valuable institutional knowledge diluting over time. To mitigate potential business risk related to turnover, and to address the lack of available talent, consider exploring what it takes to attract and retain talent in the post pandemic world, and how to become a talent magnet.
Business Continuity and Succession Planning
The probability and impact of global disruptions have become higher in recent years – are you and your business prepared to handle the next crisis? Learn the steps needed to implement a comprehensive business continuity plan, including a business impact analysis, to ensure you have organizational resilience. Does your organization have a strong leadership pipeline that will survive a sudden change? Learn how to develop a succession program to grow a next generation of leaders.
Canada's New Employee Ownership Trust Legislation
As of January 1, 2024, Canada's new Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) legislation will be in effect, allowing mid-sized Canadian businesses to be sold to their employees at no cost. Discover how EOTs are structured, how the sale transaction works, and what requirements are needed to qualify. Any CPA who advises or works for mid-size private companies in Canada should get familiar with this new law now.
Strategy Meets Game Theory
Fascinated by game theory? Gain insight on the value net framework, which is structured by combining both game theory and strategy. Learn how to navigate, understand and analyze the behaviour of multiple players in your market, relating them back to game theory.
Employment Standards and Workplace Law
If you are a manager or leader involved in any aspect of human resource, payroll, or people management, you should familiarize yourself with the key provisions of the BC Employment Standards Act (“ESA”), and recent employment standards updates. You should also be mindful of legal issues in workplace law that most frequently arise, including potential employer liabilities in the termination of employment.
