MARGARET TRUDEAU
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: CHANGING MY MIND
Margaret Trudeau is a Canadian icon, celebrated both for her role
in the public eye and as a respected mental-health issues advocate.
From becoming a prime minister’s wife at a young age, to the loss
of both her son and her former husband, to living with bi-polar
disorder, Trudeau tirelessly shares her personal stories to remind
others of the importance of nurturing the body, mind and spirit.
Trudeau is the author of four books, including her bestselling
title, Changing My Mind, which charts her life’s ups and downs,
and her latest title, The Time of Your Life, which offers women an
inspirational and practical approach to creating a healthy, happy,
secure and satisfying future. Trudeau sits on the executive advisory
board of the UBC Mental Health Institute as a community
advocate, and she is the honorary president of WaterAid, a charitable
Canadian non-governmental agency that is dedicated to
helping poor communities in developing countries build sustainable
water supply and sanitation services. She is also the proud
mother to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
In her keynote address, Trudeau will offer her story beginning
as the youngest First Lady in Canadian history, unprepared
for public life and plagued by mood swings. After her marriage
to Pierre Elliott Trudeau ended, she started over by remarrying
and had two more children. However, her newfound peace did
not last long, as she became severely ill due to the tragic loss of
her son, Michel, in a skiing accident as well as the death of Pierre
Elliott Trudeau. Today, Trudeau has rebuilt her life once again,
and will tell the audience her formidable life story in her quest
to help others, sharing her message of resilience with the goal of
helping to inspire others and erase the stigma surrounding mental
health issues.
Attend Margaret Trudeau’s keynote address at HRPA’s Annual
Conference and Trade Show, Feb. 1 at 4:30 p.m., sponsored by
Great-West Life.
DR. JOHN IZZO
KEYNOTE ADDRESS – PURPOSE REVOLUTION:
HOW LEADERS CREATE ENGAGEMENT
IN AN AGE OF SOCIAL GOOD
Dr. John Izzo has been a powerful voice for creating highly
engaged, socially responsible organizations for more than two decades,
and is the bestselling author of seven books and a sought
after voice on leadership. An adjunct professor at the University
of British Columbia, he has advised more than 500 companies
on creating highly engaged workplaces and spoken to over one
million people. Izzo has been a pioneer in both the employee engagement
and corporate social responsibility movements. He is
the author of Awakening Corporate Soul, Values Shift, Stepping Up
and the forthcoming, The Purpose Revolution. He is a leading business
leadership expert and community leader, and consults and
advises some of the most admired companies in the world as well
as conducts leading edge research on workplace values.
In his keynote address at #HRPAAC, Izzo discusses a new and
powerful driver of employee engagement, retention and recruiting
that is emerging across the globe. Over half of global Millennials
say that having purpose at work matters to them and that they
would take a pay cut to work for a company they believe in. But
this is not a Millennial trend – purpose and social good are becoming
key drivers to attracting top talent and customers. Companies
who get ahead of The Purpose Revolution will gain significant advantage.
Understand the purpose driven employee, discover what
they really want, and what top companies are doing to win the talent
war in an age of purpose.
The audience will learn about changing employee and customer
expectations and how they define purpose, as well as what leaders
and companies can do to activate purpose both at the cultural and
team level. Izzo will tell us what the six keys to a purpose-focused
culture are, as well as help us understand the connection between
customer and employee purpose, and how to integrate them.
Attend Dr. John Izzo’s keynote address at HRPA’s Annual
Conference and Trade Show, February 2 at 8:15 a.m., sponsored by
Aird & Berlis.
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