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Featured in Joseph Michelli’s “Stronger through Adversity”

Brien Convery

In Stronger through Adversity, New York Times #1 Bestselling Author, Joseph Michelli provides the invaluable customer experience wisdom he gained from 140+ top global business leaders on all aspects of leading through and beyond COVID, including crisis management, keeping employees and customers safe, maintaining a culture of engagement, rapidly innovating, and more.

Transformative Opportunities in Talent Development

In this episode of the CanadianSME Small Business Podcast, Brien Convery discusses the vital topics of Attracting Emerging Talent, Building Inclusive Cultures, Enhancing the Student Work Experience, and the Future of Work and Talent Optimization.

Leveraging Ethical AI for Hiring, AI Adoption and Leading Change

In this episode, Dr. Dave Mayers and Brien Convery share insights from the Change Leadership Conference.

Knockri is used as a case study on implementing Ethical AI in the hiring process to remove biases and foster a more human-centric approach.

We also hear from Monique Crichlow, Siobhan Calderbank, and Amanda Cupido about adopting AI in the workplace.

Yvonne Ruke Akpoveta concludes the session by sharing the top three insights we can take away to start positively leveraging AI and leading change.

Has Talent Acquisition Outgrown HR?

For a company to grow, it needs to expand its talent pool. Often, however, companies overlook the largest group of bright-eyed, bushy-tailed candidates who are waving their resumes in the air, ready to work: new graduates.

Is it because they lack “real-world experience?” Is it because the campus ecosystem is difficult to navigate? Or is it something else?

Brien Convery—talent executive, published thought leader, and speaker—joins this episode of “America Back to Work” to help you navigate the why and how of hiring newly graduated, Gen Z.

Recruiting and Retaining Newly Graduated Professionals

Visible Minorities in the Senior Ranks of the Public Service of Canada

On September 17, 2020, the Association of Professional Executives of the Public Service (APEX) and the Canada School of Public Service are collaborated to advance the dialogue on inclusion and respectful workplaces in the Public Service of Canada.

This panel discussion focused on visible minorities and the challenges they face in moving into the senior ranks of the federal public service.

Daniel Quan-Watson, Deputy Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, as the Champion for Visible Minorities for the federal public service moderated the discussion, addressing the overall benefits of recruiting, supporting, and promoting a diverse workforce.

Opening Remarks

  • Jacqueline Rigg, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Professional Executives of the Public Service

  • Taki Sarantakis, President, Canada School of Public Service

Speakers

  • Brien Convery, National Director, Early Talent Acquisition, Attraction and Engagement, Royal Bank of Canada

  • Gail Johnson, Ph.D., Chief Human Resources Officer, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

  • Dr. Myrna Lashley, Psychologist, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University

  • Nadia Theodore, Consul General of Canada in Atlanta (head of Canada's diplomatic representation in Southeast USA)

Moderator

Daniel Quan-Watson, Deputy Minister, Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

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