Grub in The Hub: Moving the Needle on Employee Engagement

Must register here (http://picatic.com/grubDec2)!

Moving the Needle on Employee Engagement

Ping-pong tournaments, pet-friendly offices, beer on tap, unlimited vacations, performance-based bonuses, social causes, fitness classes, trips and perks… tech companies have no lack of ideas to engage their employees and to provide a cool and flexible work environment that supports the “work hard play hard” demand of the tech industry.

But what truly keeps your employees engaged? Is it money? Benefits? Flexibility? Culture? People? Office space? Titles? Learning? Growth? Do these engagement drivers vary from company to company or team to team? How do you identify, measure, and improve them in your organization? What are the tools and initiatives you can implement to better engage with your employees? And finally, how do you measure – and celebrate – progress and success?

Join us on December 2 for a no-holds-barred discussion on what truly engages, motivates and retains your best talent. Hear stories and tips from top-notch Vancouver companies that people love to work for, and find out what you can do to really move the needle on your organization’s employee engagement. This is a great learning opportunity for tech companies who want to stay ahead of the game, as well as for non-tech companies to get a sneak peek into what’s happening in the technology world – arguably the most forward-thinking sector today.

This awesome lunch and learn panel is free for both BC Tech member and non-member companies, but we would highly appreciate if you bring a non-perishable food item with you as a donation to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank (https://www.foodbank.bc.ca/). Let’s have lunch, learn something, AND help those in need! Top 10 most wanted items include canned fish, canned meat, canned beans, soups, nut butters, pasta, rice, canned veggies, canned fruit and breakfast cereal. Thank you!

About our Panelists:

Kathy Enros, (https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kathy-enros-5b95812) VP Talent at ACL

Kathy brings more than 20 years of global human resources experience in the software, consulting, alcohol beverage, and retail industries. With a strong focus on building a healthy corporate culture, Kathy has in-depth experience creating HR programs that enable colleagues to be amazing at what they do. This includes training, compensation and benefit programs, employee communication and performance management. Kathy has had significant experience building companies organically through rapid global expansion plans with HR experience in Canada, U.S, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.​

Adam DiPaula (https://ca.linkedin.com/in/adam-dipaula-b912644), Managing Partner at Sentis Market Research Inc.

Adam is the founder and managing partner at Sentis – a research and consulting company that helps clients retain and attract customers and employees. In 2015, Adam led the development, testing and rollout of Starfiish - a people and culture survey for the tech sector.

Alysia MacInnes (https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alysiamacinnes), People Team Lead at A Thinking Ape

Alysia is the People Team Lead at A Thinking Ape a local studio focusing on creating social mobile games. She’s worked in a variety of industries from industrial to tech launching initiatives focused on employee growth, organizational culture and employee engagement. Ultimately her passion is people and creating environments where they can do their best work.

Manu Varma (https://ca.linkedin.com/in/manu-varma-75174b7), People Person at Traction on Demand

Manu has worked in China, India, France, the United States and throughout Canada in technology and finance. A champion of bringing solid organizational development and progressive people practices to companies around the world, Manu has worked with Sierra Wireless, Canaccord Genuity, JP Morgan and TELUS. Today he is Traction’s people person. He takes his love of people seriously, both professionally and socially. Manu was born in Winnipeg, MB and grew up in Victoria, BC. Social summer sports like tennis and beach volleyball are his thing.

Rocky Ozaki (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rockyozaki?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=hGmr&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A18335961%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1473967977701%2Ctas%3ARocky%20Ozaki), VP Community at BC Tech (moderator)

Rocky is an evangelist on the future workplace and a relentless promoter of the Vancouver/BC technology ecosystem. He believes that technology, a sharing economy and the connected generation are dramatically changing the way companies attract and engage their people, and is leveraging his 10-years of senior level corporate learning with 4-years of startup tech experiences to help organizations of all sizes and sectors to thrive in the workplace of the future.

Agenda:

11:45am - Pizza is served
12:00pm - Panel begins
1:00pm - Networking

About Grub in The Hub:

Designed for busy tech entrepreneurs, Grub in The Hub offers bite-sized information on useful day-to-day topics ranging from sales and marketing to 'selecting the right benefits program for your growing team' and delivers it for free during the lunch hour. Pizza is provided at Grub in The Hub and attendees are encouraged to eat while they learn.

If you have topics that you would like to see featured at future Grub in The Hub events, please email Clayton at cweir@wearebctech.com or phone 604.691.2279