Upcoming Events
March. 4th 2021: 2020 Tax Update
Noreen Irvine, CMC will lead us through a session that provide education and updates on tax deductions for Consultants and the Canadian Tax requirements.
Noreen Irvine is the Managing director at IrvCo & Associates Ltd and the past president of CMC Alberta, she has extensive experience across both B2B and B2C in sectors including tech, education, lifestyle, charity, oil and gas, start-ups and more. Noreen has a proven track record of developing financial, compliance, risk, and operational strategies. She runs a consulting practice and is a professor at the University of Calgary where she teaches accounting, all levels of advanced taxation, estate planning and risk management.
She is a winner of the prestigious Chartered Accountants Education Foundation teaching award and the student union teaching awards for innovative teaching. She believes in creating entrepreneurs of the future through joint partnerships with the European innovation academy. Noreen is currently doing research on leadership and mentorship in the areas of risk management and taxation.
Noreen is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation, has done videos for tax teaching workshops throughout the country and enjoys sitting on boards and volunteering her time to worthy causes and travelling the world.
To register for the event, please use the following URL:-
https://cmc-canada.site-ym.com/events/register.aspx?id=1460360
Cost: FREE
Noreen Irvine, CMC will lead us through a session that provide education and updates on tax deductions for Consultants and the Canadian Tax requirements.
Noreen Irvine is the Managing director at IrvCo & Associates Ltd and the past president of CMC Alberta, she has extensive experience across both B2B and B2C in sectors including tech, education, lifestyle, charity, oil and gas, start-ups and more. Noreen has a proven track record of developing financial, compliance, risk, and operational strategies. She runs a consulting practice and is a professor at the University of Calgary where she teaches accounting, all levels of advanced taxation, estate planning and risk management.
She is a winner of the prestigious Chartered Accountants Education Foundation teaching award and the student union teaching awards for innovative teaching. She believes in creating entrepreneurs of the future through joint partnerships with the European innovation academy. Noreen is currently doing research on leadership and mentorship in the areas of risk management and taxation.
Noreen is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation, has done videos for tax teaching workshops throughout the country and enjoys sitting on boards and volunteering her time to worthy causes and travelling the world.
To register for the event, please use the following URL:-
https://cmc-canada.site-ym.com/events/register.aspx?id=1460360
Cost: FREE
April 1st 2021: Creating a Powerful Personal Brand: The Stories You Need to Tell
As a consultant, you are in the business of selling your ideas to your people, clients, and stakeholders. But your ideas can’t sell themselves because they can’t speak for themselves. You have to speak on their behalf. The problem is most of us haven’t been taught a fundamental truth about the persuasion process, and because of this, people leave most of their power unused, sitting idle on the floor.
This session Speaker Kurian Tharakan will explore the power of storytelling in order to build a powerful personal brand.
To register for the event, please use the following URL:-
https://cmc-canada.site-ym.com/events/register.aspx?id=1460361
Cost: FREE
As a consultant, you are in the business of selling your ideas to your people, clients, and stakeholders. But your ideas can’t sell themselves because they can’t speak for themselves. You have to speak on their behalf. The problem is most of us haven’t been taught a fundamental truth about the persuasion process, and because of this, people leave most of their power unused, sitting idle on the floor.
This session Speaker Kurian Tharakan will explore the power of storytelling in order to build a powerful personal brand.
To register for the event, please use the following URL:-
https://cmc-canada.site-ym.com/events/register.aspx?id=1460361
Cost: FREE
Past Events
Feb. 4th 2021: Leading With Complexity
Christina Comeau is researching the skills needed to lead in complexity and how to encourage leaders to learn and adopt these skills. Her work centers on leveraging the principles of complexity science to resolve complex challenges. That said, complexity appears to be the harder path, but it may also me the right path. There are some who say it is the only path to resolve the relentless, intractable problems that face humanity. Of course, this is an ongoing discussion. One that you are invited to participate in.
There are many interpretations of what complexity is and what emergence is. Christina looks at complexity as a concept that describes how all natural living systems actually function. Emergence strikes her as being what a natural living system does to nurture and sustain all that lies within the context of a particular complex system. The trouble is emergence can be inconvenient, if you happen to have a different agenda in mind. That's the rub, leading complexity asks that leaders adopt a different stance than the ones commonly used to control a situation and direct particular outcomes.
Christina will discuss the interim findings of her research and moderate a group discussion that links our lived experience with the skills needs to manage complexity.
Jan. 7th 2021: Consulting Contract to Contract
Ann MacTaggart, CPA, CA, CMC will lead us through a session that explores the risk and rewards of contract work and discusses her experiences and ideas to fit contracting into your life, put bread on the table, and minimize downtime.
Dec. 3rd 2020: Adapting Companies through Futurist Thinking
This discussion will explore a selection of interesting futurist perspectives and opportunities, and dives deeper into potential cultural, leadership, financial, risk management, and political barriers that might prevent creative and compelling opportunities from igniting within organizations and across industries. Management Consultants often find themselves in positions to ask thought-provoking questions that can move an idea forward – but in a world of speculative investment around an uncertain future, can the ultimate question of ‘should we invest’ be shifted to ‘how might we…’ to help a company realize new possibilities?
Christina Comeau is researching the skills needed to lead in complexity and how to encourage leaders to learn and adopt these skills. Her work centers on leveraging the principles of complexity science to resolve complex challenges. That said, complexity appears to be the harder path, but it may also me the right path. There are some who say it is the only path to resolve the relentless, intractable problems that face humanity. Of course, this is an ongoing discussion. One that you are invited to participate in.
There are many interpretations of what complexity is and what emergence is. Christina looks at complexity as a concept that describes how all natural living systems actually function. Emergence strikes her as being what a natural living system does to nurture and sustain all that lies within the context of a particular complex system. The trouble is emergence can be inconvenient, if you happen to have a different agenda in mind. That's the rub, leading complexity asks that leaders adopt a different stance than the ones commonly used to control a situation and direct particular outcomes.
Christina will discuss the interim findings of her research and moderate a group discussion that links our lived experience with the skills needs to manage complexity.
Jan. 7th 2021: Consulting Contract to Contract
Ann MacTaggart, CPA, CA, CMC will lead us through a session that explores the risk and rewards of contract work and discusses her experiences and ideas to fit contracting into your life, put bread on the table, and minimize downtime.
Dec. 3rd 2020: Adapting Companies through Futurist Thinking
This discussion will explore a selection of interesting futurist perspectives and opportunities, and dives deeper into potential cultural, leadership, financial, risk management, and political barriers that might prevent creative and compelling opportunities from igniting within organizations and across industries. Management Consultants often find themselves in positions to ask thought-provoking questions that can move an idea forward – but in a world of speculative investment around an uncertain future, can the ultimate question of ‘should we invest’ be shifted to ‘how might we…’ to help a company realize new possibilities?
Nov. 5th 2020: Your Management Structure - Barrier to Growth?
Join CMC-AB for a casual conversation on management structures and whether they enable or create a barrier to growth. Patrick Binns and Greg McIntyre will introduce the discussion topics including: Challenges with the org chart, other sources of power that influence a business, delegation of authority, issue escalation, and performance management.
Join CMC-AB for a casual conversation on management structures and whether they enable or create a barrier to growth. Patrick Binns and Greg McIntyre will introduce the discussion topics including: Challenges with the org chart, other sources of power that influence a business, delegation of authority, issue escalation, and performance management.