SCS Events & Webinars
Our webinars and in-person events support job seekers, career changers, and workforce planners with timely insights into today’s evolving employment landscape. Led by industry experts and academic leaders, these sessions explore skills-based hiring, emerging career pathways, and the growing role of micro-credentials in validating in-demand skills. Whether you're navigating a career transition or building future talent strategies, our webinars offer practical tools and forward-thinking perspectives to help you thrive in a skills-focused economy.
Upcoming Webinars
Speaker Series | Why Growing Organizations Struggle to Build Great Teams
Format: Online Webinar
Speaker: Dr. Cris Bravo
Topic: People Management
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 2 | Noon to 1 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Length: 60 minutes
Growing a business brings exciting opportunities, but it can also create new challenges in building and managing a strong team. As organizations expand, entrepreneurs and small business leaders may encounter issues with communication, employee engagement, role clarity, workplace culture, and team performance. These challenges can be especially difficult to address without a dedicated HR department.
This webinar will explore common people-management challenges faced by growing organizations and offer practical strategies that can be implemented within teams without dedicated HR support. Participants will gain useful insights to strengthen teamwork, improve communication, support employee development, and build a positive and productive workplace culture.
Dr. Cris Bravo is the John F. Wood Chair in Entrepreneurship and Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph. He teaches entrepreneurship, organizational behaviour, and responsible management.
Before joining academia, he founded and led two startups and worked with entrepreneurs, family businesses, and organizations across multiple industries. His research focuses on entrepreneurship, family businesses, and leadership, with an emphasis on helping organizations build the capabilities needed for long-term success.
Dr. Cris Bravo designed the HR for Entrepreneurship and Small Business course for the University of Guelph's School of Continuing Studies, bringing together research and practical experience to help entrepreneurs build strong organizations and lead effective teams.
Workshop | Next Move? Building Capability that Matters
Format: In-Person Workshop
Speaker: Dr. Dianne Tyers, Assistant Vice-President, School of Continuing Studies
Date & Time: Tuesday, September 22 | 2:30 to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Location: University Centre, Room UC 001B – Peter Clark, University of Guelph
Length: 90 minutes
Most organizations know the world of work is changing fast. What's harder to answer is a bigger question: Do we have the capabilities to meet whatever comes next? This workshop gives members and local business leaders a chance to work through that question together.
Led by Dr. Dianne Tyers, assistant vice-president of the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Guelph, and co-hosted with the Guelph Chamber of Commerce, this 90-minute session introduces the Organizational Capability Model and its four key areas:
- Human-Centered & Inclusive
- Systems Thinking & Sustainable Strategy
- Data-Informed & Ethical Decision-Making
- Technology-Enabled & Responsible Innovation.
Using a guided self-assessment, attendees will identify where their strengths sit today and where there's room to grow. Whether you're managing a team, running your own business, or growing something new, you'll leave with a clearer view of where you and your organization are strong, where the gaps are, and where to focus next.
Past Event Recaps & Recordings
In case you missed some of our past events, we have archived the recaps and recordings for your convenience.
