March 3, 2026

Vancouver Chapter Meeting March 2026

Join us at our upcoming Vancouver Chapter meeting!

Fraser Engel from Mindworks will be delivering a presentation on bad hiring decisions and why employers still make them.

Even with better systems, more experience, and the best of intentions, organizations still end up making hiring decisions that lead to underperformance, misalignment, and costly turnover.

As your business grows, the impact of each hiring mistake can include:

- Productivity gaps that slow progress
- Leadership strain as managers compensate for mis-hires
- Operational drag that limits momentum

Growth doesn’t always fix problems, it can magnify them.

Date & Time

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 (3:30 pm – 6:30 pm pt)

Location

Delta Hotels Burnaby Conference Centre (Siena Room)
4331 Dominion St,
Burnaby, BC V5G 4L7

Details

A Better Way Forward

Reducing hiring risk requires shifting from intuition-driven hiring to data-informed talent decisions. High-performing organizations proactively build talent pipelines and clearly define the behavioural, performance, and personality traits required for success—both today and as the business scales.

This session introduces a practical, data-driven approach to:

  • Clarifying what each role truly requires for success
  • Understanding the relationship between personality, performance, and potential
  • Identifying alignment and risk before hiring, promoting, or developing talent
  • Creating stronger leadership accountability for building team capacity
  • Developing meaningful career path planning and succession strategies

 

Key Takeaways

Participants will gain insight into how to:

  • Reduce hiring and promotion risk
  • Improve role alignment and performance outcomes
  • Strengthen succession planning and leadership development
  • Build organizational capacity ahead of growth demands
  • Use behavioural data to support smarter people decisions

 

Session Outcome

Attendees will leave with a clearer framework for identifying hiring risk, improving talent alignment, and building a stronger foundation for long-term organizational growth.

Agenda

March 3, 2026

3:30 pm
Registration & Networking
4:00 pm
Fraser Engel: Why Do We Still Make Bad Hiring Decisions?
5:00 pm
Dinner
5:45 pm
Chapter Meeting

Speaker(s)

Fraser Engel

Mindworks

Biography

Registration Disabled

Contact memberservices@eca.bc.ca for additional details.

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