SPRING 2013
M i c h a e l S taley
Chairman’s M E S S A G E Today i s a bi t sad for m e, as th is i s my l ast ar ti cl e as chair m an . I have been ver y for tunate to be the chai r m an of our g r eat associ ati on these past two an d a hal f years. To have a ver y sol i d board al ong wi th C athy, Catheri ne, D ave, Fati ma , an d Em m a was a bl essi ng as we wer e abl e to accom pl i sh and star t m any i mpor tant i ni ti atives. Yo u wi l l fi nd m ore com m ents o n these areas l ater i n the ar ticle.
h alf year s. M o r e d etail will b e sh ar ed at th e an nual m eeti ng – b ut yo u will h ave to atten d to h ear it! ! We r ebr a nd ed o ur asso ciatio n to ar ticulate its tr ue m issio n an d v i s i on f o r th e f utur e - R ESPON SIBIL ITY M ATTER S. T he bylaws wer e r ev iewed an d am en d ed to co r r elate to tod ay’s b usin ess env ir o n m en t. We celeb r ated o ur associ a ti on’s 2 5 th an n iver sar y o n th e Ro ck an d it was a g r eat s u cces s. We b eg an two n ew co m m ittees to ad d r ess o ur m em ber ’s n eed s an d to en sur e we ar e b r in g in g th e co r r ect va l u e to th em . T h ese co m m ittees ar e H ealth an d Saf ety an d S u ppl i er Relatio n s. T h e ver y f ir st C an ad ian YBTC ch allen g e wa s hel d in Str atf o r d , ON in N ovem b er o f 2 0 1 2 . N ex t, we beg a n a n ad vo cacy p r o g r am to en sur e Ottawa is awar e o f h ow v i ta l we ar e to th e C an ad ian eco n o my, awar e o f o ur n eed s an d of the b ur d en th ey m ig h t in ad ver ten tly p ut o n o ur m em b er s beca u s e th ey d o n o t k n ow o r un d er stan d o ur in d ustr y. Yo ur boa r d i s ver y active an d co n tinues d iscussin g ad d itio n al ar ea s w her e we will b r in g value to th e m em b er sh ip.
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Fi r s t, I wo uld like to speak about one of the m ore di f f icult ch a l l en g es we fa ce - managi ng mul ti -g enerati ons in th e wo r k f orce. It is a sign ifi cant chal l eng e for both the em p loyer a n d emp loyee. Ou r workfor ce today i s com posed of th r ee d i s ti n ct g en era tio n s – Baby Boomers (bor n 1946-1964 ) with a p p r oxima tely 9.8 milli on i n Canada, Gen Xers (bor n 1 9 6 5 1 9 8 1 ) with a p p roxima tel y 5.3 m i l l i on i n Canada, and Gen Yer s (b o r n 1 982-2000) with approxi matel y 6 mi l l i on i n Can ad a.
Fin ally, it is my p leasur e to tell yo u th e n ex t C h ai r m a n of th e Asso ciatio n will d o a f an tastic jo b lead in g us and f u r ther d evelo p in g th e asso ciatio n . M r. D av id L ucian i, Pr es i d ent o f M in C h em , is a h ig h ly cap ab le, b r ig h t, an d pa s s i ona te in d iv id ual wh o is co m m itted to th e asso ciatio n and to ou r in d ustr y. We will b e in excellen t h an d s.
A s we kn ow, emp loyees of di fferent ag e g roups do not sh ar e th e s a m e wo rk eth ic or expectati ons. Understandi ng th eir b el i ef s, a ttitu des, a n d val ues and then l ear ni ng to coach th o se d i f f er ent in dividu a ls requi res us to devel op new manag em en t s k i l l s. We n eed to r espect and understand the di f f er en t ch a r a cteristics o f th ese three g enerati ons. And we n eed to l ea r n to effectively com muni cate and coach di fferent typ es o f p eo ple. In th e en d, thi s wi l l provi de us wi th a si gnif ican t co m p etitive a dva n ta g e by al l owi ng us to accompl i s h o ur r es p ective co mp a n y g oal s and wi l l ensure we are al l str o n g , v i b r a n t co mp a n ies mov i ng forward.
All th e b est, M ike
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T h er e is a sign ifica n t amount of i nfor m ati on you can access a b o u t th is to p ic o n th e i nter net. I woul d strongl y enco ur ag e o u r m emb ers to give thi s a g reat deal of thought an d to r ea l l y wo rk towa rds devel opi ng our compani es to thr ive in th i s ever ch a n gin g worl d. Here i s one l ast com m ent to g et yo u th in kin g. T h e th e next ti me you fi nd yoursel f mutter in g i n d i s belief over a n empl oyee’s work behavi ors, sto p an d r ef l ect o n th e g en er ati onal attri butes that defi nes th ese d i f f er ent g en era tio n s and how those i nf l uence the employee’s b eh av i o r. It will ver y l i kel y provi de you wi th the in sig h t yo u n eed to successful l y m anag e the si tuati on. T hi s is th e th em e o f th is yea r’s AG M. Be sure to regi ster and l ear n so m e tech n i q ues fo r ma n a ging “G enerati ons of Leadershi p” with in yo u r o r g a n iz a tio n .
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N ow, I wo uld like to bri ef l y m enti on som e of the hi gh lig h ts yo u r a sso cia tio n h a s accom pl i shed over the past two an d a
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