Daneal Charney, CHRL

Executive in Residence, MaRs Venture Services

Top 25 Human Resource Award Winner | Growth Coach for Startup Executives | Tech Enthusiast | Public Speaker

Media

CBC Radio/Metro Morning, August 14, 2017Radio/Podcast

Virtual team - is this a trend or a fad?

HR Gazette, May 10, 2017Radio/Podcast

URL: http://hr-gazette.com/hrchat-talent-learning-and-innovateworkto-with-daneal-charney-podcast/

In this episode of the HRchat show, Bill Banham is joined by Daneal Charney, Talent Lead at MaRS Venture Services in Toronto. Daneal is an HR innovator, startup enthusiast, speaker, and moderator. She’s also the author of Hitting Stryde: A Gen Y Career Survival Guide. She will be moderating the upcoming innovateworkTO panel happening on May 16th.

Tech Companies Need to stand up to Jerks in their Midst

Globe & Mail, May 25, 2017Print

URL: https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/talent/tech-companies-need-to-stand-up-to-the-jerks-in-their-midst/article34884743/?ref=https://www.theglobeandmail.com&

Provocative article to caution tech companies against being enablers to brilliant jerks. The worst behaviour in your culture becomes the new normal.

Canada's Bold Move to Attract Highly Skilled Talent Paying Off

Epoch News, August 14, 2017Online

URL: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2279080-canadas-bold-move-to-attract-highly-skilled-talent-paying-off/

Global hiring is on the up and up in Canada

HR in the Hotseat

Overdue Welcome to Foreign Talent

Tech Vibes, June 8, 2017Online

URL: https://techvibes.com/2017/06/08/a-promise-from-canada-to-finally-welcome-to-foreign-talent

June 12th was the launch of the Global Skills Strategy promising an expedited visa process for highly skilled talent.

Interview with Ben Zifkin, CEO of Hubba

Beta kit, March 9, 2017Online

URL: http://betakit.com/ceo-ben-zifkin-says-hubba-will-be-way-more-than-a-billion-dollar-company/

One-on-one interview with Hubba CEO Ben Zifkin on scaling his business, culture and himself as a leader.

Generation Y at Work

Great Place to WorkOnline

URL: http://www.greatplacetowork.com/blog-carnival-entries/2021-glimpse-into-workplace-2020

What will generation Y be like as managers? Some argue they will adapt the same behaviors and practices as the rest of us. “Wait till they grow up and have real responsibility!. That will teach ‘em”. While this line of thinking seems to make sense because GenY will be in the same life stage as the managers before them, it doesn’t take into account the tremendous shifts in workplace culture.

The New Metrics for Scaling Tech Businesses - Part II

by Daneal Charney

Published by CVCA

From Zero to IPO: People Due Dilligence at Every Stage

by Daneal Charney

Published by CVCA

The New Metrics for Scaling Tech Businesses

by Daneal Charney

Published by CVCA

Biography

Daneal Charney is a sought-out Human Resource business leader to tech founders and leadership teams. She has a proven track record in supporting growing and mature tech companies.

Currently Daneal is an EIR at MaRS supporting Canadian tech companies who have growth potential to reach $100M+ in revenue including Top Hat, Security Compass, Flexiti, Nulogy, Think Research, Prodigy Games, Wattpad and more.

An entrepreneurial Human Resources leader with a reputation for understanding the business, supporting business transformations (M&A, entering global markets, shifting business models, restructuring), providing creative solutions to key people issues and coaching founders and executive teams.

Charney has presented to a myriad of audiences including HRPA Conference, Achiever’s Customer Experience Conference, Orion Summit hosted at MaRS, IMPACT99, MaRs Entrepreneurship 101 series and ACETech Roundtables.

Co-author of a career survival guide for millennials.
"Hitting Stryde is a must read for an Millennials as they enter the workforce. A great collection of insightful tips, illustrated by real-life examples, to help new graduates get an edge in work and life." - David Stein, former exec at Salesforce and current Managing Partner at Leaders Fund.

Charney has a Masters in Arts in International Leadership and is a Certified Co-Active Coach.

Fee Ranges: Up to $5000

Contact Information
Daneal Charney
dananddaneal@rogers.com
Cell: 416 8996512

Recognition/Reconnaissance

HR Awards 2016 Finalist in the category of Best Employer Branding | Professional

HR Awards 2016 Finalist in the category of Best Employer Branding

Hitting Stryde: A Generation Y Career Survival Guide | Professional

Co-author of a career survival guide for millennials. "Hitting Stryde is a must read for an Millennials as they enter the workforce. A great collection of insightful tips, illustrated by real-life examples, to help new graduates get an edge in work and life." - David Stein, former exec at Salesforce and current Managing Partner at Leaders Fund

ACETech Ontario - Leadership Initiative Awards | Professional

ACETech Ontario - Leadership Initiative Awards recognizes the expertise and thought leadership of members and provides a structure to share within the membership.

Past Talks

AI, HR, and the Future of the Workplace

HR Leadership Summit

Downtown Toronto, November 23, 2017

AI, Data and the Workplace

Elevate Toronto

We Work, Downtown Toronto, September 13, 2017

Life is Short, Join a Startup

Venture for Canada

Downtown Toronto

Recruiting is sales and marketing

AceTech CTO Roundtable

Spoke Club, May 31, 2017

Dealing with Brilliant Jerks

Toronto CTO

Downtown Toronto

Why Should I Work for You? Employment Branding

HRPA Conference 2017

Downtown Toronto, February 2, 2017

Technology in the Workplace - Panel

Toronto HRPA Chapter

Downtown Toronto, February 16, 2017

Summit Host

HR Tech Summit Canada

International Centre, June 27, 2017

Sorry, Uber! How Canadian Gender Diversity Wins.

Tactics for Founders from our HR Leaders.

Virtual Open Forum, March 29, 2017

Recruitment Marketing - Presenter

Grow Camp

MaRS Discovery District, March 17, 2017

New Faces of Fintech - Key Organizer

MaRS Fintech

MaRS Auditorium, 111 College Street, March 23, 2017

Mentorship

Toronto HR Monthly Event - Tempo Status

Downtown Toronto, January 25, 2017

HRToronto Meetup

Venture for Canada - BDC Series

Lighthouse Labs, August 16, 2017

How Start-ups Can Attract Talent in a Hot Job Market

Venture for Canada

Lighthouse Labs, February 27, 2017

Cost of Brilliant Jerks

TorontoHR Meetup hosted by Tembo Social

Toronto, June 21, 2017

Cost of Brilliant Jerks

ACETech Ontario - Leadership Iniative Awards

Downtown Toronto, May 2, 2017

Consumerization of HR

InnovateWork

Downtown Toronto, May 16, 2017

"Conversation with Ben Zifkin, CEO of Hubba" -- Up Close & Personal Interview

Venture for Canada

77 King St W #500 Toronto, ON M5K 1A2, March 8, 2017

Testimonials

Emma Scott, Talent Minded

Daneal has been a formidable force behind NexJ`s recognition as a career maker for new grads in enterprise software. It has been a pleasure partnering with her to bring in new people to NexJ.

Jennifer Corriero, TakingItGlobal

Daneal has offered incredible insight to our leadership team at TakingITGlobal in her capacity as a coach, workshop facilitator and consultant. She has help to develop the capacity of of staff to have courageous conversations and also played an instrumental role in supporting the development of some of our HR systems and processes. Daneal is also an incredible moderator for events and offers supportive approaches to problem solving with her clients.

Expertise

  • People data or people analytics
  • Women in Tech
  • Start Up Companies
  • scaling tech software companies
  • Leadership Entreprenership Startups
  • Innovation & Creativity
  • Hr & Talent Management
  • HR for startups
  • Hr Technology
  • hiring globally
  • hiring tech talent
  • global skills
  • Future of Work
  • Employment Brand
  • AI for recruitment or HR

Education/Éducation

  • Rotman School of Management
    Human Resources
    Advanced Program in Human Resource Management, Business Acumen for HR Professionals, 2012