As the founder and Managing Partner of Envision Group, Pat is one of North America's foremost Executive and Leadership Coaches. With over 25 years experience in coaching, management and business development, Pat has worked extensively with senior executives and CEOs at mid-sized to Fortune 100 companies in a wide range of industries. Pat has coached top leaders at companies such as Bell Canada, the Government of Alberta, WestJet, KPMG Canada, Core Lab, Calfrac Well Services, Suncor, CanElson … [Read more...]
Darryl Lovegrove, ‘Hitting the High Notes’
The name 'Darryl Lovegrove' is synonymous with entrepreneurialism, innovation and quality in the world of entertainment. Renowned for having revolutionized corporate entertainment world-wide when he and his former business partner created operatic sensation "The Three Waiters" - a simple operatic entertainment concept that performed to millions, it became the most-booked corporate act in the world! To date it has performed over 12,000 shows and be seen in over 85 countries employing over 100 … [Read more...]
Sekou Andrews
Sekou Andrews Poetic Voice Sekou Andrews is inspiring the business world one poem at a time with The Sekou Effect. As an award-winning and internationally acclaimed Poetic Voice, Sekou creates personalized poetic presentations that give voice to the messages and missions of businesses and help them tell their most powerful stories. He is creator and leader of this cutting-edge category of speaking that combines strategic storytelling, inspirational speaking, spoken word poetry, and the power … [Read more...]
Mercedes Maidana
Mercedes is a Motivational Speaker, Abundance Life Coach and Surf Ambassador for Patagonia. She has given motivational talks in New York City, Honolulu, Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires. Mercedes has taught Abundance Tools in group settings in Hawaii, and privately with women in United Stated, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina and Europe. Her passion is to live life to the fullest and inspire others to follow their dreams. Mercedes Maidana has a unique story. Unlike most … [Read more...]
Joel Barker
Joel Barker is a futurist who has been on the cutting edge of ideas for more than 25 years. He was the first to popularize the concept of Paradigm shifts in 1975 and strategic vision in 1989. Most recently he is redefining the process of innovation and has developed a set of strategic exploration tools for discovering the long term implications of change. He is one of the most sought after speakers in the world on the topic of change and vision. Formerly director of the Futures Studies … [Read more...]
Lisa Earle McLeod
Lisa Earle McLeod has rocked the house for giants like LinkedIn, Bank of America, and Roche. She also works with associations and fast-growth niche firms like Dave & Busters and G Adventures. Her bestselling book, Selling with Noble Purpose, changed the game for sales. Organizations hire Lisa to ignite emotional engagement, improve competitive differentiation and accelerate revenue growth. Her most popular topics are Selling with Noble Purpose: How to Drive Revenue and Do Work That Makes You … [Read more...]
Charlie Batch
Mr. Charlie Batch is a former NFL quarterback turned tech entrepreneur, media personality/color analyst, community advocate and professional speaker.His NFL career spanned 15 years, 60 touchdowns, more than 11,000 passing yards and two Super Bowl victories. He was drafted in the second round as a starting quarterback by the Detroit Lions in 1998 from Eastern Michigan University, where he had set numerous school and MAC conference records. In 2002, he joined the Pittsburgh Steelers as back-up … [Read more...]
Neal Petersen
How do you navigate forward, deal with constant wind shifts, sudden storms, conquer fear, isolation, while dealing with an ever present changing world? Neal Petersen will take you on a personal journey and show you by example ~ There are No Barriers – Only Solutions!Neal completed two amazing journeys in his life: a single-handed yacht race around the world, 27,000 miles, 9 months at sea, alone, round Cape Horn, and in the smallest, least funded yacht he designed and built himself. And an even … [Read more...]
Alan Bean
Alan Bean, Apollo 12 lunar module pilot, became the fourth man in history to set foot on the moon. In his presentation, Alan will take each person in the audience along with him as Lunar Module Pilot on the flight of Apollo 12 and along the way present some thoughts and ideas that will help each individual reach for their own professional and personal stars. Captain Bean is also a great American artist, creating paintings that artistically record for future generations mankind's first … [Read more...]
Dave Sanderson
Dave Sanderson was a top sales producer in every company he worked for and on January 15th, 2009 was on a business trip he had made hundreds of times before. Like all of us when we travel, especially on business, things are often routine, and we take things for granted. Then out of the blue something happens that changes what was once routine to a day that changes your life.When US Airways Flight 1549, or "The Miracle on the Hudson" ditched into the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, Dave … [Read more...]