The Challenge Windsor Regional Hospital, like all healthcare institutions, has been through a myriad of changes, mergers, and restructuring. The new CEO wanted to place a focus on the people within the organization believing that unless the people and the teams were functioning well the rest would never come together. Starting with the Executive Team,…
The Challenge The University of Edinburgh MBA program was looking to spice up their program by adding a new dimension to their personal leadership and team development curriculum. The school has a long history of providing a top quality MBA program to a very international audience. Leadership and team development were not traditionally a focus…
The Challenge Every year Toronto Hydro gathers all their outside workers for a Safety Reflection Day. Safety is the top priority for Toronto Hydro and they provide extensive training throughout the year. The Safety Reflection day is not designed as a training day, but as a reflection day. Participants are provided with time and guidance…
The Challenge A group from the YPO- Toronto Chapter, was meeting for 2 days and wanted to end their time together with a team building program that would challenge them both physically and as a team- as well as get them outdoors! They wanted to take advantage of the amazing outdoor surroundings at their venue…
The Challenge The Northern Ontario School of Medicine was planning a conference for a group of 150 participants, all in varying years of their residencies. These medical learners were from many different fields and did not usually get much interdisciplinary interaction outside of a clinical setting. They were also from a wide- ranging geographical area…
The Challenge The Rotman School of Management was looking for an instructor to teach their Leadership Presence course in their EMBA and International Omnium EMBA programs. They school was also looking for new ideas around team building. The Leadership Presence course is not a class to teach students how to be a leader, but to…
The Challenge Robert Half if the largest staffing agency in the world with over 70 locations in 20 countries representing multiple brands; Accountemps, RH Finance and Accounting, RH Management Resources, Office Team, RH Technology, RH Legal, and The Creative Group. As part of their leadership development initiative, Robert Half created an 18 month multi-module training…
The Challenge PARO delivers leadership training to new physicians as part of their mandate. These young doctors are beginning careers in which they will assume a variety of very important leadership roles: as family physicians, as business owners, as specialists, as hospital administrators and in a variety of other roles. The demands of leadership are…
The Challenge The Information Management department for NavCanada spent about 6-8 years transforming and upgrading the information systems across the organization and had little time or resources to take care of themselves. Then they set about overhauling their own systems and practices. The managers knew that they – and their employees – would need to…
The Challenge Every year Mercedes Benz Canada runs competitions to select their best technicians from across Canada. These are the cream of the crop. The best six people in several complementary categories assemble into a single national team that travels to Germany for several days of competitive problem-solving challenges that will determine the best out…
The Challenge A long standing and successful business, The Medcan Clinic is one of Canada’s oldest and largest private healthcare providers. As a new President came on board he wanted to re-focus the company for the future. He did not want to simply rely upon what had been successful in the past. A new senior…
The Challenge Interac Association/Acxsys Corp operate an economical, world class debit system. With broad-based acceptance, 24/7 reliability, security and efficiency, Interac products and services are an everyday part of life for many people worldwide. The Product Services and Innovation group were together for a two-day offsite meeting and wanted to participate in a team building…
The Challenge When Scott Kress delivered a session for the Harvard OPM program reunion many took note of the high quality delivery and content and brought Scott into their organizations. One such organization was Heritage Bank of Lagos, Nigeria. The Nigerian economy has been steadily growing and the country is making a transition from a third world…
The Challenge After an employee engagement survey, several areas were identified that could use additional attention. The director did not want to make it all about the survey and the specific areas for improvement, but to focus on the overall culture and process improvement. The engagement survey would be taken again in 18 months, and…
The Challenge The Four Seasons Capital Planning & Procurement Team and Hotel Relations Team were facing a high number of new facility openings and things were moving quickly. An employee survey identified communication as an area of focus for development. In the pressure-filled environment of hotel openings, communication with both internal and external partners was…
The Challenge First National is Canada’s largest non-bank lender, offering both commercial and residential mortgage solutions. Having achieve the top of their market First national now turned their focus to maintaining their position and they knew that just doing what got them there would not be good enough. They knew they need to maintain a…
The Challenge Bird Construction believes in investing in their people. Bird Academy was started to introduce several training initiatives to promote effective leadership, teamwork, and project management. The first Leadership Development program was developed to be an 18 month multi module program to help their up and coming leaders acquire the skills necessary to thrive…
The Challenge As Canada’s largest steel producer, ArcelorMittal Dofasco (AMD) is a sprawling facility with thousands of employees, specialized roes and departments, a deep and rich cultural history, and abundant complexity. Starting in the early 1990’s AMD realized there was a shift beginning in the steel landscape and unless they changed with it, and even…
