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Founder, Aspire
A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. We partner with great leaders to help them become even greater at developing, improving, and sustaining relationships with the people who are essential to their success.
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Leadership development consultant and coach
John Baldoni is an internationally recognized leadership development consultant, executive coach, author, and speaker. In 2010 Top Leadership Gurus named John one of the world's top 25 leadership experts. John's new book is Lead Your Boss: The Subtle Art of Managing Up (Amacom 2009).
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Director of Firefox, Mozilla
Mozilla's Director of Firefox, software designer, erstwhile teacher, occasional dreamer, full time pragmatist, and stalwart Canadian.
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Founder/Senior Partner, Box of Crayons
Michael is the Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, helping organizations do more Great Work. Their flagship product is Coaching for Great Work a practical, solutions-focused coach training program for managers and leaders. Michael was the 2006 Canadian Coach of the Year and a Rhodes Scholar. His most recent book, Do More Great Work was an Amazon motivation best-seller.
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Community Manager, Sprouter
Erin started her career managing public relations for tech companies. She joined Sprouter to better utilize her passion for networking, community, & Web 2.0 technologies. As Community Manager, Erin is the voice of the Sprouter entrepreneurs and the connector between Sprouter and the world at large, providing communication in both directions.
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Founder, Leadership ReFramed
Daneal is the founder of Leadership ReFramed. She is a prominent speaker on the generational advantage and attracts clients including Intel, Yak, Loblaws, P&G Nycomed Pharma, University of Western Ontario and the Rotman School of business. Her book, Hitting Stryde: An Early Career Survival Guide contains 110 career shortcuts to excel in your early career.
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Founder, Dattner Consulting
Ben Dattner is a workplace consultant, an industrial and organizational psychologist, and an adjunct professor at NYU. Ben has helped a wide variety of organizations become more successful by developing a better understanding of the impact of individual psychology and group dynamics on their performance. Ben is the founder of Dattner Consulting.
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Co-CEO, Rypple
Daniel Debow is a co-CEO of Rypple. Daniel was one of the founders and the VP of Corporate Development and Marketing for Workbrain, an enterprise software company. He holds a JD and an MBA from the University of Toronto and an LLM in Law, Science & Technology from Stanford University.
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Coach & Founder, Ready to Feedback
Sonia Di Maulo is Founder and Lead Feedback Enthusiast of Ready to Feedback. She exposes exceptional performance at work, home, while travelling… anytime! Her passion: helping others recognize and expose good work and gently encouraging improvements through authentic feedback! Sonia’s mission: Partnering with HR to coach and train leaders to use authentic feedback that retains, motivates, and fosters team connection.
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Founder, 12in6
Sean Ellis led marketing from launch through NASDAQ IPO filings at both LogMeIn and Uproar and later helped bring Xobni (Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital) to market as Interim VP Marketing. He is now founder and principal at 12in6 Inc., a firm that has helped startups such as Dropbox (Sequoia), Eventbrite (Sequoia) and Lookout (Khosla Ventures) transition to high growth companies.
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Performance Inmprovement Specialist
Dan Erwin is a specialist in performance improvement. Over the past twenty-five years he has coached more than 400 officers, executives and managers from top American corporations by means of his very original, long term, cutting-edge development program.
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HR Assistant
Ben Eubanks ia a human resources professional from Huntsville, AL. He loves what he does, and tries to pass a bit of that spark onto everyone around him. He works at a nonprofit human services organization in Huntsville as “HR Assistant,” but he does a bit of everything.
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HR and Social Media Pro, EMC Corporation
Chris Ferdinandi is a human resource and social media pro at EMC Corporation, a global, Fortune 500 data management organization based in Hopkinton, MA. Chris writes the blog RenegadeHR.net, where he shares ideas and insights on recruiting great people and helping them do amazing things that drive your business.
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CEO
Andrew Filev is a passionate project management innovator, successful entrepreneur and an author of a popular Project Management 2.0 blog. He is a leading voice of Project Management 2.0, a new approach to managing projects focused on collaboration, productivity and project leadership as the basic factors of project success. Andrew is also the founder and CEO of Wrike.com, award-winning online project management software used by thousands of project teams globally.
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Head of Talent and Organization, Hulu
John is head of talent and organization for Hulu where he's busy helping build an extraordinary company with an iconic culture full of amazing people. Previously, he worked at IDEO helping one of the world’s most innovative organizations innovate on itself. John has also worked in senior talent and organization development roles at Levi Straus, Fidelity Investments, and Citibank.
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Information Development Manager
Alyssa Fox is an Information Development Manager for an enterprise software company in Houston, Texas. Her background includes over 10 years experience in technical communication. Alyssa regularly speaks at Society for Technical Communication and Project Management Institute conferences. She writes the Leadership with Style blog, where she discusses topics related to management, leadership, and communication.
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Founder, Reflection Consulting
Rosie Garwood has carved a niche a Teamwork Specialist. Working with managers of teams across all sectors and of all shapes and sizes, her clients have one thing in common: they know their team is capable of more. Troubleshooting, training and tips for managers under pressure comprise her mixed and fascinating daily workload.
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Head of Marketing, Rypple
Jay Goldman has been providing a human side to technology for over ten years, as a technologist, user experience specialist, and visual designer. Jay is the Head of Marketing at Rypple. Jay has been published in the Harvard Business Review and has written The Facebook Cookbook for O'Reilly Media.
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CEO, Gossamar Inc.
Eric has been involved in the software industry for more than 30 years and today is the CEO of Gossamar Inc., where he helps clients get more leads of higher quality at lower cost. Eric has led software companies to IPO and acquisition, and is a published fiction and non-fiction author.
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Leading executive coach, NYT/WSJ bestseller
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is a world authority in helping successful leaders get even better – by achieving positive, lasting change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. He is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best seller, and winner of the Harold Longman award for Best Business Book of the Year.
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Gen Y Expert and Founder, drkaryn.com
Dr. Karyn Gordon is a leading authority on understanding and motivating Gen Y. She is frequently interviewed by national media (Entertainment Tonight Canada, Globe & Mail, National Post, Maclean's, Much Music) and speaks to national corporations (Maple Leaf Foods, Motorola, Doritos, PepsiCo, etc.) to provide insight into connecting and motivating Gen Y.
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CEO & Founder Hubspot
Brian Halligan is CEO & Co-Founder of HubSpot, a marketing software company he co-founded four years ago to help businesses transform the way they market their products by "getting found" on the internet. He is author of a book entitled Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs which is in its fourth printing. He is an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at MIT.
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Community Director, ERE Media
Lance Haun is Community Director for ERE Media and blogger at Rehaul.com. His background includes seven years of HR experience and four years of social media and blogging experience in the HR/Recruiting sphere. He has been featured in the WSJ, MSNBC.com, HR Magazine, Workforce Magazine, FastCompany, and BNET.com.
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Managing Director and Lead Consultant, I2I
Paul Hebert is the Managing Director and lead consultant for I2I and principal author of Incentive Intelligence. Paul has worked with major clients such as GM, Chrysler, Toyota, AT&T, Michelin. Paul has been interviewed by the BBC, quoted in USATODAY, published in Loyalty360 magazine, and had whitepapers and articles included in HRM Magazine.
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President, Founder Solutions 21
John W. "Buddy" Hobart is the President and Founder of Solutions 21, a business management consulting firm based in Pittsburgh, PA. Founded in 1994 with an initial focus on sales consulting and training, the firm's expertise has grown to incorporate four primary practice areas: Client Development, Enterprise Learning/Human Capital Management, Strategic Planning and Process Improvement.
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Senior Vice President, Services and R&D, Camilion
With more than 20 years of enterprise software experience, Susan has held executive and management positions with some of North America's most successful companies. She was Senior Vice President, Global Services for Workbrain and spent 10 years at PeopleSoft as an executive in their Global Services Division.
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Management Development Specialist
Bobbi specializes in helping managers become coaches for their teams, increasing engagement and performance. She helps them use the science of human performance to build high-performing employees. Bobbi received her Master’s degree from Case Western and is a frequent speaker and radio guest. Her latest book is Travels of the Heart: Developing Your Inner Leader.
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CEO and Executive Coach
Dave Kashen co-founded the fastest-growing online health company on the Web with more than 5 million monthly visitors, has been instrumental in strategic planning and development for large corporations such as Nike. Dave is an executive coach and the CEO of Quantum Leading.
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Latham is the Secretary of State Professor of Organizational Behavior, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management; a past president of the Canadian Psychological Association (1999-2000); and president of the Society of Industrial & Organizational Psychology. Professor Latham served on the Board of Governors of the Center for Creative Leadership, 2001-2007, and is currently teaching courses in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior. His research includes employee motivation, performance appraisal and training. Professor Latham received his doctor of philosophy from the University of Akron; a master of science from Georgia Tech and a bachelor’s degree from Dalhousie University, Canada.
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COO, Leadership Ottawa
Robin McNeill is a designer & facilitator for the core program at Leadership Ottawa. He was a manager and executive with an international software firm while it grew from several million to over a billion dollars in revenue. He is co-author of The Multidimensional Manager, 24 Ways to Impact Your Bottom Line in 90 Days which has over 400,000 copies in print.
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Vice Chair, Heidrick & Struggles
Stephen Miles is a Vice Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles. He runs Leadership Advisory Services within the Leadership Consulting Practice and oversees the firm's worldwide executive assessment/succession planning activities.He is the co-author of Your Career Game: How Game Theory Can Help You Achieve Your Professional Goals
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Retail professional & HR practionner
20 year retail professional and HR practitioner. Victorio focuses primarily on employee relations, store level compensation and rewards, compliance, and managing short and long term projects to support organizational goals.
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Founder, Wise Living
Tara Mohr is a writer and coach who helps leaders find and pursue their right work. She received her MBA from Stanford University and her undergraduate degree in English Literature from Yale. She is a regular blogger for Huffington Post and the creator of the popular personal growth blog Wise Living.
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VP Marketing Communications, FreshBooks
Storyteller, strategist, and corporate bullet-catcher — Michael has more than 20 years' experience in marketing & communications, but still doesn’t know a darn thing. He’s worked in small and large tech companies, served 10 years in agency purgatory, ran worldwide marketing for the third largest software company in Canada, and helped take a startup from zero to IPO in nine months.
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Founder & President, Employee Performance Solutions
Founder and President of Employee Performance Solutions. Jamie is recognized as an established thought leader and innovator in the area of performance management. She is the originator of the Performance Continuum Feedback Method®.
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HR Leader
Lisa is a Human Resource (HR) leader with over 15 years of professional HR experience in public, private and government organizations. She brings a unique, common sense perspective to the business of HR and is the author of Simply Lisa, a blog about Leadership, Growth and Human Resources.
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Community, Rypple
Nathaniel is part of the marketing and community team and is also our hiring coordinator. He loves sports, reading, and martial arts. Nathaniel joins us straight from Queens University where he graduated with BAH in philosophy.
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Former SVP Cognos, Marketing Consultant
Alan is a highly respected veteran of the enterprise software industry and a business intelligence pioneer. At Cognos, he served in several senior roles, including SVP Marketing and SVP of Business Intelligence. Alan is also Chairman of the Board of the world-renowned University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation.
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I ♥ Work Columnist
Rachel is Editor-at-Large at Mediaite and was the founding media editor at the Huffington Post. She is a former lawyer who writes about media, politics, culture, tech, feminism, philanthropy and Jews. She is an advisor to SBNation.com, the co-host of "The Salon" on The Jewish Channel, and channels all of it into her over-active Twitter account.
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Co-CEO, Rypple
David Stein is a co-CEO of Rypple. David was one of the founders and the EVP and Chief Strategy Officer of Workbrain. He is a recognized HCM strategist and has helped some of the biggest companies in the world to get the most out of their people. David holds a BSc in Computer Science from McGill University.
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HR Executive, Nike
Beth Steinberg has more than 17 years of human resources experience helping leaders and companies (emerging to Fortune 500) with complex organizational and growth issues. She is currently an HR Executive at Nike.
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Coach & President, Beyond Success Leadership
Cheryl is a certified professional coach (Coaches Training Institute), with 20+ years of client and agency brand communications experience. She brings a unique perspective to creating authentic brands. Her approach is a synergy of high-level brand communications with one:one leadership coaching.
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President & Chief Creative Officer, OneMethod
Amin is President & Chief Creative Officer of the award-winning digital+design agency OneMethod. Since founding the agency in 2001, Amin and OneMethod have continuously pushed the boundaries of traditional and non-traditional marketing and design for such brands as Nokia, Microsoft, Rogers, Dyson, Disney and Wrigley to name a few.
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Co-founder, The RBL Group
Dave Ulrich has been ranked #1 Management Educator & Guru by BusinessWeek, selected by Fast Company Top 10 most innovative and creative leaders, named most influential person in HR by HR Magazine for three years, and been on the World’s Top 50 Business Thinkers List since 2007. He is the 2010 recipient of the Kirk Englehardt Exemplary Business Ethics Award.
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Founder & HR Specialist
Michael VanDervort has over two decades experience as an HR Specialist at some of the top Fortune 500 and Great Place to Work employers. He's the founder of The Human Race Horse Blog and writes and speaks on topics related to human resources and social media.
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Extreme human physiology scientist
Greg Wells, Ph.D. focuses on elite athletes achieving international medal performances and on children with chronic diseases. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children, and Director of Sport Science for the Canadian Sport Centre. Dr. Wells was the sport and medicine analyst for the CTV 2010 Vancouver Olympics broadcast.
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Learning & Development, SickKids Foundations
Phil Wylie is a learning & development professional who specializes in improving personal and organizational effectiveness. He is currently Manager of Talent Development at SickKids Foundation in Toronto.
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CEO & Founder Lean Software Institute
Frode has more than twenty years of experience as an entrepreneur and trusted advisor to high-tech executives. Organizations he has helped include Sony Electronics Inc., NASA, Lockheed Martin, Candle, Conexant Systems, Mindspeed, and Plantronics. Frode is currently writing a book on Lean for the Software Enterprise.
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