His approach to strategic planning turns strategy into action at all levels and engages employees in accepting accountability for personal and organizational success. Peter's work philosophy is to help teams and individuals in organizations talk, think, and act in ways that produce meaningful interaction and powerful results.

Prior to becoming National Director, Russ was the founder and CEO of Boldeye Solutions, a market consulting firm with operations in Vancouver, Chicago, and London. Russell contributes articles to publications including Business 2.0 Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Canadian Business. He speaks regularily on the topic of leading with energy at business conferences and association events worldwide.

As an accomplished Ironman triathlete, Russ has competed in races across North America and in Europe. He now leverages his passion for endurance sports to enhance the lives of children in Canada. In 2001 he founded the IronChild Foundation, a registered charity which provides mentoring and educational opportunities for children living with chronic Illnesses.

While Barry's career began in the military, his 20 years of experience spans a variety of industries, including international employment in Germany and Australia. His transparency enables powerful relationships to evolve with frontline employees and senior executives alike and he is often sited for his capacity to quickly connect to key cultural norms and systemic challenges. Most recently Barry was employed with Business Objects as a Senior Organization Development consultant where he partnered with senior leaders to co-create sustainable business solution. Barry also designed and delivered programs to develop facilitation, coaching and performance management.

Barry's background includes an undergraduate degree in Geology (BSc), certification as a Work Place Trainer, accreditations in Team Management Systems (TMS), and a Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching (CEC).

Prior to working in the High Tech industry, Isabelle assumed several HR roles in the Airline Industry. She started her career with Wardair, and spent 10 years with Canadian Airlines. In her last year at Canadian Airlines, she was heavily involved in the Integration work associated with the acquisition process of Canadian by Air Canada. Her integration work experience came in handy when the High Tech company she later joined was purchased by one of its main competitors. As a result of this integration work, Isabelle has developed a passion and expertise around Organizational Culture and its impact on Employee Engagement and on the bottom line for businesses.

Isabelle is driven by values and results, and excels at partnering with business leaders at all levels. She has international work experience and thrives in various cultural environments. She is a natural, high-energy trainer and group facilitator and has experience in the areas of Change Management, Organizational Culture, Leadership & Management, and High Performance Teams. She is an MBTI qualified facilitator and has done extensive work in the areas of individual development and team building using MBTI profiles.

Tom's style is to create the space for authentic conversations to happen, allowing critical issues to be identified, generating engagement in solution development and creating commitment to successful implementation. His personal definition of success is when teams have clarity of direction, are focused on the critical issues, and are rigorously attentive to the execution of plans they create and own.

Annabelle began her career as a labour and employment lawyer but now focuses on helping leaders reach their fullest potential, as individuals and as team members. This is important to her because she knows first hand how great it can be to work in amazing environments where individuals are growing personally and professionally and people genuinely want the best for each other.

As the lead of the Strategic Coaching Practice for Tekara, Bob is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) with thousands of hours of coaching hundreds of leaders. His coaching clients include Board Directors, CEO's and senior leaders across Canada, the United States, Europe, China and India. Bob is also a key developer of Tekara's Coaching Conversations™ program and has delivered that program in Canada, India and China. In Oct, 2010, he will be presenting those concepts in the United States to leaders that are gathering from over 30 countries. Bob was selected as one of three finalists for the prestigious 2009 Coaches Canada Canadian Coach of the Year Award.

His experience blends the value of a coaching approach with organizational development and leadership effectiveness principles. Bob's background also includes postgraduate training in Applied Behavioural Sciences, advanced training with the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), and Team Learning Lab Certification. He has also developed and implemented major change programs involving the William Bridges Transition model as well as the Kotter and ODR methodology. Bob enjoys working with clients that are faced with challenging situations involving large-scale implementation and change efforts with multiple stakeholders.

Leona has led major change initiatives, reorganizations, downsizings and expansions, as well as planned and implemented key strategic priorities in highly sensitive, political environments. Change, renewal, and exploration of new paths and approaches are the hallmark of her life and career. She holds degrees from Royal Roads University, the University of Toronto and the University of Saskatchewan.

He is committed to "playing the bigger game" where he puts himself on the line for his values and beliefs. Dave is accredited to deliver various team-building and assessment tools such as Energy for Performance®, BarOn Quotient Inventory™, Insights Discovery System™ and various 360-degree feedback instruments.

Susanne is accredited in the Insights Discovery System™ and is a professionally certified coach. She is a Board Member with the Minerva Foundation and devotes much of her spare time to this worthy cause.

Lydia’s coaching is authentic, rigorous, and positive. She helps leaders at all levels find their place of fullest engagement. Leaders find work more rewarding. Their teams benefit from stronger, more authentic leadership, and companies realize a more engaged workforce. Through dynamic coaching everybody wins.

With extensive experience working with organizations and individuals through periods of change and transition, Claire is committed to helping organizations increase the likelihood of achieving its business goals by effectively anticipating and addressing the needs of its employees. In addition to being an accomplished coach and consultant certified in the use of a variety of assessment and feedback instruments, Claire is an experienced trainer, facilitator and public speaker.

Before joining Tekara, she spent several years working in the field of environmental management and stakeholder engagement in a large corporation. During that time, Kristann experienced first-hand the challenges facing young professionals and emerging leaders today. She is passionate about equipping leaders at all levels with the skills and tools to create workplaces where people are known and valued for their unique contribution.

Laurie is passionate about people and cultivating community. She is also a singer and composer who integrates community and social issues into her music.