Brett Abram- Senior Leadership Development
- HR Strategy
- Company Health Assessments
Brett Abram
A passion for developing people and helping them to find their way follows Brett Abram’s career path. Known for his optimism, Brett is a leadership educator who shares his wisdom and insight with purpose and intention as he helps to bring organizational strategies to life, and provides the direction and support for individuals and teams to succeed and strengthen others.
A Human Resources professional for the last 25 years – with senior experience in public and private sectors, retail, manufacturing and media broadcasting – he is also an Adler Trained Coach and certified in Myers Briggs.
Brett’s deepest satisfaction comes from working with people whose “ah ha” moments mark a new level of excited self-awareness and insight about themselves and those with whom they work.
Based in Toronto, Canada, Brett and his wife are avid baseball fans who travel internationally as #1 fans of their son, a former member of the Canadian junior and senior national teams; and now on a university scholarship.
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Kurtis Osborne- Senior Leadership Development
- Strategic Planning & Scaling Up
- Company Health Assessments
Kurtis Osborne
Kurtis takes a holistic approach to his work to secure the financial health and wellbeing of founder-led, growing companies.
With experience in a variety of sectors – including construction, manufacturing, tech, and non-profits – he is intimate with the excitement, pain and challenges of growing companies, and passionate about helping CEOs to be successful.
Using numbers as the tool of his accomplished trade, Kurtis works with senior leadership teams to bring clarity and structure to financial planning, execution and assessment. His practical, grounded and analytical perspective reveals what big picture goals actually look like, and informs a team’s ability to look forward, manage, learn, and grow.
As a former varsity basketball athlete, he appreciates and values the results that can be achieved by the creativity, hard work and determination of a great team. Off the court, he loves dishing up gourmet barbecue fare for big family dinners and chasing his three young children.
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Laurie Ballantyne- Senior Leadership Development
- HR Strategy & Topgrading
- Strategic Planning & Scaling Up
- Company Health Assessments
Laurie Ballantyne
With a genuine care and concern for people, coupled with an insightful, resourceful and strategic brain, Laurie says that she didn’t choose to work in HR – HR chose her.
After 20 years building Human Resources departments in privately held, organizations, with teams up to 1000 people, she became a consultant to provide holistic HR services, expertise, and training and development for a wide variety of clients. From healthcare to food production, mining, transportation and professional services, Laurie’s sweet spot lies in helping clients in phases of rapid growth.
Known for building collaborative environments that balance the needs of people and organizations, Laurie understands how all the pieces of human performance fit with strategy, values and purpose; and to identify the priorities and needs which meet the goals and objectives of an organization.
As a human resource strategist, she knows that stagnancy happens when you stop continuing to improve and innovate and always seeks answers to two questions: “What can we do better? How can we be better?”.
And, when it comes to people, she understands – from beginning to end – what works and what doesn’t, from knowledge gaps and processes, to solving conflict. She genuinely wants to hear people’s stories, to build great relationships, and to arm them with the tools and resources they need to support a company’s operational needs.
It’s about making their working life better and the company better.
The enthusiasm Laurie brings to her work also infuses her love of 80s music, her family and friends, and her bright yellow vintage Volkswagen.
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Lance Neale- Strategic Planning & Scaling Up
- CEO Growth Coaching
- Senior Leadership Development
- Company Health Assessments
Lance Neale
More than anything, Lance loves to ‘crack the strategic code’ that unleashes a clear purpose and path for his clients to thrive. A seasoned strategist, he crafted his career in senior leadership roles, including 11 years as CEO of a software company – in large, sophisticated companies, as well as entrepreneurial, growth-oriented organizations.
His skills have been honed in sectors as varied as publishing, technology/software and private equity; and in Water, Marketing and Business Services, Retail, Manufacturing and Distribution industries. He is also Board Chair of one of BC’s leading water management service companies.
Recognized for his ability to understand the complex dynamics of a business challenge and for his operations expertise, he knows how to foster a shared vision for progress and growth and to engage teams within a dynamic culture. Lance also brings deep experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, and the critical integration work necessary for their success.
Underlying his work is an unflagging passion to acquire and share knowledge about leadership, strategy and organizational behaviour. Every year, he attends Harvard Business School President’s Program to learn best practices from MBA professors. And, for almost 20 years, he’s been deeply committed to the Young Presidents Organization at provincial, national and international levels. In 2014, he was recognized for curating the Best Education Program in the World for YPO British Columbia.
Out of the office, Lance stays mentally and physically strong and resilient by competing against himself and his friends in golf, cycling and hiking; and travelling with his wife and two sons, particularly to Australia.
Get To Know Lance
Our founder Kevin conducted an interview to get to know Lance. Here is a list of the clips if you’d like to learn more about Lance, or watch the full video below.
- Intro
- What was your first major job?
- What was your first major career?
- What gets you out of bed?
- Who has had the biggest impact on your leadership?
- What made you become an advisor?
- How do you describe the work you do?
- Who is your favourite kind of client?
- What tools do you use with clients?
- What are your resilience rituals?
- What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
- Closing
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Kevin Lawrence- CEO Growth Coaching
- Strategic Planning & Scaling Up
- Keynotes & Workshops
Kevin Lawrence
CEOs typically place their first call to Coach Kevin with a crisis to solve. They stay because of his business acumen and no-holds-barred, tell-it-like-it-is style.
Kevin’s career spans over 25 years, across a dozen countries and four continents. He’s worked with hundreds of CEOs and executives, helping them to break through business challenges, grow their companies and find personal success along the way.
These experiences inspired Kevin’s book, Your Oxygen Mask First, in which he reveals the 17 habits every leader must know to transcend the perils of success, and achieve even more.
Kevin was given the designation of Coach Emeritus with Gazelles—a rare distinction. He is a key contributor to Scaling Up (Mastering the Rockefeller Habits 2.0).
Based in Vancouver, Canada, Kevin can often be found tearing up the racetrack, exploring a new city, or adventuring in the outdoors with inspiring people and his two amazing kids, Brayden and Ashley.