Timothy Schokking- Strategic Planning & Scaling Up
- CEO Growth Coaching
- Senior Leadership Development
- Company Health Assessments
Timothy Schokking
Growth Advisor
From start-ups to multibillion-dollar multinationals, Timothy Schokking helps businesses of all sizes to identify, align, and implement critical value-driven strategies.
His work as a coach and consultant is infused with deep, front-line experience, anchored with a BA in Economics and Business from York University, and an MBA in Corporate Finance and Management of Innovation and New Technology from McMaster University.
Career highlights include Human Resource Specialist for Van Hessen BV, Marketing Associate for SIR Corp, and Production Group Leader at General Motors; and Director of Business Development at the Cliner Group, where he led small- to large-scale projects to ensure alignment with business priorities using a holistic approach to business development, while considering marketing, branding, people, sales and strategy. Tim was also Manager of Innovation Strategy and Operations at Canadian retailer lululemon, where he managed the Innovation Operations team, and developed long-term strategies in collaboration with internal teams and external stakeholders.
Get To Know Tim
Our founder Kevin conducted an interview to get to know Tim. Here is a list of the clips if you’d like to learn more about Lance, or watch the full video below.
- Intro
- Where did you grow up?
- What was your first career?
- What excites you most to start your day?
- Who has had the biggest impact on your leadership?
- What made you become an advisor?
- How would you describe the work you do?
- What is your sweet spot?
- What is your favourite kind of client?
- What is the most powerful tool you use with clients?
- What are your resilience rituals?
- What is the single best advice you’ve ever received?
- Closing
Testimonials
Having Tim as our Strategic Business Coach has brought structure through goal setting and accountability in our company on all levels. His ability to read the room and engage participants is admirable no matter the size of the group. He's just as invested in our business as we are and it shows in how he challenges us intentionally and directly towards personal and professional growth. As a personal coach, his patient, intuitive and curious style really helps me open up to navigate through my thoughts and feelings so that I can be a better leader for our business and in my personal life. Tim's impact on our business is tremendous both in business growth and leadership building.Clara Jina Kim
CEO Cloré Beauty Supply
Coach Tim was able to react and steer the room, setting new ground rules for communication and providing the tools to reinforce positive dialogue. Tim's ability to adapt to the situation was key.Geoff Dear
Partner, MUSE
Brett Abram- Senior Leadership Development
- HR Strategy
- Company Health Assessments
Brett Abram
Growth Advisor
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.
Get To Know Brett
Our founder Kevin conducted an interview to get to know Brett. Here is a list of the clips if you’d like to learn more about Brett, or watch the full video below.
- Intro
- Where did you grow up?
- What was your first career?
- What excites you to start your day?
- Who has had the biggest impact on your career?
- What made you become an advisor?
- What is your sweet spot?
- What kind of client do you like to work with?
- What is your favourite tool?
- What are your resilience rituals?
- What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
- Closing
Testimonials
Brett has been sharing leadership wisdom and insight with his Leadership Growth Series since 2011. When launching it he told us about “the importance of leadership in all areas of our business and that no matter what position you have in the company when you lead associates you have the most critical one.” Whether coaching peers or managing reports, Brett supports people as they bring the organizational strategy to life: he helps others succeed by removing obstacles, helping them set clear goals, diagnosing their development and providing them with the direction and support they need to achieve those goals. He understands the importance of strengthening others, cheering them on and coaching them for success. Those who will benefit from his executive coaching in the future will be very fortunate in their choice of coach.Dave Friesema
CEO, Sleep Country
Kurtis Osborne- Senior Leadership Development
- Strategic Planning & Scaling Up
- Company Health Assessments
Kurtis Osborne
Growth Advisor
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.
Get To Know Kurtis
Our founder Kevin conducted an interview to get to know Kurtis. Here is a list of the clips if you’d like to learn more about Kurtis, or watch the full video below.
- Intro
- Where did you grow up?
- What was your first career?
- What excites you to start your day?
- Who has had the biggest impact on your career?
- How do you describe the work you do?
- What is your favourite tool to use with clients?
- What are your resilience rituals?
- What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
Testimonials
Just a note of appreciation. For the first time, we now have a great dashboard that will help us better understand the highlights and risk areas of our fundraising situation. I’m grateful for the way you helped think through the process and arrive at the most relevant information.Executive Director
Non Profit
Lance Neale- Strategic Planning & Scaling Up
- CEO Growth Coaching
- Senior Leadership Development
- Company Health Assessments
Lance Neale
Growth Advisor
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
Testimonials
Lance has been contributing to the success of FVBS Inc. for the past three years. His ability to keep our team on point and focused over this time have contributed to our exponential growth. His strength in strategic planning, team collaboration, marketing and vast network of business contacts have directly resulted in our company’s acquisition and integrating of four new businesses increasing our annual revenues from $50M to over $100M. We look forward to our continued partnership with Lance and his insightful approach to managing strategic acquisitions.Ray Cyr
President, Fraser Valley Building Supplies Inc.
Kevin Lawrence- CEO Growth Coaching
- Strategic Planning & Scaling Up
- Keynotes & Workshops
Kevin Lawrence
Growth Advisor
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.
Testimonials
I met Kevin at a point in my business when we were experiencing tremendous growth, and we were all rowing in different directions. My inability to translate the strategic plan to all employees was preventing us from achieving full potential as a business and as individual contributors. Kevin has helped us transform how we look at and manage our business with practical and simple steps that has enthusiastically involved more people in the business than ever. He has demonstrated his natural ability to work and engage all levels of employees and has held us accountable to ourselves and each other. Thanks Kevin! Angela Santiago
CEO, The Little Potato Company Ltd.
I have been working with Kevin since 2003. Kevin has helped me move through the asteroid belt of my life. He stopped me from selling my company for $1.00 to go to sell T-shirts on the beach and encouraged me to keep my business, setting it up the way I wanted, allowing me to grow it and leverage it to do good in the world. I now have the freedom that all entrepreneurs dream of, and I am able to spend quality time with my family and work only on things I enjoy and that bring great meaning to my life. I owe everything to Kevin.Nigel Bennett
Founder, Aqua-Guard
I was fortunate that my path crossed with Coach Kevin more than thirteen years ago. I was in a dark place in my life despite the fact that everything appeared to be all right on the surface. My business was doing very well, but my success was not bringing me as much joy and satisfaction, if any, as I thought it would. Kevin helped me discover that I needed to take care of myself first, follow my passions, and get rid of my demons by facing them head on. It hasn’t happened overnight, and it is an ongoing process, but it’s one that I embrace. I am able to use Kevin’s feedback, tools, and techniques as a compass to make the best possible decisions to stay on course in my business and in my life. I approach this journey with gratitude, excitement, passion, and a hunger for what’s to come. I no longer measure my wealth in dollars and cents. Instead, I now measure it by the amount of precious time I am able to spend with my loved ones, making memories that are absolutely priceless!Vince D’Agostino
President, Mayfield Financial Services
We were excited to invite Kevin to speak at our Annual Gala Dinner this year, but we had no idea how much his message would resonate and capture our attendees’ attention. Over the years we have hosted a wide variety of speakers, but no one has ever been able to grab the attention and engage with the over 200 people in attendance the way he did. Each person who left that night had a new set of tools for understanding of how to value time and mental health, which in the Rail industry isn’t a frequent conversation. Thank you so much Kevin!Sylvia Newell
President, Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers
Kevin is relatable and real, and really understands us, as entrepreneurs. A great presenting presence and the perfect speaker for our retreat, he made the topic of mental health much easier to speak about. Because of that, many members felt that it was easier to share their most personal struggles, and some have already put his actionable material into place. I highly recommend Kevin. He went out of his way to make sure we got as much value as possible from the event. The process to book him was incredibly easy and the communication with his team, excellent. I really appreciate you, Kevin. Thanks for everything.Michael Shaw
Leader of Operations, Centennial Plumbing, Heating & Electrical
Kevin’s contribution to the CEO Book Club on his book “Your Oxygen Mask First” made the conversation extremely insightful. The combination of many years of experience working with CEOs with his naturally engaging and energetic style made this month’s session one of the best learning experiences of the year.Xavier Lederer
Ambrose Growth Business Consulting