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Janet Kestin and Nancy Vonk
Janet Kestin and Nancy Vonk have seen it all – together. As the co-founders of Swim – a creative leadership consultancy and training lab – the pair combine their passion for mentorship with their wealth of industry experience to “give ambitious people tools and...
Jean Desgagné
Jean Desgagné is a change, transformation, and innovation leader, with C-suite experience with large multinational financial institutions, exchanges and market infrastructures. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Global Solutions, Insights & Analytics at...
Harnessing my Opportunity for Growth
Srusti Pandya, past Associate Consultant recently has been promoted to the next level within our firm. We asked her a few questions on how she harnessed her opportunity for growth at MacPhie: What was your biggest learning? My biggest learning at MacPhie is the...
Making Your Competition Irrelevant
What do Nintendo Wii, Yellow Tail wine and Cirque de Soleil have in common? They looked at existing saturated markets and successfully turned them on their head, launching fresh white space. In a saturated market, how does a company create space for a unique...
Don’t Forget Your Skates – Leadership Lessons from NHL Captains
Spring is upon us, and that can only mean one thing: the NHL Playoffs are around the corner! With nostalgic commercials airing more frequently, playoff beards growing in, and fans starting to wear their ‘lucky’ team apparel, we at MacPhie can’t wait for the games to...
Lessons for Feedback from a Galaxy Far, Far Away…
Imagine you are Admiral Ozzel in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. You’ve had a productive career doing the Empire’s evil bidding—maybe you’re close to your pension and have a cache of Imperial credits squirreled away off-ship. But, after a major battle, you take...
Culture is Hard Work
“Your culture is your culture. Don’t try to be something you aren’t.” This was an insight we heard recently while speaking with the CEO of a TSX 60 company who was discussing the challenges of changing the ethos within a large corporation. Changing culture takes a lot...
Making Time for Space and Reflection
Earlier this year Business Insider posted quite the attention-grabbing headline with its article: Burned-out billionaires are taking extended multimillion-dollar ‘sabbaticals’ to recharge, from world tours on private jets to skiing expeditions in Antarctica. We’ve...
The Importance of Remembering Faces and Names
A friend recently told me a story that reminded me of a quote from Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People: “A person’s name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” My friend was at the end of what he thought was a...
Tell Me More About the Importance of Remembering People
Learn more about the positive impact from remembering people within your organization.