Meet Chris

Chris’s commitment to helping people become stronger leaders and team contributors is inspiring.

Chris coaches and consults for top organizations around the world, including Activision, Canfor, Microsoft, SAP, Splunk and UBC. His powerful keynotes inspire high performers to take their game to the next level. Chris shares about leadership and managing your energy in his Newsletter, and The Real Leadership Podcast.

Chris has been where you are. 

Before executive coaching, Chris enjoyed a 20-year career as a manager and leader, including co-founding a top company that earned the National Post “Canada’s 50 Best Managed Private Companies” Award. Now, as a leadership and team development expert, Chris passionately shares best practices and common pitfalls that he sees in the field and has experienced himself. He has a knack for translating what he’s learned into memorable stories and scenarios that help people see what changes they need to make and get excited about taking action to get where they want to go.

Staying on top of your game

Chris is constantly researching so his clients don’t have to. His topic areas of interest include:

• leadership and management

• corporate culture

• team dynamics

• human behaviour

• personal value drivers and psychology

• physiology, health and neuroscience

Chris is certified to administer various psychometric tests and competency-based assessments for clients. He is also a certified Family Enterprise Advisor and teaches at the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business. Most recently, he achieved certification to facilitate Equine Assisted Learning.

Chris nurtures and cultivates his passions to sustain the energy he needs to be present and productive with his clients and enjoy a full life with his family. He loves great food, playing outside (golf, mountain biking, tennis, hiking, skiing) yoga, and recently began playing hockey again after decades away from the rink. He is also constantly pushing himself to learn new things.

My purpose is to live a happy, healthy, energetic life, filled with love, connections and laughter. To continuously be growing, learning and inspiring others, lifting them up and leaving a positive, lasting impact.