The Multiplier Effect of a Team Approach

When you work with us you get the benefit of an Executive Coaching team that has breadth and depth in coaching and executive development.

Natalie Michael has 20 years experience as an Executive Coach, 9+ years experience as a CEO Forum Chair, and 15 years of award-winning consulting experience in the area of succession planning and leadership development.  She has coached more than a thousand executives from Canada to Africa to New Zealand, consulted on succession transitions with clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to entrepreneurial start ups, and she is a peer mentor for CEO Forum Chairs with Mackay CEO Forums.   Clients benefit from her coaching and consulting experience across multiple industries, situations, and C-level clients and the depth of her experience advising on challenging people situations, organizational politics, and integrating succession planning with the broader leadership development and talent management priorities.   She has a Masters in Organizational Development, certification in multiple coaching methods (Co-Active, Behavioural, Team, Values) and she has a degree in Psychology. The perfect client for Natalie is a CEO transitioning into their role, a person who aspires to be the CEO, a CEO who wants to identify and develop key executives to progress for succession purposes, or an executive at a meaningful career inflection point (a time to do some self examination to make fulfilling career choices). Her passion is supporting people’s career fulfillment and success.

Brian Conlin brings 35 years of business experience and has held every position from entry level through to CEO of a large, complex organization.  As an executive coach Brian works with CEOs and other executives across Canada, who lead organizations of various sizes and industries.  He went through a successful CEO transition as the former CEO of Golder Associates in 2015, a professional services firm that grew during his leadership from a modest regional business to a global powerhouse with 162 offices around the world and over US$1 Billion in annual revenue.  Coaching clients benefit from his first hand experience sitting in the CEO seat, working with Boards and executive teams to achieve results, and his personal experience transitioning in and out of the CEO role.  He is also a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors and currently sits on a number of Boards allowing him to coach and advise from the perspective of a past CEO, Executive Coach, and Board Member. He is a Certified Coach and has a P, Eng.