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The Art of Leadership for Women Conference - Vancouver 2019

Leadership for Women Conference

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Brotopia - Emily Chang

Book

Silicon Valley is a modern utopia where anyone can change the world. Unless you're a woman. For women in tech, Silicon Valley is not a fantasyland of unicorns, virtual reality rainbows, and 3D-printed lollipops,...

Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life - Laura Gassner Otting

Book

Limitless helps innovators, idealists, and iconoclasts get âœunstuck â and achieve extraordinary results. This book is like a high energy masterclass and brainstorming session all in one - with actionable tips to...

Growth IQ - Tiffani Bova

Book

Do you know the best way to drive your company's growth? If not, it's time to boost your Growth IQ. Trying to find the one right move that will improve your business's performance can feel overwhelming....

Laura Gassner Otting

Speaker

Laura Gassner Otting helps people get âœunstuckââand achieve extraordinary results. Through Limitless Possibility, Laura collaborates with change agents, entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and donors to push past the...

Emily Chang

Speaker

Emily Chang is an Emmy Award winning Journalist reporting on global technology and media companies, startups, and the future of business. Business Insider called her âœthe star Bloomberg anchor that everyone in tech...

Conference Summary - The Art of Leadership - Toronto 2018

Event Review

On Monday, November 19th , 2018, 1,500 leaders from across Canada gathered in Toronto to be a part of The Art of Leadership. This year's lineup included Alan Mulally, Whitney Johnson, Jaqueline Carter, Morten Hansen,...

How Long Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb Industry Worth $2 Billion in Revenue?

Article

In 2012 the bosses of Philips Hue (ADR) engineers George Yianni and Filip Jan Depauwe were asked a baffling question: why more than one hundred thirty years after Edisonâs invention had light bulbs hardly changed at all...

Surfing the Wave and Scaling the Curve: A Primer for Personal Disruption

Article

Theoretically, Iâm a surfer. I am always on the lookout forâeven pursuingâthe next big wave. No ocean, no water, but still, Iâm watching the waves everywhere. In 2007 I was working at the Disruptive Innovation Fund I...

Strategic Performance Management to Transform Your Organization

Article

Who manages their own finances on an annual basis, looks at their bank accounts once a year, checks their RRSP and other investments and then leaves them for 12 months, hoping that everything remains okay? The answer,...

David Heather

Author

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The Mind of the Leader: Leadership Training has it Backwards

Article

During the summer of 2015, Pierre Nanterme, Accentureâs CEO, announced that the global professional services company would reimagine its performance management system. The company found that after decades of serving its...

When It Comes to Leadership Alan Mulally Will Always Be the Boss

Article

From his glory days at Boeing, to Thunder Roads at Ford, Alan Mulally is still The Boss. Simply put, Alan Roger Mulally is the Bruce Springsteen of CEOs - the consummate frontman. For 37 successful years, he was the...

A $2.4 Billion Lesson All Innovators Should Heed

Article

Being different is not the same as being differentiated⦠After years of development and $2.4 billion in investment, the Revel Casino opened its doors to the Atlantic City Boardwalk on April 2, 2012. This beautiful hotel...

Where You Are

Article

Where are you right now in your work and your career? Are you in a place that feels satisfying and gives scope to your talents? Are you valued not just for your contributions but also for your potential? And do you feel...

Sally Helgesen

Author

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Defying Normal To Achieve Greatness

Article

Our normal is a world where no matter their circumstances, girls and women face a wall of resistance in their struggle to define their futures, exercise their power, and lead boldly. But I also believe that we have the...

Can You be an Independent Thinker and a Team Player?

Article

Most of the truly great teams weâve studied have at least one member who could be described as an independent thinker. These types of people donât need much encouragement to share their views. Richard Hackman was a...

Alan Mulally

Speaker

Alan Mulally served as president and chief executive officer of The Ford Motor Company and as a member of Ford's board of directors from September 2006 â June 2014. Mulally led Ford's transformation into...

The Power of Women and Girls

Article

Why are there still so many barriers to women gaining leadership positions, particularly on Boards or at the c-suite level? We need to begin redefining leadership and executive roles. As they exist now, they are very...