With a broad and successful background in Strategy, Faciliation and Training spanning 28 years, Alan's life has been dedicated to helping people improve their lives. At 22 he joined an American Personal Development organisation and by the age of 26 was the company's National Training Facilitator, conducting training throughout Australia the USA and Asia. Within three years, in 1988, he had created his own Consulting and Training Company.
Alan's personal journey has taken him through many philosophies and many paths of learning. He has discovered first hand that a lot of the modern 'hype' teaching does not produce long lasting results. An uncompromising application of sound business principles and inspirational ideas combined with old fashion values has earned Alan a reputation for business excellence which provides measurable long term 'bottom line' results at all levels of business from Senior Corporate to floor level staff.
Alan unlocks the secrets to successful learning in an easy to grasp, lively way using vivid illustrations, demonstrations and real life examples. He is a dynamic Platform Speaker, Strategist, Facilitator, Educator and Trainer. Alan is passionately committed to delivering excellence. He provides a diversity of customised services to fit the needs of your Company.
Alan is in demand internationally by corporations. His obvious experience and skills command respect and attention. His aim is to identify, design and implement a unique program that produces dynamic and sustainable results for your Company.
He provides profitable and measurable long term strategies for all areas of Company operations and growth. His unique 'people skill' abilities allow him to achieve results through the diversity of staff levels. i.e., The Board, Senior Management, Middle Management through to floor level Staff.
Jeff Gunther is a gifted entrepreneurial leader and strategist. Curious and courageous, he continually applies himself to new challenges. He has demonstrated proven results through bottom line accountability in restaurants, hotels, ski areas, investment real estate, sales and management training, dental centre development, professional practice management, financial services, franchising, international development, and general management consulting.
One of Jeff's most rewarding business relationships was with his father and two partners in the co-founding and development of Associated Dental Care - a system of large customer-oriented, multi-disciplinary group dental centres in Ottawa - where he served as Managing Director from 1991 to 2002.
As a practical philanthropist, Jeff serves boards of non-profit organizations, counsels young people in the integration of faith and work, and seeks out virtuous business opportunities. Jeff believes that freedom is the reward of discipline and that, sometimes, simple questions lead to profound answers. He finds great joy in the privilege of walking with others as they discover their own true value.
Jeff earned an MBA at the University of Ottawa and an MCS at Regent College. Both academic degrees have revealed that he still has much to learn, and have helped him appreciate and model the genius in clear explanations of complicated concepts.
As a speaker, Jeff delights in disrupting the status-quo. As a business advisor, he adds value by collaborating on the creation and implementation of great ideas, and by helping to facilitate the reconciliation of relationships.
Keith specializes in providing business executives and owners with advice on improving business results through improved 'Business Management' and 'Staff Performance'. Keith specifically brings to his clients proven techniques for guaranteeing that their 'Business Success' and 'Bottom Line' profit is enhanced.
Keith is a successful Business owner in his own right. He has been in business for 25 years, with the ownership of several successful Franchise outlets in Canada over the last 14 years. Winning many awards in the areas such as Business Performance and Customer Service.
His years in Business have given him many skills and abilities for professional consulting and therefore providing insight into many different types of businesses and business environments. His abilities include assessing & creating the work environment to be one of dynamic customer service; the creation and development of strong team networks; trouble shooting; strategic planning & successful implementation.
He now brings that expertise to the aid of small business in which the greatest leverage for today's highly competitive business environment is a better, smarter and more economic use of People and Business acumen. He performs gap analysis, leading practice competitive analysis, optimization of staff acquisition and profit strategies identification.
Keith is a passionate person, passionate about people, business, ideas, leadership, learning new skills and seeing others grow. He is most passionate about using his strengths to help Entrepreneurs develop and grow their businesses to fit their vision.
Aly Pain is a passionate, vibrant and "tell-it-like-it-is" Team Performance Coach specializing with corporate teams and personal relationships. Her work focuses on creating intentional and sustainable team relationships, moving away from 'Who is doing what to whom?" and toward "What is trying to happen?" This encompasses increasing positivity and productivity within organizations, as well as the bottom line, while lowering attrition, training costs and workplace stress within Teams.
Aly's strong background in communication, leadership skills and human potential is rooted in 15 years as a facilitator/trainer of hard and soft skills in various organizations and in the personal development field. She has either moved into or created a training role at almost every organization she has been part of, including creating and writing all course materials. Aly is one of the first 70 people globally to be trained and certified as a Team and Relationship Coach. This commitment to mastery and expertise is integral for her clients knowing she meets a rigorous and current standard in cutting edge Team Coaching Tools and methodologies.
Aly believes her clients have intrinsic, unlimited potential and she rarely settles for less. She uses her 'toolkit' in an authentic, enthusiastic and bold style, to unfold and unleash that Team Potential through engaging discovery and challenging new actions and behaviours with strong accountability. While increasing the Team Performance, Aly maintains her focus on the client's agenda and measurable outcomes. Her clients gain a 'systems perspective' of their Team and a strong knowledge of each member's impact and contribution. They are empowered to immediately implement the tools used in the Team Coaching while gaining a common language and firm buy-in to the corporation values and goals.