The Way Forward Webcasts with Leon Goren

In this week's episode of The Way Forward, Robert Chesnut, former Chief Counsel and Ethics Officer of Airbnb and author of his new book Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution, speaks with Leon Goren.  In the talk, Rob argues that the “do no evil” mantra is no longer enough, and companies that do not think seriously about a crucial element of corporate culture – integrity – are destined to fail. Defining integrity is difficult. As our workplaces become more diverse, global, and connected, integrity matters more than ever. It requires leadership from the top, but it also requires that everyone in the company have a shared sense of what integrity means and a strong, empowered voice to put that integrity into practice. Sounds difficult to achieve, but through his 6 C’s, Rob shares how leaders can engage and empower employees to recognize and tackle integrity dilemmas as they would any other business challenge, by considering both short- and long-term consequences. Join us for our  PEO Leadership Annual Conference. We are expecting 1,500 C-level executives, many with their entire leadership team, to join us on November 18th and 19th. Tune in to our new podcast, Snippets! In short segments, Leon Goren brings together business leaders to share stories, best practices and learnings with the rest of the community. Available on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts, https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/snippets-with-leon-goren/id1510439127.If you’d like to find out more about our leadership community, please feel free to reach out directly to lgoren@peo-leadership.com. If you enjoyed today’s podcast, please subscribe and give us a review on Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.  

On this episode, we hear strategy advice from BusinessWeek's "top business leader" for his pioneering innovation and TIME magazine's 1 of 5 top "Marketing Innovators". Rishad Tobaccowala is in the Ad Age Interactive Hall of Fame and has received a lifetime achievement silver medal award from the Chicago Ad Federation. He discusses how the hidden key to successful transformation in any organization lies between human intuition and data-driven insights. Rishad combines learning from his book  Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data and recent perspectives on Covid-19, The Great Re-Invention, to help you see, feel and think differently about how to grow yourself, your team and your company.  In this interactive fireside chat, Rishad explores the following topics:How to grow and remain relevant in transformative times by understanding what it takes to make sense and thrive in a world of rapid technological, demographic, and global upheavalHow to grow yourself, grow those around you, and grow your practice, passion, and companyWhy data is often not the way forward and we may have too much of itWhy it is essential to have a culture and courage that calls out "the turd on the table"Why COVID-19 is the start of a great re-invention of society, business and peopleIf you’re interested in tuning into the live webcasts, please visit https://peo-leadership.com/.Tune in to our new podcast, Snippets! In short segments, Leon Goren brings together business leaders to share stories, best practices and learnings with the rest of the community. Available on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts, https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/snippets-with-leon-goren/id1510439127.If you’d like to find out more about our leadership community, please feel free to reach out directly to lgoren@peo-leadership.com. If you enjoyed today’s podcast, please subscribe and give us a review on Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.  

For Dr. Greg Wells, health and performance, particularly under extreme conditions, are personal and professional obsessions. As a scientist and physiologist, he has dedicated his career to making the science of human limits understandable and actionable.On September 25th, our CEO, Leon Goren spoke to Dr. Wells who offers dozens of insights about what it takes to perform at a high level in very challenging circumstances. He translates complex science into actionable insights and tactics you can use to optimize mental health and navigate the COVID19 environment. Dr. Wells teaches our audience how to leverage proven techniques and technologies to achieve peak performance and optimal health. This in-depth presentation covers topics ranging from mental and physical activation to optimizing brain function. It’s a session you won’t want to miss as we explore the following:What it takes to be ultra healthy and perform in the 1%How to rise above mental and emotional exertion What athletes do in high stakes, high pressure situations, when the end is no where in sight, and translate that to what CEOs and business leaders should be doing to achieve a similar level of mental toughnessOUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER:Dr. Greg Wells, CEO & founder of Wells PerformanceFor over 25 years, Dr. Wells has worked with some of the highest-performing individuals on the planet, including Olympic and World champions, and with organizations ranging from General Electric to BMO, Deloitte, KPMG, BMW, Audi, Sysco Foods, YPO and Air Canada. He is also committed to inspiring children and young adults through his close working relationship with several school boards and independent schools.A veteran endurance athlete, Dr. Wells has participated in the grueling Nanisivik Marathon 600 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Ironman Canada and the Tour D’Afrique, an 11,000 km cycling race that is the longest in the world. He is also a travel and expedition adventurer who has journeyed through every imaginable terrain and conditions in over 50 countries around the world.Dr. Wells is author of four best-selling books – Superbodies, The Ripple Effect, The Focus Effect and Rest, Refocus, Recharge. He also hosted the Gemini award-winning Superbodies series, which aired on Olympic broadcasts worldwide in 2010 and 2012.Dr. Wells has a Ph.D. in Physiology, and continues to serve as a Senior Scientist in Translational Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.He is the CEO and founder of Wells Performance, a global consulting firm committed to achieving the moonshot of helping teams, schools and businesses become places where people get healthy, perform optimally and reach their potential.

There is nothing like a crisis to separate the great leaders from those that have been floating through good economic times. Most leaders know how to deal with certainty, but few understand the importance of being agile when uncertainty surrounds them. On July 28th, as PEO Leadership President and CEO, I will share some of my learnings over my 25 years experience of working with leaders from all over North America, as well as my observations of what has separated the great leaders from the rest of the pack over the last 4 months. I will be joined by special guest, Dr. J.P. Pawliw-Fry, world-renowned leadership expert, New York Time bestselling author, co-founder and president of IHHP, a Fast 100 company (Profit Magazine's fastest growing companies), who will moderate our webcast.   When times are good, it's very difficult to distinguish between average and great leaders - it takes time and numerous interactions. In a crisis, leadership skills, or a lack thereof, become evident very quickly - it's black and white, there is no gray area. In fact, the impact of leadership skills over the last four months has been so substantial that many leaders will be asked to step down and will be replaced by individuals who rose to the occasion.   This insightful webcast will provide you with the following takeaways:What differentiated great leaders from the rest of the pack?The importance of EQ and FQ.The importance of having spent the time building the right connections and relationships well before the crisis.How the first 3 weeks of the crisis set the stage of whether a leader would succeed?Why the following 90 days won't get any easier?

On February 16, 2020, I wrote an article titled: Pull Your Head out of the Sand - Something's Gotta Give. The first paragraph opened as follows: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, ..." so goes the famous opening line by Charles Dickens in March 1869. That line from A Tale of Two Cities perfectly captures where we find ourselves today. Its time to start thinking about reducing your risk exposure in both your business and investments and prepare to take advantage of various opportunities as they arise. A month later the S&P 500 collapsed just over 33%. No one can call the timing of any collapse but in this case the writing was on the wall.Today we are in the midst of a V shaped recovery, with the market as of June 18th, recovering just over 30%. Yet there exists almost as much uncertainty in what the future holds as we noted back in February. Should we be jumping on the exuberant momentum or derisking our portfolios and heeding Warren Buffet's wisdom "We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when other are fearful". Thane Stenner, Managing Director of the StennerZhony Group, part of Morgan Stanley's Wealth Division and Chairman Emeritus of TIGER21 joins us in our The Way Forward Webcast Series for a fireside chat on July 17th. The StennerZohny Group has been recognized in Barron's 2020 Top 50 Institutional Investment Consultants ranking #8 in all of North America and #1 in California.Our interactive conversation will focus on providing you with some market insights and confidence on how you should be managing both your wealth creation and preservation during these uncertain times. "To buy when others are despondently selling and sell when others are greedily buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest reward" as John Templeton is famously quoted. It's a session you won't want to miss as we explore the following:What's happening in the markets and why the dislocation between the real economy?Are we in a "V" shaped recovery or is this really a lazy W with a slow recovery?The importance of having a well diversified asset allocation to ensure you don't lose those hard earned dollars.Why are there so many well-known value investors sitting on the sidelines?Are we in for another market reckoning? 

In today's episode of The Way Forward Webcasts, Joe Jackman and Stefan Read reflect on how you should respond to the new attitudes and values your core customers have developed as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.  Despite what Instagram would have you believe, not everyone is responding to COVID-19 by taking up baking. Different people are reacting differently to the crisis. As businesses start to re-open, it's critical to see beyond the general trends and understand what has changed with your particular customer. In our The Way Forward Webcast, Joe Jackman, strategy and customer engagement expert and founder of Jackman Reinvents, alongside his VP of Engagements, Stefan Read, reveal the insights from a comprehensive study of 5,000 consumers to answer the question: Which attitudes and values are changing for your customers, and how should you respond? This interactive discussion arms business leaders with the tools needed to dig deep with customers and focus on what they care most about now - preparing you to come out of this stronger. Joe Jackman and Stefan Read provide the following main take-aways for this session:Insight into which attitudes and values are changing for your target customer as a result of the crisis.Understanding of how to build engagement with your customers now, and set yourself up for relevance after the crisis.Recommended tactics to execute now to help you come out of this stronger.If you’re interested in tuning into the live webcasts, please visit https://peo-leadership.com/.Tune in to our new podcast, Snippets! In short segments, Leon Goren brings together business leaders to share stories, best practices and learnings with the rest of the community. Available on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts, https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/snippets-with-leon-goren/id1510439127.If you’d like to find out more about our leadership community, please feel free to reach out directly to lgoren@peo-leadership.com. If you enjoyed today’s podcast, please subscribe and give us a review on Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.  

Harry Kraemer, a strategy and management expert and best-selling author, dives into the essence of living a values-based life. He emphasizes the need for self-reflection to align actions with personal values amidst a busy life. Kraemer introduces the concept of 'Your 168,' which represents the hours in a week, urging listeners to prioritize time effectively. He also shares insights on forming new habits and balancing leadership responsibilities with personal fulfillment. This engaging conversation offers a roadmap for those seeking purpose and satisfaction.

In today's webcast, Leon Goren, CEO and President of PEO Leadership, speaks with Goldy Hyder about government response and the requirements for the comeback of SME's and big businesses. As the President and CEO of the Business Council of Canada, Goldy Hyder, represents some of the TSX‘s largest companies. Further to this, he has extensive experience as a policy maker, serving as the Director of Policy and Chief of Staff, to the former Prime Minister and former leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party, the Right Honourable, Joe Clark. Mr. Hyder’s understanding of the ins-and-outs of Canadian politics at the highest levels, as well as his understanding of the implications of policy on the very organizations that he now represents, gives him a unique perspective to be able to provide us with an understanding of things to come.If you’re interested in tuning into the live webcasts, please visit https://peo-leadership.com/.Tune in to our new podcast, Snippets! In short segments, Leon Goren brings together business leaders to share stories, best practices and learnings with the rest of the community. Available on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts, https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/snippets-with-leon-goren/id1510439127.If you’d like to find out more about our leadership community, please feel free to reach out directly to lgoren@peo-leadership.com. If you enjoyed today’s podcast, please subscribe and give us a review on Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.  

Let’s face it, most of us just can’t convert an assembly line into making ventilators over night. Our businesses are being forced to adapt but aside from throwing around popular phrases like “digital transformation” and “re-engineering revenue”, many aren’t exactly sure what to change, what to chase, and where the real opportunities are.  It’s time for a coup. But this time it’s from within your own castle walls. This May 15th ‘The Way Forward‘ live webcast is lead by Ron Tite, who is the founder of marketing agency Church+State and Executive Producer and Host of the podcast The Coup, recently awarded Canada’s “Outstanding Business Series” by the Canadian Podcast Awards and a Finalist in Best Business Podcast by the New York FestivalsTune in to our new podcast, Snippets! In short segments, Leon Goren brings together business leaders to share stories, best practices and learnings with the rest of the community. Available on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts, https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/snippets-with-leon-goren/id1510439127.If you’d like to find out more about our leadership community, please feel free to reach out directly to lgoren@peo-leadership.com. If you enjoyed today’s podcast, please subscribe and give us a review on Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.  

We are very excited to have Michael Beer, the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School, specializing in organization effectiveness, organizational change, high commitment, high performance organizations, leadership, as well as HR management, speak on our The Way Forward Webcast Series on May 7th. Professor Beer draws from his award-winning research and new book Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations about Your Company’s Capabilities Are the Key to a Winning Strategy, to discuss the importance of the honest conversation in preparing an organization to successfully strategize, pivot and execute with success. Fit to Compete’s insights and frameworks are extremely relevant to what we’re faced with today as we contemplate how to engage with our people and develop our next steps forward.If you’re interested in tuning into the live webcasts, please visit https://peo-leadership.com/. Tune in to our new podcast, Snippets! In short segments, Leon Goren brings together business leaders to share stories, best practices and learnings with the rest of the community. Available on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts, https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/snippets-with-leon-goren/id1510439127. If you’d like to find out more about our leadership community, please feel free to reach out directly to lgoren@peo-leadership.com. If you enjoyed today’s podcast, please subscribe and give us a review on Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.