UDI Webinar: Managing Change in a Virtual Environment: Company Culture and Stress Management

• The importance of continuing to focus on culture in a virtual environment including real life examples from Sue?s experience with over 200 CEO?s and Execs during the past 8 weeks. 
  • What you can do to continue to maintain and evolve culture in the current environment 
• Importance of defining what stress triggers mean and where do our meanings come from? 
  • The power of mental chatter 
  • Separating our stress story from facts

• Sue Matheson- Master Certified Forum Chair, MacKay CEO Forums 
• Glen Sollors, Partner, Kwela Leadership & Talent Management 
• Suzana Goncalves,  EVP Sales and Marketing, Partner, MLA Canada (moderator)

Sue Matheson ? Master Certified Forum Chair, MacKay CEO Forums
Sue is an accomplished consultant, strategic advisor and forum chair who has been working with CEOs and Executives for over 20 years. She is known for her ability in creating candid and edgy conversations that help transform leaders and businesses. Sue is highly valued for her insight, intelligence and above all else, her ability to integrate ideas, thoughts and strategy. Her forum members admire her ability to challenge them in a forthright and encouraging way ? she doesn?t let them off the hook.

Sue?s passion lies in creating alignment between strategy, culture and leadership, which she believes is essential to high performance. She is the principle consultant and founder of Solus Consulting, which supports organizations in the areas of strategic planning, culture evolution, team and leadership development and change implementation. Create the vision and plan ? identify the culture needed to support execution ? and develop and hold leaders accountable for implementation of both. That?s where the magic lies for Sue.

Consulting for 9 years, Sue previously worked as a senior Human Resources leader for a large Vancouver based organization. The youngest senior leader in the organization, Sue received two awards for her leadership during her tenure in that role. She left the company to pursue her own business and over the past decade has worked with some of the top leaders in Canada. Invited to work with John Furlong and his Executive Team in 2005, Sue played a critical role in developing the Strategic Plan for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. She then continued to support the organization over the five-year lead up to the Olympics, working closely with the Executive and Senior Leadership Teams in the areas of culture, leadership and team development.

An avid learner, Sue received her BBA, with a focus on organizational development and an additional major in psychology, from Simon Fraser University in 1989. She is a Certified Co-Active Coach through the Coaches Training Institute in San Rafael, California and is also accredited in the Insights Discovery System, Change Implementation Methodology and an Emotional Intelligence tool.

Born and raised in North Vancouver, Sue still resides there with her husband (high school sweetheart) and their two boys and two cats. She is very committed to her community and spends much of her free time volunteering with community non-profit organizations.
 
Glen Sollors ? Partner, Kwela Leadership & Talent Management
Glen is based on Vancouver Island and has over 20 years experience in driving results by working with leaders in developing strategic business opportunities, managing associated change and enabling team success through role modeling, training, coaching and problem solving. His big picture and authentic approach helps leaders uncover possibilities within themselves and others so that they can create powerful teams that trust, perform and act with integrity.  Glen has a range of expertise in self-awareness, change management, business development, strategy design, accountability based leadership and skills training, and is a passionate and engaging facilitator.

Outside of work, Glen loves all things ?adventure?, travel, self-awareness and relaxing in the beauty of mother nature on foot or with a paddle. Glen holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a minor in International Business from Ryerson University and is a Certified Adult Educator and Landmark Graduate.
 
Suzana Goncalves, EVP Sales and Marketing, Partner, MLA Canada (moderator) 
Suzana Goncalves is driven by the dynamic nature of the real estate development industry. A logical thinker, she finds satisfaction in uncovering solutions using data and analytics with creativity and strategy. Suzana's proactive approach originates from over 19 years of industry experience and a determined confidence. With sharp communication skills, Suzana oversees our core services of Advisory, Marketing, Sales, Administration and Customer Care to deliver exceptional quality and added value to clients. She works tirelessly to create better service and products, remaining current on innovative processes. Suzana is the Vice-Chair of the Women of UDI Committee.