The Business Leadership Podcast

Kunal is the CEO of Polar, a technology provider to major media publishers, with offices around the world. He is also passionate about finding calm and focus in a modern era and writes regularly on the topics of leadership, mindfulness and technology culture on his blog, findfocus.today. When he is not running the business, Kunal … Continue reading TBLP073 | Kunal Gupta: Mindful Leadership

Ross Andrew Paquette is the founder and CEO of Maropost, North America’s fastest growing marketing automation company, as ranked by the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. After founding Maropost in 2011, Ross has gone on to double annual growth every year since turning a one-person operation into an international business. Acting as the strategic center of … Continue reading TBLP072 | Ross Andrew Paquette: Marketing Cloud Leader

With over 15 years of broadcast, events, content, theatre, and Games Laura Denham has added to her long list of achievements, becoming a Chief Creative Officer at Notable Life. She was a Notable.ca Award Recipient for Leadership. After receiving this award, Laura was offered a post in Notable Life. Laura is an integrated marketer who … Continue reading TBLP071 | Laura Denham: A Notable Story of Leadership

Hal Elrod’s incredible story started out when he was a young salesman of Cutco Kitchen Knives. After six months of his sales career, he broke the company record for having the fastest sales in the 50-year history of the company. A year and a half later after giving a speech at one of the company’s … Continue reading TBLP070 | Hal Elrod: Leading One Morning at a Time

At a very young age, Nunzio Presta was exposed to sports and learned that comfort will lead nowhere. While playing hockey, he developed the attitude of working with a team, communication, drive and discipline to time management. All these skills played a crucial role in how he leads his team. Nunzio is Founder & CEO at … Continue reading TBLP069 | Nunzio Presta: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition

Today, Edwin chat with Hamza Khan, Managing Director of Student Life Network, keynote speaker, and author. He empowers people and businesses to transform ideas into action. Hamza is also a faculty member at Ryerson University and the co-founder of Skills Camp, a school for soft skill. When he is not busy leading these companies, Hamza loves to … Continue reading TBLP068 | Hamza Khan: Soft Skill Leader

On today’s episode, Edwin takes the opportunity to describe how he finds balance when he continually adds new things to his life. From business projects to personal commitments, he visualizes his life as a spinning top where new things may take it out of equilibrium for a while. Thanks to media sponsors IT World Canada … Continue reading TBLP067 Finding Balance with Edwin Frondozo

It’s Canada Day and Independence Day this week, I thought I would take the time to formally announce “The Business Leadership Live” call-in radio show where I invite business leaders, subject matter experts, and thought leaders to discuss current events, new innovations, and anything that can help you professionally and personally grow. Links Helpful Dialog … Continue reading Introducing The Business Leadership Live Call-In Radio Show

Jacqueline is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Pressed. Not a news junkie by any means, she created Pressed because it’s a product that she needs. Prior to launching her first startup, she spent several years working in marketing roles at companies spanning across industries like sports, food, and media. She has a media degree from … Continue reading TBLP065 | Jacqueline Leung: News on the Go

2018 is flying by, so I thought I’d give a quick update and thanks to all my listeners, collaborators, and sponsors. And also, I want to share the new initiatives that I am working on. Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe on your … Continue reading Summer 2018 Special Episode

Jamie Michaels is the Head of Brand Strategy at Twitter Canada. He joins forces with top advertisers to create ideas that impact during moments that matter. Before joining Twitter, Jamie was the Director of Brand Integration for Rogers’ Sportsnet and NHL properties. In this part, he was in charge of creating and executing coordinated media answers for … Continue reading TBLP064 | Jamie Michaels: Twitter Leader

Mike is the founder and CEO of PointClickCare Technologies. The company started as a one-man operation and grown to 1,500 people today. The company’s mission is to prepare the world for an ageing population and for PointClickCare do that through long-term and post-acute care providers. For Mike who is a father of a ten and … Continue reading TBLP063 | Mike Wessinger: Senior Care Leader

Carl is President, CEO and founder of SOTI Inc., a world leader in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) and Mobile Security Technology. SOTI’s products and technology have received numerous awards and accolades from around the world. Today SOTI’s products are distributed around the world through a network of over 4000 VARs, Resellers, and Distributors. Over 17,000 … Continue reading TBLP062 | Carl Rodrigues: Enterprise Mobile Leader

Cody Royle is the head coach of AFL team Canada, the national men’s Australian Rules football program. He has an endurance sports business called Inner Voice where they tell Tribune style stories on athletes. Cody was born in Canberra the capital city of Australia but raised in Melbourne. When he turned 25 he picked up a … Continue reading TBLP060 | Cody Royle: Situational Leader

Michael Katchen is the CEO and co-founder of Wealthsimple, a leading online investing service operating in Canada, United States, and the United Kingdom. Before starting Wealthsimple, he worked at a YC-backed startup called 1000memories, and we sold the business to Ancestry.com in 2012. At a very young age, Michael became very interested in investing when his sister randomly entered … Continue reading TBLP059 | Michael Katchen: Investment Leader

Ami Shah is the Co-Founder & CEO of Peekapak, an edtech startup that teaches social-emotional learning skills like self-regulation, empathy and teamwork in the class and home. Ami earned her MBA from INSEAD and received great marketing experience from Procter and Gamble. She spent a lot of time abroad. Ami lived, volunteered, studied in about … Continue reading TBLP057 | Youth Education Leader

Randy holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business and a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University. He brings an entrepreneurial and customer-focused background to Uberflip with leadership experience. One of the hats he wears is being President and CMO at Uberflip. He oversees the strategy, operations, sales and execution of Uberflip’s solution. A … Continue reading TBLP052 | Randy Frisch: Content Experience

At the age of 15, Rokham Fard’s family moved to Canada. He studied Computer Science at the University of Toronto. He worked with Canada’s largest academic research lab to help out with re-designing the education system. At 21, he became the employee of the year at a Fortune 500 company. After graduation, he decided to … Continue reading TBLP051 | Rokham Fard: Self-Leadership

Seth Godin is the author of 18 books that have been bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than 35 languages. He’s also the founder of the altMBA and The Marketing Seminar, online workshops that have transformed thousands of people. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, … Continue reading TBLP050 | Seth Godin: Be Bold

As the CEO of PT Healthcare and InnoCare, Heather oversees a $50+ million national healthcare company and under her leadership, both organizations have solidified their position as Canadian health care leaders focused on the development of innovative healthcare technology and patient-centered care. She credits this success to her team and her commitment to creative thinking; … Continue reading TBLP047 | Heather Shantora: Composure Under Pressure