I am obsessed with answering this question:

Why can’t we just get along? 

I believe that with a little more compassion and understanding, the world would be a better place.

I’m not so naïve to think that this is easy. People Stuff is HARD. I’m on a mission to demystify it, to give leaders practical maps and tools to make people stuff the best stuff of leadership.

I work with leaders and organisations who believe this one thing: people matter. We get to work on making the people stuff great.

Who I am, where I’ve been.

I have had two great passions in my career: people and wilderness adventures. I’ve managed to combine these two in all roles that I have played.

I led canoe trips for the YM-YWCA Winnipeg for 9 glorious summers. The canoe trips ranged from 2 to 6 weeks. Small groups, spectacular scenery, profound experiences.

I hopped across the pond and landed at Outward Bound Australia where I made this my home for the next ten years. I was an expedition leader, set up the staff training program (which won numerous awards), and was part of the executive. Big operations, big responsibilities, and big changes. I learned a lot about myself as a human being and leader. Life-changing.

I joined the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation after that to design and deliver leadership programs for various industries. All of them included deep, powerful outdoor experiential programs that shifted people’s understanding of themselves as people and as leaders. A privilege to be part of this team. Humbling.

Other bits about me: I am a telemark skier (cross-country and downhill hybrid), I’ve run six marathons, I love my backyard chooks. I had cancer in 2005. It changed how I thought about myself and life and work. I am fiercely committed to leaders looking after themselves properly as a result.

My core values are FUN, ADVENTURE, AND LEARNING.

I love chocolate and gin, I don’t have a musical bone in my body, and parking in underground parking lots freaks me out. I cook a mean apple crumble and have a fascination with the history of the English monarchy. I believe Ryan Reynolds is one of Canada’s greatest exports.: