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INTRODUCING C.A.N.O.E.
The Firsthand Leadership C.A.N.O.E. program challenges conventional thinking and invites clients on a thought-provoking paddle and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.
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OUR SERVICES
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Learning
Individual and team learning programs centre on world-class continuous improvement, aka Lean, principles and methodologies.
Training is organized into levels of expertise that can be applied organization-wide with individuals, teams and/or departments. Lean is both an organizational strategy and philosophy that positions the achievement of value as a North Star of leadership and operational excellence.
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Design
Ongoing strategic counsel and curriculum development to enhance key aspects of high-performing teams, and purpose-driven organizations.
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Areas of focus include entrepreneurship, innovation, influence, succession planning, new employee orientation, transformational leadership, leadership for technical and remote teams, problem-solving and operational excellence.
“Emergent strategies are ways for humans to practice complexity and grow the future through relatively simple interactions"
- Adrienne Maree Brown – Author of Emergent Strategy
OUR STORY
Firsthand Leadership was started in 2018, by a Ph.D. educator, gold medal athlete, and canoeing enthusiast.
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In today's complex ecosystem of unprecedented business opportunities, challenges, and emerging issues, Firsthand Leadership pairs systems thinking with systems solutions, and experiential learning on the waters of Lake Ontario.
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Principal and Founder, Dr. Ernest Byers is a C-1 canoeist with a history of paddling that started on the St. Lawrence River as part of the Pointe Claire Canoe Club, to becoming a medal-winning Master's competitor for the Balmy Beach Canoe Club in Toronto.