Prior to launching Soulzatwork, Joanne's 25-plus-year career took her into senior roles in global corporations in the high-tech and pharmaceutical sectors, employee health management, strategic business development, marketing communications, and human resources, including leadership development, succession planning, and executive coaching. As an entrepreneur, Joanne has owned and operated her own fitness / wellness consulting business and worked as an external business and health consultant for numerous organizations. She has been part of business start-ups and worked with organizations experiencing huge market challenges. She currently works with leaders and teams in the corporate and not-for-profit sectors.

Joanne helps leaders "get real", access their authentic leadership capacity, and lead their lives and businesses in ways that produce fulfilling, sustainable results on their own terms. Her mission is to be a catalyst for leaders and teams so they can leverage their natural strengths in service of inspiring people while transforming organizations. Joanne is passionate about contributing to the creation of more humane workplaces. Joanne understands that leaders must act fast, work with integrity, and get results. She is a strategic thinker and her clients can count on her to ensure that the business context is front and centre as they develop their teams. She designs and delivers custom solutions focused on creating team success based on collaboration, while capitalizing on the diversity in the team. Through her writing in newsletters, published articles, and a book called Awakening the Workplace, Joanne shares her stories about leading from a place of truth, grace and dignity.

Joanne's work is a reflection of her passion for the power of the human spirit in the workplace. Clients access Joanne to work with them to develop strong, focused organizations that have clear, common performance goals.

Sarah coaches in a variety of sectors, including high-tech, healthcare, media, environmental engineering, and not-for-profit. Outside the corporate arena, Sarah works with individuals seeking to make changes in their careers and personal lives, as well as those who have faced a life threatening illness.

Sarah brings her expertise to building the infrastructure and programs necessary to support organizations through the various stages of change. Her particular gift is in supporting individuals and organizations through times of significant transition. Sarah has the ability to put people at ease, build strong relationships, and facilitate change with her warm and engaging personality.

Sarah uses the Team Diagnostic Assessment process – a leading edge methodology – with leaders and their teams. This process provides a comprehensive profile of the team's current reality from the inside out. It enables the team to gain powerful insight and awareness of existing team strengths and challenges. Sarah offers custom-designed workshops and leadership programs that focus on coaching teams to be able to create their own action plans, optimize their performance, and achieve extraordinary results.

Since 1992, Nicki has trained, certified, and coached more than 6,000 business executives, sales managers and salespeople in numerous sectors, including distribution companies, manufacturers’ agents, finance, consumer packaged goods, high-tech, telecommunications, medical devices, travel, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare. Prior to that, she held sales and sales management positions, consistently achieving top-ranking results.

Nicki combines her powerful coaching abilities with strong facilitation skills to help individuals and teams reach new levels of sustained, improved performance.

Barbara understands the importance of strong, aligned leadership across all levels of an organization to bring forth the potential of employees to achieve successful, sustainable business results. She coaches individuals seeking more fulfillment in their lives and careers, and she works with managers and their teams within organizations to develop strong leadership capabilities.

Authentic leadership in every aspect of life is Barbara's passion. In addition to business leadership, she has provided leadership in a not-for-profit organization, where she inspires volunteers to work together to achieve common goals.

David is also the author of The Soul Café, a critically-acclaimed novel about leadership and authenticity, and has recently completed his second novel The Urban Angel. He is currently working on his third book, a compilation of leadership stories.

David’s leadership experience has revealed one immutable truth: leaders have the capacity to inspire and be the catalyst for brilliance, as well as to demoralize and be responsible for failure. David is fascinated with both, specifically with the promise that powerful leaders can enable heightened productivity, greater positivity and organizational resilience, themes David explores in his writing.

As writer-in-residence and managing editor of The Wyndham Press, David’s contributions to Soulzatwork focus on the documenting of leadership wisdom.