On the ice, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir may be an award-winning figure skating team, but off the ice they have different personalities and processes.
Overcoming those differences and cultivating a culture of mutual respect was one of the key factors in their success during their 17-year partnership.
Virtue and Moir shared advice with enthusiastic Ivey HBA students on team work, and dealing with conflict, obstacles, and disappointment at the Troost Annual Leadership Event on October 27. The event was presented by Ivey’s Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership and made possible by a generous donation from Kathleen and Bill Troost, MBA ’75.
“We are very different people, but we worked hard at communicating and understanding one another’s process. We’ve never blamed one another. We’ve never name-called,” said Moir. “We learned to make effective and productive use of every minute on the ice by working through our differences and cultivating a code of respect.”
Watch a short clip from the event (CTV News)