Alumni Stories
Browse testimonials from Ivey Executive Education alumni where they share their experience in the program and how the insights in the classroom have transformed their leadership at work
Build Greater Self-Awareness To Improve Your Leadership
Dimitry Shlyonsky | Ivey Executive Program
Dimitry Shlyonsky, Senior Director, PMO at Crossfuze shares his experience in the Ivey Executive Program and how he’s been able to take concepts from the classroom back to his workplace, altering his leadership approach to better support his team and be more effective in his role.
- Leadership
- Performance Management
Influence and motivate your team
Valery Brennan | Ivey Leadership Program
Valery Brennan, Registrar of Canadian Citizenship and Director of Citizenship Program Delivery at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, describes how the Ivey Leadership Program allowed her to understand her leadership style so that she could determine how to effectively influence and motivate her team.
- Communication
- Innovation
- Operations
- Leadership
- Strategy
- Performance Management
Solve your leadership challenge with executive coaching
Nick Spence | Ivey Leadership Program
Nick Spence, Regional Manager, Movati Athletic, details his experience in the Ivey Leadership Program and how the support of an executive coach helped him solve his most pressing leadership challenge.
- Communication
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Coaching
Shift your thinking with executive coaching
Emily Knight | Ivey Leadership Program
Emily Knight, Director, MS Knowledge Network, details her experience in the Ivey Leadership Program and how the support of an executive coach helped her solve her most pressing leadership challenge.
- Communication
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Strategy
- Coaching
Lead change and transform your future
Kunle Tauhid | Ivey Leadership Program
Kunle Tauhid, Vice President, Financing & Consulting at Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), explains how the Ivey Leadership Program's applicable tools helped him prepare his team – and organization – for a constantly changing business environment.
- Communication
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Strategy
- Coaching
Embracing Lifelong Learning in the Canadian Municipal Sector
Katrina Furlanetto, Alana Del Greco, and Amy Grose | Ivey Municipal Leadership Program
Explore the value of professional development and lifelong learning, drawing from the experiences and testimonials of three leaders who took the Ivey Municipal Leadership Program.
- Leadership
- Not-for-Profit
- Public Sector
- Strategy
Looking back at CPCIS: One year later
Maria Nsouli | Canadian Private Capital Investment School
Maria Nsouli, Vice President, Impact Investment Fund at BMO, shares her thoughts on CPCIS and how her career trajectory has changed since completing the program:
- Finance
- Leadership
- Innovation
- Private Capital
Discover your strengths and weaknesses as a leader
Justine Zavitz | Ivey Leadership Program
Justine Zavitz, Vice President & Advisor at Zavitz Insurance and Wealth, shares how the Ivey Leadership Program helped her deeply understand her strengths and weaknesses as a leader, and provided her with an actionable plan to improve – and stay accountable – with the help of post-program coaching.
- Communication
- Operations
- Leadership
- Performance Management
Shift your leadership perspective
Catriona Le May Doan | CommunityShift
Catriona Le May Doan, two-time Olympic gold medalist and President & CEO of Sport Calgary, was looking to advance her leadership skills in the not-for-profit sector. In this interview, Catriona shares how The Ivey Academy's CommunityShift™ program shifted her leadership perspective to allow her to become more of a team-focused leader.
- Not-for-Profit
- Leadership
- Communication
Deepen your understanding of executive behaviour
David Graham | Ivey LIFT Advanced Coaching Certification Program
David Graham, Chief Exploration Officer & Founder of EDGE3, explains how The Ivey Academy's LIFT Advanced Coaching Certification Program deepened his understanding of both executive behaviour and the ever-changing contemporary business landscape.
- Coaching
- Leader Character
- Communication
Taking executive coaching to the next level
Catharine Larkin | Ivey LIFT Advanced Coaching Certification Program
Catharine Larkin shares how The Ivey Academy's LIFT Advanced Coaching Certification Program helped her stay relevant in a rapidly changing business environment while taking her leadership coaching practice to the next level
- Coaching
- Leadership
- Leader Character
Putting theory into practice
Tom Eaton | Ivey Collaborative Negotiation Program
Tom Eaton, Senior Director - Sales & Operations Planning at Metrie, talks about how The Ivey Academy's Collaborative Negotiations Program allowed him to learn and apply the concepts of high-level negotiation.
- Negotiations
- Strategy
Make the shift from managing to leading
Claude Arbez | Ivey Leadership Program
Claude Arbez, Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, details how the Ivey Leadership Program developed his leadership skills so he could confidently make the transition from managing to leading.
- Communication
- Leadership
- Performance Management
- Negotiations
Amplify your leadership impact
Darren Sprod | Ivey Leadership Program
Darren Sprod, CEO of Central Coast Football in Australia, discusses how the Ivey Leadership Program has given him applicable tools and strategies to immediately impact his organization and positively influence his own leadership.
- Communication
- Leadership
- Performance Management
- Negotiations
Expand your financial acumen
Mark Hubner | Finance for Non-Financial Professionals
Mark Hubner, VP, Brand & Product at Baffin, shares how The Ivey Academy's Finance for Non-Financial Professionals program helped him to fully understand the financial implications of strategic initiatives executed by his own organization.
- Finance
- Strategy
Extract meaning and understanding from numbers
Jessica Thiele | Finance for Non-Financial Professionals
Jessica Thiele, Director of Marketing at VL OMNI, explains how The Ivey Academy's Finance for Non-Financial Professionals program gave her the working knowledge to ask the important finance and accounting questions, and how to extract meaning and understanding from numbers.
- Finance
- Strategy
Handle any negotiation successfully
Dino Rinaldo | Ivey Collaborative Negotiation Program
Dino Rinaldo, Senior Advisor, Global Affairs Canada, describes how the Ivey Collaborative Negotiation Program helped him apply creative thinking and strategy to maximize value in negotiations.
- Negotiations
- Communication
Gain leadership self-awareness and initiate personal growth
Brian Aalbers | Ivey Executive Program
Brian Aalbers, Executive Vice President, People & Culture at Libro Credit Union, shares how the Ivey Executive Program's action learning and executive coaching helped him assess his strengths, gaps, and formulate the steps needed to realize his potential as an executive.
- Leadership
Expand your strategic viewpoint
Rhonda Choja | Ivey Executive Program
Rhonda Choja, VP, Corporate and Advisory Services, at Libro Credit Union talks about how the Ivey Executive Program exposed her to new ways of thinking and helped her commit to continuous growth and learning as a leader.
- Leadership
- Strategy
- Finance
- Innovation
Challenge your status quo
Shawn Vording | Ivey Executive Program
Shawn Vording, Vice President, Sales at CARFAX Canada, discusses how the Ivey Executive Program (2019) pushed him to experience profound leadership realizations.
- Leadership
- Strategy
- Communication
- Finance
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation
Discover a new kind of learning
Eddie Lopez | The Ivey Learning Experience
Eddie Lopez, barber, and owner of London, Ontario-based barber shop Elevated Barbers Inc., shares how The Ivey Academy’s teaching method exceeded his expectations and how he’s planning on implementing what he learned in his own business.
- Entrepreneurship
- Analytics
- Marketing
Building a valuable network
Cole Mason | Ivey Leadership Program
Cole Mason, VP of Strategy at Arcane, and past participant of the Ivey Leadership Program (ILP) discusses the benefits of learning from fellow program participants. Though two years have passed since Cole attended ILP, he remains in contact with many of his classmates.
- Communication
- Leadership