The start of a new year often prompts reflection – on progress made, lessons learned, and priorities ahead.
For business leaders, that reflection is more than personal. In a climate of disruption, from AI to trade wars, and rising expectations, it becomes a necessary reset of how they operate, decide, and show up. The question is where to begin: how to grow as a leader in ways that advance the organization’s needs, while also remaining effective and sustainable over the long term.
On January 27, Dusya Vera, Executive Director of the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership at Ivey Business School, brings together senior executives and leadership coaches for a candid conversation on what it takes to refine and evolve leadership practice for the coming year.
Drawing on experience and evidence-based insight, this complimentary Impact Live webinar will examine how experienced executives assess their own effectiveness, challenge entrenched ways of thinking, and deliberately strengthen their character, competencies, and commitment to not only navigate uncertainty in 2026 and beyond, but to lead toward a future worth creating.
About the speakers
Rahul Bhardwaj
President & CEO, Institute of Corporate Directors
Rahul Bhardwaj, President and CEO of the Institute of Corporate Directors, leads a Canadian not-for-profit association of more than 18,000 members committed to improving national outcomes by growing the board leadership and governance capacities within Canadian businesses, agencies, and not-for-profits.
Rahul currently serves on the boards of the Institute of Corporate Directors, the Canadian Foundation for Governance Research, past Chair and current Executive Committee of the Global Network of Director Institutes, the Leader Council at the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership at Ivey Business School, and as Director Emeritus at the Rideau Hall Foundation.
Molly Edge
Executive Coach, Ivey Business School Executive Education
After 16 years of corporate experience in HR and operations, Molly Edge became a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation in 2008. As a coach and facilitator, she partners with leaders, teams, and organizations to activate leadership effectiveness by defining clear purpose, mapping a strategic path forward, and strengthening high-impact leadership skills to achieve meaningful results. Her clients include Rogers Communications, TD Bank, Joey Restaurants, and Surrey Food Bank.
Molly holds a Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching from Royal Roads University, an Advanced Coaching Certification from the Ivey Business School, a Bachelor of Psychology from University of British Columbia, and a Human Resource Diploma from BCIT.
Candice Faktor, HBA ’00
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Disco
Candice Faktor is Founder and CEO of Disco, the learning platform that unlocks human potential through AI-powered, social learning experiences.
She started her career as a strategy consultant, built a corporate innovation and venture arm for Canada's largest media company, and helped scale Wattpad to 120 million users and a $1B acquisition. She is a Venture Partner at Lobby Capital and has served on the boards of DreamBox Learning, Coveo, and advises nonprofits XPrize and ShiftCanada.
Candice speaks globally on how to unleash human potential in the age of AI.
A proud Canadian who immigrated at 14, she and her husband have two teenage sons who inspire her to never lose hope, courage, or ambition to create the future we want.
Dusya Vera, PhD '02
Executive Director, Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership, Ivey Business School
Dusya Vera holds the Ian. O. Ihnatowycz Chair in Leadership. She is an award-winning professor, researcher, humanitarian, and a recognized expert in the field of leadership. She currently serves as a Professor of Strategy and the Executive Director of the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership at Ivey – the School’s premiere institute focused on character leadership. A prolific scholar, her work appears in top academic and practitioner journals, and she contributes as an editor for several journals. Dusya is leading the implementation of the Western Leadership Certificate, powered by Ivey, which will engage Western students in the knowledge and practice of leadership.
