This event is held for Ivey HBA1 students. It is not open to the public.
On Wednesday, January 21, the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership will be hosting the HBA Character Leadership & Resilience Conference. The event includes leaders who will deliver compelling messages about the importance character and resilience in our professional and personal lives.
Agenda:
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:30 - 8:40 am | Opening remarks in BMO Auditorium |
| 8:40 - 9:40 am | Opening speaker Daniel Lerner - Superstressed: How to Turn Stress into the Superpower That We All Need Now - in BMO Auditorium |
| 9:40 - 10:00 am | Break |
| 10:00 - 11:20 am | Invictus Workshop in classroom sections |
| 11:20 - 11:40 am | Break |
| 11:40 am - 12:40 pm | Closing speaker Jeremiah Brown - Character, Leadership, and Resilience: Lessons from an Improbable Olympic Journey - in BMO Auditorium |
| 12:40 - 1:00 pm | Closing remarks |
Dress code for this event is business casual.
Daniel Lerner
As a speaker, teacher, and strengths-based performance coach, Daniel Lerner is an expert in positive and performance psychologies. His key theme is that developing a healthy psychological state has a profound impact on the pursuit of excellence—a message that he brings to students, established and high-potential performing artists and athletes, and executives and employees at Fortune 500 companies and startups worldwide.
Lerner spent a decade on the teaching staff at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a clinical instructor at New York University, where he has taught “The Science of Happiness” to almost 10,000 students over the past ten years. Following a decade at International Creative Management (where he specialized in the representation and development of young performers), Lerner studied closely with renowned sports psychologist Dr. Nathaniel Zinsser—a Director of The Center for Enhanced Performance at the United States Military Academy at West Point—focusing on coaching and performance enhancement techniques employed by professional and Olympic athletes.
He holds a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, is a regular contributor to Fast Company magazine, and is the author of U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (and Life), which was released by Little, Brown, and Company, and is now on dozens of syllabi at universities across the country.
Jeremiah Brown
Jeremiah is a change & transformation expert, bestselling author of The 4 Year Olympian, and former leader of career transitions, skill development and mental health for the Canadian Olympic Committee.
Jeremiah electrifies audiences with battle-tested strategies on goal resilience, transformation and team success. His keynotes equip your people with the grit, leadership mindset and collective resolve to power through obstacles and achieve ambitious goals. A highly sought-after speaker, Jeremiah has delivered hundreds of keynotes for world-class organizations like Spotify, TD Bank, Cisco, and the NHL’s Calgary Flames.
An Olympic underdog story like no other - Jeremiah Brown achieved the incredible feat of going from complete beginner to Olympic medalist in just four years. His story has been featured on CBC, CTV, Roger’s Sportsnet, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and USA Today.
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