2024 Leadership Summit
April 10-12, 2024
Dan Pontefract - CEO, Pontefract Group
Dan Pontefract is a renowned leadership strategist, author, and keynote speaker with over two decades of experience in senior executive roles at companies such as SAP, TELUS, and Business Objects. Since then, he has worked with organizations worldwide, including Salesforce, Amgen, the State of Tennessee, Nestlé, Canada Post, Autodesk, BMO, the Government of Canada, Manulife, Nutrien, and the City of Toronto, among others.
As an award-winning and best-selling author, Dan has written five books: WORK-LIFE BLOOM, LEAD. CARE. WIN., OPEN TO THINK, THE PURPOSE EFFECT, and FLAT ARMY. Dan also writes for Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and other outlets.
Dan is a renowned keynote speaker who has presented at four TED events and has delivered over 600 keynotes . He is an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business and has received over 25 industry, individual, and book awards.
Dan’s career is interwoven with corporate and academic experience, coupled with an MBA, B.Ed, and multiple industry certifications and awards. Notably, Dan is listed on the Thinkers50 Radar, HR Weekly’s 100 Most Influential People in HR, PeopleHum’s Top 200 Thought Leaders to Follow, and Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers.
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Work-Life Balance and Employee Engagement Are Myths: Is There An Alternative?
As leaders continue to grapple with the challenges of our interconnected world, demands for growth, and team member morale, the traditional concepts of “work-life balance” and “employee engagement” have become outdated and unproductive. However, the core of any team (or organization) is how it operates. Enter a new way of thinking: Work-Life Bloom. Rather than espouse these myths, leaders ought to be instituting several work-life factors that will help the organization and its people to flourish, individually and collectively. This keynote from award-winning author Dan Pontefract will help leaders understand what work- and life-factors permit their team members to bloom...or not. Based on Pontefract’s primary research, he will discuss and present the work-life factors that your organization should consider so that people can simply ‘be their best’ rather than balanced or engaged.