What We Do

The responsibility of leadership is often daunting – something that causes us to hesitate on the threshold.  It seems that those around us who lead do so effortlessly and confidently – do so as some natural extension of who they are.  The age-old argument of how leadership exists is polarized – we are told leaders are either born this way or have been made this way.

The truth is – leadership is not something someone is born with or made to be by others.  It is a choice that people make – to use all of who they are to unfold stories in the world.  It is a choice to practice – each person building on their evolving system for leading self and others, each and every day.

It is our belief that this choice is available to everyone – for leadership, everywhere.

Model of Change

Roy Group’s approach to leadership development focuses on four key re-findings – four conversations that leaders must be prepared to find, engage, lose and re-find again – woven in and out of their work and their lives. In this video, Ian Chisholm explains Roy Group’s Model of Change.

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Reasons to Engage

Roy Group has found – in over 20 years of working with clients – that the Model of Change can be applied to any of the typical motivations clients identify to address change in their organization. The Reasons to Engage show the most common reasons to engage our services, with examples of our work experience and client testimonials, to help you clarify where we can start working together to help your organization meet today’s and future challenges.

Developing Capacity
Increased Mandate
Mergers & Acquisitions

Strategic Growth

Purpose Focused
High Performance Teams
Psychological Safety

Evolving Change

Recruitment
Retention
Resilience

Focusing on Talent

New Leader
Team Norms
Transitions

Leading a New Chapter

Legacy
Distributed Leadership
Succession

Leading a Last Chapter

Philosophy
Volunteer Engagement
Communities of Practice

Developing Mentor Networks

Strategic Growth

When your organization is respected and valued for what it does, the world will ask you for more. This requires a system-wide commitment to use the work you do today – and every day – to develop the next generation of leaders for tomorrow.

BC Ministry of Forests

The future comes with non-negotiable needs that must be met by remarkable leaders and their teams. As mandates expand – there is an imperative for more of these leaders and stronger and stronger teams. I have come to trust Roy Group to prepare emerging leaders to step into these dynamics – in our regions, the BC Wildfire Service, the Chief Forester’s Office, and my own team.

– Rick Manwaring, Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Forests

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Evolving Change

When a new future desired state requires a shift in how your organization understands, sees and practices leadership – the work begins. Leaders create the culture and culture creates the horsepower to build the future you aspire to.

Fountain Tire Ltd.

Our unique business model of working with store owners as business partners has been key to our steady growth. And it required that we rethink what mentorship and leadership actually mean. Roy Group has helped us shape our culture since 2005 – and that culture is the key to our results.

– Brent Hesje, Executive Chairman, Fountain Tire Ltd.

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Focusing on Talent

When talent chooses to work with you – they are looking for more than a paycheck. They want an organization that they can help shape, and one that will shape them. They want a vehicle that will allow them to become who they want to be in the world. They want to work for leaders that they consider mentors.

ATB Wealth

Who we chose to work with to develop our up-and-coming leaders was a big decision for us. We wanted to send a compelling message about the future, our standards and our expectations of the caliber of leadership we require. We wanted to work with the best. And the best is Roy Group. What is powerful for me, is the leadership practice that Roy Group has given me and my colleagues. It is an on-going process, a constant questioning of what tools I might need in my toolkit to be a better human leader and situational leader in a rapidly changing world.

– Ursula Holmsten, CEO, ATB Wealth, and EVP, ATB Financial

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Leading a New Chapter

When you inherit a new role and a new team – it is important to set the tone. It is important to be crystal clear about the kinds of conversations that you believe leaders must convene with each other and their teams. And the expectations that you have for people moving forward.

YESS

Stepping in to lead a new team is not something you want to get wrong. As a leader, you need to understand them, but they also need to understand you. Roy Group supports me to orient my teams and practice leadership the way our organization needs us to. They have helped me to articulate and operationalize the way I lead to be the way we lead, together.

– Margo Long, President and CEO, YESS

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Leading a Last Chapter

When you have one chapter left in the story of your leadership and you want to leave something special behind, it is time to get focused on how you lead together and who you are passing the torch to. The best leaders create leadership, everywhere.

St. Michaels University School

A simple request for executive coaching through my last term as a Head of School quickly evolved to be about my entire leadership team, and then the entire school. Leadership became a team sport – a dynamic that was to become the most rewarding and purposeful chapter of my career. More than that, perhaps, is that the capacity we developed would create a resilience in the senior team that allowed them to lead together through the pandemic.

– Bob Snowden, former Head of School, St. Michaels University School

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Developing Mentor Networks

When your endeavors require the presence of a trusted network of seasoned leaders investing in the next generation, they will need to share a philosophical foundation and practical approaches. They will need to connect with each other, learn with each other and contribute together.

Threshold Impact Venture Mentoring Service

The Venture Mentoring Service program was created by M.I.T. to support budding entrepreneurs by surrounding them with a team of mentors. Over the last ten years it has created a gold standard for mentorship, that when paired with Roy Group’s tools, created a very strong and adaptable network in our community, with mentors who love being a part of the program. We have also extended the opportunity to our entrepreneurs, who have furthered their understanding and advanced their ability to be effective mentees.

– Kristina Milke, Chair, Threshold Impact Venture Mentoring Service

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Our Practice Areas

We serve four distinct sectors: enterprise, social impact, education and public service. These sectors are where the practice of developing outstanding leaders can make the greatest impact.

Link to: Enterprise

Enterprise

Learn about our work with owner-operated businesses

Link to: Social Impact

Social Impact

Learn about our work with social impact organizations

Link to: Education

Education

Learn about our work with schools, colleges and universities

Link to: Public Service

Public Service

Learn about our work with government agencies

Read the profiles of our exemplary
client leaders

MacGregor Cup recipients

Check out some in-depth case studies

Case Studies

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