Reboot Forward
41 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -A platform to discuss the process of change - transition, transformation, reinvention, and of course, rebooting ourselves moving forward! The focus is on individuals who have unique stories and perspectives to tell around change and their journey through to those new beginnings and directions. Hosted by Executive Coach Barry Forward.
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Twin Flames - Changing the Face of Canadian Music
September 02, 2021 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBMulti-award winning, chart-topping Indigenous artists Twin Flames Build bridges across cultures, continents, and styles. The husband and wife duo of Chelsey June, métis (Algonquin Cree) from Ottawa, and Jaaji, Inuk and Mohawk from Nunavik, are long celebrated for their sonic landscapes spanning Canada and the Arctic, and honouring their ancestors through song in English, Inuttitut and French. Twin Flames, brings together a richness of personal history and musical experience, 2x Canadian Folk...
Lowry Olafson - Powering Up Your Life Through Song
July 15, 2021 16:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBLowry Olafson is a performing songwriter and keynote speaker who has released nine CDs and toured the globe. His concerts are peppered with stories that offer a window into the songs and invite listeners of all ages to connect to the stories of their own lives. In addition to his performing career, Lowry also leads a unique team-building experience called the ThemeShop which helps organizations get in tune with each other – literally, and gives them a powerful tool to add emotional impact t...
Alix & Craig Malcolm - The Lunatics Do IVF
May 20, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBThe Lunatics: Craig & Alix Malcolm The Lunatics, Craig & Alix, are doing IVF. And in regular Lunatic fashion, they can't shut up about it! They found that during their journey there wasn’t enough support for men affected by infertility, so they're trying to change that by having their own open and VERY honest conversations. Their podcast offers a unique view on the Infertility experience from both the Male & Female perspective and encourages men to join in on the discussion. In each epis...
Jimmy Leo - Laughing Your Way to Stress Reduction
May 06, 2021 11:00 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MBJimmy Leo resides in the northern suburbs of Tampa Bay with his fiancé Kelly Slaven, & his youngest daughter Emily. He has been professionally entertaining and connecting with audiences for over 25 years and professionally educating for 15. His clientele has included the New York Islanders, Steinway pianos, JetBlue airlines, and more. Currently serving daily as a classroom educator, Jimmy connect with young adults educating, facilitating, and speaking about creativity, personal developmen...
Raymond To - Recruitment, Sourcing and Finding Great Talent
April 22, 2021 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBRaymond To has been recruiting and offering HR advice since 1992. He has conducted over 280 senior level search assignments and often engaged as an interim HR and Operations Manager for number of fast growing technology companies. He has worked in a broad range of industries from high-technology, education, non-profit and healthcare. In 2002, Raymond founded GO Recruitment Inc. with a vision to be more flexible, more engaging and to offer a better customer experience for organizations large...
Boundaries - Courage Confab with Dagmar Meachem
April 08, 2021 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBWhy is it so hard to set boundaries? Oftentimes, it signifies a deeper value set. Once you start establishing healthy boundaries, you can expect others to react negatively. This is a sign that the boundary is necessary and that it's working effectively. It's also helpful to visualize your boundaries getting crossed and imagine how you'll address those situations. That way, when a moment like that arises, you’ll be able to handle it rationally versus emotionally. Employees who are the hap...
Joy Parchment - The Changing World of Nursing
April 06, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBJoy Parchment, PhD, RN, NEA-BC Joy Parchment is a doctorally prepared executive nurse leader whose purpose is to accelerate the leadership abilities of nurses and build transformative nursing cultures that obtain exemplary results. She describes herself as a difference maker, a tenacious catalyst for change, and a decisive and strategic minded decision maker. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Nursing from the University of Central Florida (UCF), where she also serves in an ad...
Joanne Newborn - How to Stop Being a People Pleaser
March 18, 2021 12:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBJoanne Newborn is a Certified Lifestyle & Leadership Executive Coach with nearly 20 years of Corporate experience in Sales, Marketing & Management. She has her MBA from Penn State University and graduated with Beta Gamma Sigma Honors. She guides career focused individuals who feel frustrated, unfulfilled and stressed out to become empowered leaders so they can attain their dream job, with ideal salary and a luxurious (guilt-free) work/life balance. According to Joanne Newborn here are ...
Wendy Wiesman - Guiding Bold, Unapologetic Women to their Next Best Thing
March 04, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBAward-winning marketer and leader turned entrepreneur, Wendy Wiesman, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ready. Set. Pivot. Most recently, Wendy was the VP of Marketing & Customer Experience at a medical device startup organization. Prior to that, she served as the marketing leader for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota (BCBSMN) for six years, where she transformed the marketing organization from one that operated and thought ‘analog’ to one that achieved National digital marketing awards. R...
Rnold Smith - Changing Your Connection Habits
February 19, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBRnold Smith is a speaker, consultant, writer who specializes in behaviour change in relationships. He is president and chief Visionary of Connection Apps Inc. which has a mission to help people develop the habits that lead to happiness, life satisfaction and human connection. Rnold's basic premise is that if people can eliminate some of the unconscious behaviours that lead to relationship conflict and friction and build the habits that make people feel love and appreciated, you will be hap...
Feedback - Courage Confab
February 11, 2021 15:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBFeedback. Leadership Coach Dagmar Meachem joins me for a Courage Confab discussion on Feedback. We look at creating a culture where feedback is welcomed, encouraged and trusted. How to give good balanced feedback and strategies to incorporate feedback as a leader. Randall Stutman founder and co-head of the Leadership Practice the Admired Leadership Institute states that Balanced Feedback requires a person to give both positive and negative feedback in an equally vivid, elaborate, and d...
Accountability - Courage Confab
December 17, 2020 14:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBAccountability. What does it mean to be accountable? To ourselves, to our teams, to our company and organization. Today Leadership Coach Dagmar Meachem joins me for what we have dubbed The Courage Confab for a discussion on Accountability. Dagmar and I take a deep dive into what it takes to hold ourselves accountable, hold others accountable and create a space where accountability lives in our work, our lives and in all the activities and relationships we are involved with. On this epis...
Barrie Street - Over 70 and Fit
December 03, 2020 19:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBBarrie Street. "I am 84 and feel 48. I’m blessed to have a passion for fitness, which I would love to spread in my blog Over70andfit.com. I would also be delighted to reach folks who are less than 70. The message I am trying to impart is that ANYONE of ANY AGE can be fit and it is NEVER too late to start. I believe - indeed I know - that fitness can be inextricably woven into our fabric." Teaching has been one of my major passions, mainly involved at the secondary school level. I am ente...
Barrie Street - Fit and Inspired at 84!
December 03, 2020 19:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBBarrie Street. "I am 84 and feel 48. I’m blessed to have a passion for fitness, which I would love to spread in my blog Over50andFit.ca. I would also be delighted to reach folks who are less than 50. The message I am trying to impart is that ANYONE of ANY AGE can be fit and it is NEVER too late to start. I believe - indeed I know - that fitness can be inextricably woven into our fabric." Teaching has been one of my major passions, mainly involved at the secondary school level. I am enter...
Michael Puldy - The Renaissance of Resiliency
November 19, 2020 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBMichael Puldy is the CEO of Puldy Resiliency Partners, and has built a 30-year career dealing with disasters, crisis’, and crazy adventures. He recently launched his own podcast series – Risk Stories – where Michael and his guests discuss how people confront risk, and have successfully, and sometimes not so successfully, navigated the never-ending and challenging maze of chance. In his business life, Michael has helped hundreds of companies navigate through business disruption, computer inf...
Shaneel Pathak - Taking Control of Your Personal Health Data
November 05, 2020 15:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBShaneel Pathak, CEO, Cofounder - ZoeInsights Shaneel cofounded ZoeInsights with the goal of empowering people with the resources, knowledge and tools they need to mobilize their own personalized health data, to connect meaningfully with the wisdom of the global health community, and to spend less time on health care and more time living their best possible lives. Shaneel'spassion came from the challenges his late-wife experienced after diagnoses of Stage-4 lung cancer. During the four-ye...
Alex Tholl - Solving Problems through Good Industrial Design
October 29, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBALEX THOLL Partner, Business Development & Design DiveDesign, Boonton, New Jersey A few years prior to DiveDesign, Alex could be found flipping cars, motorcycles, gokarts you name it, he was trying to sell it. Alex found his passion alongside design in sales and elevated his skills through a design position in California. There, he met and assisted clients through the design process, learning the in’s and out’s of the trade. DiveDesign is a product development studio strategically building...
Alex Tholl - Solving Problems through Good Industrial Design
October 29, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBALEX THOLL Partner, Business Development & Design DiveDesign, Boonton, New Jersey A few years prior to DiveDesign, Alex could be found flipping cars, motorcycles, gokarts you name it, he was trying to sell it. Alex found his passion alongside design in sales and elevated his skills through a design position in California. There, he met and assisted clients through the design process, learning the in’s and out’s of the trade. DiveDesign is a product development studio strategically building...
Xhoni Mimillari - Selling Services to a Global Audience
October 22, 2020 19:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBMany independent consultants and coaches are searching for ways to sell their services to a global clientele. Xhoni Mimillari has managed to break through the clutter and work successfully with leadership consultants around the world, all from the beachside community of San Remo, Italy. And he does it in English, not only his first language Italian or in French, which he also speaks. Xhoni has a go-for-it, "why not" attitude that's infectious. He markets himself as a Business Consultan...
David Morley - Have Children Taken the Biggest Hit During the Pandemic?
October 15, 2020 11:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBDavid Morley is the President and CEO of UNICEF Canada, a leading humanitarian organization dedicated to helping children around the world survive, thrive and reach their full potential. David is a passionate voice for the world’s most vulnerable citizens, who has dedicated his career to improving the lives of children and communities in Canada and around the world. Under David’s leadership, UNICEF Canada has played a key role in driving Canadian efforts to advance global child survival an...
Michael Puldy - Your Life: There is no such thing as tomorrow
October 08, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBToday on the podcast we’re fortunate to have award winning speaker and writer Michael Puldy. Michael takes us on his journey through a extremely tragic event that occurred in his life in 2009 to where he is today. He’s the Author…two books…working on a third….which he has given the working title… renaissance of resiliency…Until just recently Michael was Director of Global Business Continuity at IBM and has focused the majority of his career on business resilience. Beyond his current work ...
Esther Hephzibah - Shining Light on Self Leadership
September 24, 2020 17:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBEsther Hephzibah - Self-described human connection catalyst, Esther has a relentless passion to connect leaders of organizations with transformative and sustainable solutions that brings continued progressive value to their bottom-line. Esther thrives on motivating and energizing people around a strategic mission and purpose. A Solution-driven leader with 12+ years’ broad-based experience in a Fortune 500 company and highly transferable skills in implementing transformation strategies that...
Jeremy Holt - The End of Leadership Development As We Know It
September 18, 2020 01:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBOn today's podcast we discuss the state of Leadership Development around the globe. Jeremy believes that the leadership development industry has focused too much on the individual leader and take a look at the data that shows high performing teams & companies are driven more by a strong identities rather than great leaders. Jeremy Holt is an Occupational Psychologist with 24 years’ experience as a consultant, a coach, and a leadership trainer. He has a Social Psychology Degree from the Un...
Tara Ellis - Producing Content for TV & Film During a Pandemic
September 10, 2020 13:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBAfter decades as a top commissioner of scripted content at Canadian broadcasters, Tara Ellis has set up her own production company shingle. Her first production, Hey Lady! – a short-form digital series directed by Adriana Maggs and Sarah Polley – premiered at the 2020 Sundance Festival, and is streaming exclusively on CBC Gem. Select shows she backed as a programmer and commissioner of content include the series Slings & Arrows (for Showcase) New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum’s “favorite s...
Nicole Dunbar - Searching for a Job in a 2020 World
September 03, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBWhat does it take to mount a job search in 2020. We've had just about everything thrown at us this year. Nicole Dunbar is a certified Life Coach, a Career and Business Coach, and the Founder of Congruency International. In this podcast, Nicole discusses proven strategies to successfully land a new job, despite all that is going on. Nicole discusses: Personal Branding - how important it is - even in the midst of a pandemic.. Career Reputation - ensuring you don't get ruled out for a new...
Faun Finley - The Art of Storytelling in 2020
August 27, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBMy guest on this episode of the Reboot Forward Podcast is professional storyteller Faun Finley. Faun discusses: What makes a great story Joseph Campbell and the Hero's Journey: The Call to Adventure, Refusing the Call, The Ordeal, and the Return with the Elixir. Personal Branding & Branding Your Business Faun came to storytelling honestly honing her craft in the cynical world of west coast advertising where she worked with some of the top agencies in Los Angeles and produced video fo...
Matthew Gould - CHANGE = life!
August 13, 2020 15:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBMatthew Gould positively impacts revenue and performance metrics with companies through collaborating with leaders and focussing energy and resources on SWN (so what now). He spent 24 years leading sales teams in the fast paced and ever-changing telecom industry and has spent the last 7 years co-creating customized leadership academies with businesses across North America and working as a professionally certified coach. He is the President and Co-Founder of More Co Ltd, a husband, and fath...
Matthew Rosenfield - HR Leader takes aim at change through the pandemic
July 31, 2020 03:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBMatthew Rosenfield is an HR Leader and social entrepreneur recognized for establishing deep client relationships based on trust, business insight, and HR expertise. Matthew has held a variety of HR roles at IBM working from his home office in Amherst, New Hampshire. Whether he's working professionally, coaching soccer, or focused on his family - he views himself as a community builder. Along those lines, Matthew's "labor of love," Lake Life Brand, is a lifestyle apparel brand built around ...
Costa Gavaris - On Becoming a Winemaker
July 24, 2020 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBOn this episode we dive into the career transformation of winemaker Costa Gavaris. Costa is co-owner and winemaker at Rigour & Whimsy Wines and happily resides with his family in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Until a few years ago, Costa was firmly ensconced in a career in health care - health data collection to be precise. Unhappy, he made the difficult choice to follow his passion. That passion turned out to be wine. So he and his wife Jody bought a piece of land and started ...
Nilourfer Afzal - Leading change in a disruptive world
July 16, 2020 17:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBNiloufer Afzal is the CEO of G2G Impact Group and a Business Transformation Coach. She leverages her knowledge and experience in Strategic Planning, Marketing and People Development at Fortune 500 companies in North America, Europe and Asia to help businesses plan, perform, collaborate and lead in a disruptive world. She started G2G Impact Group with a vision of helping businesses achieve industry leading top and bottom-line growth, by leveraging a comprehensive system of products and design...
Sarah Daniels - Taking Career Risks: Broadcasting, Real Estate and Back Again
July 09, 2020 18:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBSarah Daniels is a top selling realtor in Greater Vancouver, who has been licensed since 2003. On today's podcast we take a look at her career journey starting with life in the stock market (brokerage business) to a radical jump to on-air radio personality, and then follow her path into television, book author and real estate. Sarah is opinionated, comes with endless energy and whit, and now, firmly ensconced as a Top Selling Real Estate Agent in White Rock, British Columbia, she is conside...
Barry Forward - Change, Transformation and Reinvention
July 02, 2020 19:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBA special episode of the Reboot Forward Podcast. I thought it was time to talk about my why. What's this little podcast all about and how did we get to this point. A bit of a review of my career story as a broadcaster/radio announcer, turned public relations executive to my evolution to a consultant, and ultimately a certified executive coach with a focus on career growth, change and reinvention. https://linktr.ee/rebootforward We are now have 8 episodes of the podcast up, which has giv...
Birnie McIntosh - Looking for Love at the age of 66
June 25, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBBirnie McIntosh is a former human resources professional who left his life behind in Winnipeg, Manitoba to pursue a career in acting. He is now considering more changes in his life, including moving back to Manitoba to be closer to family and friends.
Ali Froggatt - Failing Forward : Improvisation, Control, Play and Improving Brain Health.
June 18, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBAli Froggatt cut her teeth as a performer and storyteller as a teen at Loose Moose Theatre Company, founded by Keith Johnstone (Artistic Director Dennis Cahill). Ali went on to study acting, singing and dancing at Randolph College of Performing Arts as well as Film and Video Production at Sait Polytechnic. Ali has performed and taught improv on numerous stages across Canada as well as in Norway, Holland, Germany, Czech Republic and the United Arab Emirates. Ali is a proud company member of S...
Colleen Preston - Finding an Oasis in PTSD
June 11, 2020 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBColleen Preston has been a successful entrepreneur for over 25 years. She says her purpose in any business endeavour has always been to help others succeed. Colleen started her first business as a computer instructor and authored many computer training manuals. She wrote Microsoft Certification courses as a contractor for many years until she changed careers after a horseback riding accident. This accident led her to extensive physiotherapy where she began to take her hobby as a cyclist,...
Sam Chua - Character, Conviction and Commitment: Software Engineer to Pastor
June 04, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBSam Chua is the lead pastor at Westlynn Baptist Church in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Sam was born and raised in Burnaby, BC and graduated from UBC with a degree in Computer Engineering. After spending some time in industry, Sam returned to UBC to do his Master of Applied Science in Computer Engineering where he worked on technology to improve the quality of life of persons living with ALS. Following his graduate studies, Sam entered into full-time church work locally before heading ...
Dagmar Meachem - Courage & Coaching through Change: the Obstacle is the Way
May 28, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBDagmar believes that obstacles can be an opportunity for growth and transformation. After overcoming great adversity in her own life, she turned her passion over to working with people in change, helping them move forward when they feel stuck and helping them get past the obstacles holding them back from their full potential. Dagmar has over 15 years of experience working with individuals and businesses in the coaching and business development arena through a combination of health coaching, ...
Raul Galang - Product Management in the COVID-19 Era (the New Normal)
May 26, 2020 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBConversation with Denver-based Product Marketer/Product Manager Raul Galang as businesses navigate product introduction and innovation in the COVID-19 Era. The new normal. Raul explores what companies are up against as they considering launching and marketing products in the wake of the pandemic and the impact it has had on the marketplace. Raul Galang is now working from home (#WFH) as an independent consultant. He has been on the product management and marketing teams for companies such ...
Sweta Rajan - Diversity and Inclusion - valuing diverse voices equally.
May 23, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBConversation with Sweta Rajan, Diversity and inclusion consultant and leadership coach. Sweta works enables companies and individuals to value diverse voices equally. Her work has been featured on CBC and La Source. Sweta grew up in India and started her career as a scientist in the US. She moved to Canada following the economic collapse in 2009 and found her home in Vancouver. Her decade of experience in STEM helped her identify the unique challenges faced by immigrant and international ...
Sweta Rajan - Diversity and Inclusion - valuing diverse voices equally.
May 23, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBConversation with Sweta Rajan, Diversity and inclusion consultant and leadership coach. Sweta works enables companies and individuals to value diverse voices equally. Her work has been featured on CBC and La Source. Sweta grew up in India and started her career as a scientist in the US. She moved to Canada following the economic collapse in 2009 and found her home in Vancouver. Her decade of experience in STEM helped her identify the unique challenges faced by immigrant and international ...
Trevor Bird - From Top Chef and Self Discovery to New Directions and New Opportunities
May 16, 2020 22:00 - 23 minutes - 15.8 MBConversation with Trevor Bird about his journey from childhood trauma to freedom as a self aware man. We discuss Trevor's fight to break from the scars of his youth, and then the battle to establish himself as one of the top chefs in Canada, to freeing himself to be the best version of himself in a new way, in a new direction. Trevor Bird has cooked at an elite level for over 20 years, is a two-time finalist on Top Chef Canada and Top Chef Canada All Stars, and most recently added to his ro...