Our very special guest today is Jennifer Bernard.

Jennifer Bernard is a Certified Fund-Raising Executive that has held senior leadership positions within a variety of world-class organizations across the charitable and not-for-profit landscape, helping them achieve outstanding financial results and impacting communities nationwide.

In December 2020, Jennifer was recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada and presented with the Inclusion Vanguard Award by the Women’s Executive Network. This award recognizes an individual, regardless of their gender identity, who has made a profound, thoughtful and measurable impact on diversity within their organization and the broader community to achieve a stronger, more inclusive Canada. In 2018, Jennifer was also recognized as one of the 25 most influential women in Canada by Women of Influence, joining a list of trailblazing women who have had a significant impact on Canadian society. In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys spending time hiking trails, gardening and travelling.


Time Stamp
0:00 Introduction
7:55 Positive Mindset
0:00 New Job!
11:00 What is a Capital Campaign?
12:38 Fail Forward
13:40 Encouragement
14:43 Your hobbies are other people's careers
15:44 Courage
18:00 Bringing Awareness
20:10 Who is your hero?
30:30 Someone has to be first
33:00 The path less travelled
39:25 Live the plan

Hosts:
Shawn Acheampong, CEO Tumii Transformations
Carl Reid, CEO Catalyst Consulting

Learn how to manage your transformation initiatives. Listen to hosts Shawn Acheampong and Carl Reid as 2 Digital Transformation Specialists who have implemented 'change and innovation' in Health Care, Retail, Grocery, Banking, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Energy, Government, StartUps and much much more. You’ll discover the best methods to be productive, a review of supportive tools, methods and hacks. And also, find a mix of current topics, discussions, guests segments and sharing of personal experiences all related to personal growth, project/process development and innovative transformations.

Our very special guest today is Yvonne Ruke Akpoveta.

Yvonne is a Change Management Strategist, Advisor, and Change Leadership Advocate, with over 20 years of experience helping executives, professionals, and organizations navigate through change in today’s fast-paced and disruptive environment.
She is passionate about helping professionals and organizations lead and respond to change better & faster. She has worked with organizations such as RBC, TD, Deloitte, Loblaws, and JP Morgan Chase to lead and manage their Strategic, Technology and Change Initiatives.
She is the founder of The Change Leadership, a series of events and communities, focused on preparing professionals and organizations to respond better and faster to change in their industry.
She holds a BSc Honours in Business Information Technology from London Guildhall University, an MBA from Warwick Business School, and a Change Leadership Certificate from Cornell University.
She works closely with professionals to help them more effectively lead and manage change in their organizations, to become sought-after change leaders in their organizations and industry. She is a published author and change catalyst.

Time Stamp
0:00 Introduction
8:22 Why be a change catalyst?
14:09 Curiosity
18:12 Instilling drive in others
22:15 Courage and Confidence
32:41 Change Agent Methods
40:19 Advice to younger self
42:00 Covid Changes
45:50 Rules...Why?

Hosts:
Shawn Acheampong, CEO Tumii Transformations
Carl Reid, CEO Catalyst Consulting

Learn how to manage your transformation initiatives. Listen to hosts Shawn Acheampong and Carl Reid as 2 Digital Transformation Specialists who have implemented 'change and innovation' in Health Care, Retail, Grocery, Banking, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Energy, Government, StartUps and much much more. You’ll discover the best methods to be productive, a review of supportive tools, methods and hacks. And also, find a mix of current topics, discussions, guests segments and sharing of personal experiences all related to personal growth, project/process development and innovative transformations.

I think a great way to introduce Ken is to read a direct quote from Grovemade‘s website.

“The seeds were planted a decade ago by pure chance when I moved my custom furniture business into a humble workshop backing up to the railroad tracks. Across the street, in a run-down home, we called the “Fight Club House” lived enthusiastic entrepreneur Joe Mansfield. He was somehow running a very successful laser engraving and digital art business out of a spare bedroom. We soon became friends and would often throw a football around in the street—endlessly tossing creative ideas back and forth dreaming up the next big thing. One hot day in the summer of 2009, Grovemade was born.”

Learn how to manage your transformation initiatives. Listen to hosts Shawn Acheampong and Carl Reid as 2 Digital Transformation Specialists who have implemented 'change and innovation' in Health Care, Retail, Grocery, Banking, telecommunications, Manufacturing, Energy, Government, and much much more. You’ll discover the best methods to be productive, a review of supportive tools, method,s and hacks. And also find a mix of current topics discussions, guests segments, and sharing of personal experiences all related to personal growth, project/process development, and innovative transformations.

To watch this interview click this link: https://youtu.be/QiPnVhW5i7M

Tumii Transformations (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC80wCAMIP2emMWCOVJ0EsmA)
CEO - Tumii Transformations: Shawn Acheampong

Catalyst Consulting Associates, Inc
Principal Consultant - Carl Reid
Follow CReid: (https://linktr.ee/abstrakt_projekts)

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