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Reflections on Leadership part III

bluera — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:22:38 +0000

Mac Van Wielingen, Chairman of ARC Resources and Co-Chairman of ARC Financial, and Catherine Bell discuss the role of vulnerability and uncertainty in organizations and the interplay with trust. They also cover how clarity, truth, and being vulnerable is at the heart of organizational health. Surprisingly, the topic of faith is also mentioned.

BluEra builds evolved and awakened teams through executive search and team transformation practices.

BluEra Introduces their Coaching Services

bluera — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:47:12 +0000

As the tag line says, BluEra is “beyond executive search.” From day one, we have always taken a holistic approach to building teams. In addition to building teams through our executive search practice, we actively help our clients improve performance of individuals who already work within the organization and we do this through a series of personality tests, workshops, lectures and competency analytics. Often this work awakens individuals to further develop themselves as individuals, hence the increase in demand for professional executive coaching.

In the team development programs we deliver, we often find that individuals who have been put in significant leadership roles often feel very alone at the top, with no one to exchange ideas with. In fact, new leaders look to ensure they aren’t bringing their own, personal biased viewpoints of the world to the problem at hand. They want to continue to learn, evolve, and develop as a leader. In order to be able to inspire those around them and create meaningful change at work, they are looking for a partner in business – a coach. In support of our clients, BluEra decided create an extended service arm, to further support individual leadership development. We are now excited to be able to offer our clients the opportunity to work with three different and amazing coaches. Each coach brings a unique style and personality to the process and each one is trained in the Enneagram; the psychological system that BluEra uses in its team transformation practice. Feel free to reach out to any of us to be connected with these great individuals.

Tom Condon

Tom Condon is an internationally recognized Enneagram trainer and author. He has taught workshops around the world, including throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He is the author of over 50 books, CD’s and DVD’s on the Enneagram, Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) and Ericksonian methods. Tom offers specialized trainings, consulting and coaching for businesses and organizations in the United States, Europe, Asia and South America.

Tom is a certified coach, a master practitioner of NLP and has worked with the Enneagram since 1980. Director of the Changeworks in Bend, Oregon, he has been an adjunct faculty member of Antioch University and the University of California at Berkeley. He has been a featured presenter at 15 International Enneagram Association conferences and gave the Keynote Speech at the 2011 conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Tom’s unique decades-long background in NLP and the Enneagram blends powerful communication methods with a deep understanding of people and how they change. He has coached thousands of people and applies these disciplines to enhancing communication and quality leadership.

Cindy Marteney

Cindy is a seasoned entrepreneur, with a background in high tech, marketing, and consulting. She started out as a Russian linguist in the Navy where she won the Navy Achievement Medal for her analytical work. She is known for creating trust and momentum with high profile clients, who value her focus, clarity, and supportive presence as they navigate major changes in work and life and as they support their management teams in developing new capacity.

Cindy holds an undergraduate degree in Liberal Studies from the University of the State of New York, and a Masters of Arts in Political Science from the Claremont Graduate University. She is certified as an Integral Coach and serves on faculty through New Ventures West and is also certified as a Somatic Leadership Coach through the Strozzi Institute. Cindy has trained extensively with the Enneagram Institute methodology, and has trained with Feierce Inc on Fierce Conversations.

Peter McGaugh

Peter supports organizations, leadership teams and individual leaders in realizing their full potential and power by uncovering and addressing limiting inherent patterns and dynamics with creative, sustainable and self-correcting solutions. With over 20 years of experience in a multi-national corporation, he understands the challenges facing leaders today and the need for simple, meaningful and lasting solutions.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) degree from the University of Ottawa, is a Certified Integral Development Coach through New Ventures West, a Nine Domains facilitator and advanced Enneagram student (Enneagram Institute) and a certified Leadership Agility 360 assessor + Agile Change Leader Lab facilitator (Changewise – Boston). He sits on the Boards of both the Professional Enneagram Association of Canada and the International Enneagram Association.

BluEra builds evolved and awakened teams through executive search and team transformation practices.

Reflections on Leadership part II

bluera — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:16:01 +0000

This week Catherine Bell and Mac Van Wielingen, Chairman of ARC Resources and Co-Chairman of ARC Financial, explore how to create more awakened organizations through strength of culture and that it is really culture that drives a business. Engage with us, and tell us your thoughts – is your workforce engaged and valued? Or is your workforce disengaged? Mac also tackles the tough question of executive compensation.

BluEra builds evolved and awakened teams through executive search and team transformation practices.

Personal Engagement – a critical ingredient for high performance

bluera — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:20:08 +0000

In the following Harvard Business Review video, Doug Conant, (former CEO of Campbell’s Soup Company) shares some practical, authentic examples around engaging employees. Watching this video is 5 minutes well spent, as the examples highlighted are an honest demonstration of this CEOs desire to bring out the best in people.

Watch the Get Your Employees Engaged video.

BluEra builds evolved and awakened teams through executive search and team transformation practices.

Recognizing Alberta’s Top Employers

bluera — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:39:16 +0000

As a boutique firm, BluEra has the privilege of choosing the companies we work with. We choose companies that value their employees, find innovative ways to support them, create opportunities for growth and challenge, and understand that a diverse team adds value throughout the organization. The organizations we work with share our values and contribute to the community we live and work in.

BluEra is proud to work with a significant number of Alberta’s Top Employers (2012) and congratulates each of them on continuing to be innovative and creative in a competitive job market. Congratulations to our clients!

http://www.canadastop100.com/alberta/

BluEra builds evolved and awakened teams through executive search and team transformation practices.

Reflections on Leadership

bluera — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:05:55 +0000

Reflections on Leadership (the first of a four part series on leadership)

Catherine Bell interviewed Mac Van Wielingen, Chairman of ARC Resources and Co-Chairman of ARC Financial, on leadership. What emerged may surprise you.

In the coming weeks Catherine and Mac will explore Business, Vulnerability and Trust, as well as Passion and Culture and how they relate to Leadership.

Let us know what stirs and moves you as you watch these videos. We hope they awaken something unique to you.

To learn more a bout Mac and his leadership philosophy please also read this recent article in the Globe and Mail.

BluEra builds evolved and awakened teams through executive search and team transformation practices.

Moodys Tax Advisors – US Compliance Tax Analyst

bluera — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:46:41 +0000

Moodys is one of Western Canada’s largest taxation teams. They help their clients maximize after-tax assets, while respecting the Income Tax Act. They focus exclusively on delivering tax solutions that are grounded and practical. They’re a multi-disciplinary practice of accountants and lawyers – the only firm of its kind in Alberta, Canada. They’re innovators at heart, and they always look for fresh ways to navigate through a traditional tax world.

They are seeking a US Compliance Tax Analyst to join their team and continue to build their dynamic US cross-border tax practice. The cross-border team currently focuses on providing tax and estate planning services to US citizens living in Calgary, the province of Alberta, across Canada, and around the world.

View US Compliance Tax Analyst

BluEra builds evolved and awakened teams through executive search and team transformation practices.

BluEra in 2012

bluera — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:24:31 +0000

As the saying goes “We have come a long way baby!” BluEra has undergone tremendous growth over the last 3 years: from our humble beginnings as a team of 4 in 2008, to our ability to grow during the recession, and finally to our team of 12 today, affiliated with 74 countries through an international database. Looking ahead to 2012, we are grateful to all those who have been part of our growth and look forward to another year of accomplishments.

BluEra is committed to its values; passion, intelligence, excellence, trust, vulnerability, and community. We have hired based on these values. An outcome of this is we now have a fantastic team that is engaged and passionate about the work they do. They are dedicated to continuous professional development and going beyond our clients expectations. This year, we will be paying particular emphasis to intelligence and excellence. Although we already ensure our clients receive amazing customer service, we are dedicated to finding more innovative ways to improve our customer service. This year, our mission is to be operationally excellent.

We are proud of the innovations we have developed over the last year; such as embedded videos in our search profiles, increasing our social media presence, supporting our clients’ growth through team transformation, and always going that one step further than expected. We have stayed true to our boutique offering of flexible and customized solutions, which has been an added value. We look forward to continuing to build evolved and awakened teams through executive search and team transformation.

If you have any ideas on other ways BluEra can stay innovative and ahead of the curve, please add your comments! We look forward to hearing from you.

Watch our video to learn more about BluEra and to meet the whole team. Stay tuned for our open house announcement (yes, with growth comes a move!) and for our BluCircle event in the fall.

BluEra builds evolved and awakened teams through executive search and team transformation practices.

Awakening and living your passion

bluera — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:30:38 +0000

On Friday, Catherine Bell of BluEra will be speaking to school children about awakening and living their passion. Ryan Northcott, helped us develop this video for the kids, there’s even a clip with him and Russell Crowe. Pass this on, and discuss with people you know…what is your passion and are you living it?

http://vimeo.com/35620872

BluEra builds evolved and awakened teams through executive search and team transformation practices.

Moodys Tax Advisors – Senior Tax Specialist

bluera — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:38:51 +0000

Moodys LLP Tax Advisors, is a highly regarded professional services firm backed by vast experience in tax optimization. The team is well established, their track record is impeccable, and they help their clients maximize their after-tax assets. We are seeking a Senior Tax Specialist to provide tax planning and consulting services, and manage relationships with the firm’s Canadian clients.

View Senior Tax Specialist profile

BluEra builds evolved and awakened teams through executive search and team transformation practices.