Alan Kearns

Managing Partner and Founder, CareerJoy

November 24, 2023

Session
BONUS SESSION: [LQ] Leadership Intelligence: A More Modern and Human Approach to Leadership

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BONUS SESSION: [LQ] Leadership Intelligence: A More Modern and Human Approach to Leadership

Traditional leadership development programs and approaches have historically failed, resulting in minimal and siloed development, if they have yielded results at all. The focus, traditionally, has been on leadership as a competency, as a set of skills you wield. [LQ] Leadership Intelligence presents a modern and human-focused approach to leadership development, focusing on the leader as a whole person. [LQ] Leadership Intelligence approaches leadership from 4 unique yet equally important aspects; Commitment, Character, Competency and Culture. In this conversation with Alan Kearns, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at CareerJoy, and Deborah Plant, Director of People and Culture Solutions, they will share this modern approach to leadership and how it pivots from traditional approaches to foster transformation over information. Session sponsored by:

Alan Kearns is a prominent thought leader on all things work. Author and contributor to The National, The Globe & Mail, National Post and CBC Radio, he shares the latest trends and changes in the Canadian workplace. Voted one of the Top 40 under 40, he is the Managing Partner and Founder of CareerJoy, an award-winning national boutique HR services firm serving over 500 leading Canadian organizations, including World Vision, Shopify, The United Way, Toyota and The Government of Canada.

Alan is passionate about career and leadership development. After seeing flaws and failures in traditional leadership development approaches, Alan, and his team, including the former Director of Learning and Development at Second Cup and the former Chief People Officer at World Vision, re-imagined leadership development, and what it means to be a leader. [LQ] Leadership Intelligence is a more modern, human approach to leadership development and leadership as a whole.

His firm belief in the intrinsic value of each individual fuels his dedication to facilitating positive change and fostering growth. Alan and his team at CareerJoy are driven by the mission: Work. Made Better. for all Canadian professionals and organizations. People. Made Better. is Work. Made Better.