Media Coverage
- Regular Guest on Breakfast Television Edmonton
- Regular Columnist with Edmontonians
- Live on CTV Edmonton: February 2007
- CBC Radio Calgary/Edmonton- Wildrose Forum: January 2007
- 630 CHED: January 2007
- Live on Global Edmonton: November 2006
- CareersTV: November 2006
- ACCESSTV/CLT: November 2006
- The Edmonton Sun: November 2006
This month... The Transformers
Edmonton is changing at a blistering pace and Edmontonians has been chronicling the rhythm of this intriguing metropolis since 1989. Over the past six years, we’ve witnessed the longest period of sustained economic growth in the past quarter century. Boom. Do you have the chops to lead your business in a pace that saw Real GDP reach $42.4 billion in 2006? A pace that shows no let up—particularly when industrial growth at Redwater, just 60 miles north of Edmonton, also takes off this decade. We think you do, too.
We are wary, though, of the downside to such economic extremes which is a big reason for launching The Transformers — four individuals recognized for being at the top of their respective games in performance, conflict management, and executive muscle. Tom Bradshaw, Les Brost, Steffany Hanlen, and Colin Williamsen are The Transformers and they are joined this month by Don Hill, a ‘thought leader’ from the Banff Centre. Hill interviewed 50 leaders for a new CKUA Radio Network series about leadership in the 21st Century that starts airing January 20.
We can use all the help we can get. After all, young people are not finishing school given the high wages being paid in the oil patch—wages that are not high enough to buy a good starter home in a safe part of the city. We also hear about good employees being poached by business peers who need warm bodies to staff operations. We know that stores are closing down if they can’t import labour fast enough from places like India, the Phillipines, China, and Mexico. Work stress has taken on a whole new meaning. The Transformers are here to inspire, transform, and help you take action…to perform like winners. The time is ripe to embrace this concept on behalf of the one million residents living and working in Greater Edmonton. And there’s more!