Brian Ward
Brian Ward Quick Facts
Brian has over twenty five years experience working with boards and senior/middle management teams in the public and private sectors. With a background in Human Resource Management, Organizational Development andr Quality Management, he possesses keen insights into what organizations and their leaders need to succeed.
With extensive experience in leadership coaching and development, strategic planning and team development, he brings to all his assignments a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities that leaders and their teams are faced with in a turbulent business world.
He is the author of Lead People...Manage Things: Master the Five Key Facets of High Performance Leadership. He has been published in Executive Excellence, Personal Excellence and Association Magazine.
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The Five Key Facets Of High Performance Leadership
Many people in leadership positions struggle with understanding what makes a great leader. While billions of dollars are spent annually on leadership development, quality leadership is still in short supply. For example, the move towards total quality has inspired many organizations to take a long, hard look at building their leadership capacity. Quality management systems such as Baldrige, ISO 9000, European Foundation for Quality and the Canadian National Quality Institute
February 8, 2008
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Leading High Performance Organizations
Organize your leadership efforts around a high performance trilogyLeaders in high performance organizations know that they must excel in every aspect of their business. To achieve that, they must develop high performance leaders throughout their organizations, who in turn must build high performance teams. These teams must develop and implement high performance strategies...and all of these 'musts' need to be perfectly aligned in order for the whole to work. The process of bu
January 30, 2003
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The Training Store
Assessments, tools and training programs for bringing out the leader in you.
December 21, 2011
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The Training Store
The Training Store, a division of Affinity Consulting, provides individuals and companies with assessments, profiles and training resources to help people better understand themselves and others.
January 11, 2008
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Excellence 2.0
Excellence 2.0 contains articles on leadership, management, strategy, project management, operational excellence and teamwork in bite-size chunks for busy managers and professionals.
September 23, 2007
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Affinity Consulting
Affinity Consulting provides consulting, coaching, facilitating and training services to individuals, leaders and teams to help them manage change more effectively.
September 23, 2007
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Affinity Consulting
September 23, 2007
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Brian Ward
"Leadership is a decision, not a position" - Brian Ward
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken" - James Joyce
"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible" - Stanisaw Jerzy Lec, quoting Voltaire, in More Unkempt Thoughts
"Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe" - VoltaireContacting Brian Ward
Brian Ward,
Principal - Affinity Consulting,
#105, 215 Blackbu Drive East,
Edmonton, Alberta T6W 1B9
Canada
Phone: 1.877.432.8182
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