Watch Ep 5: Leading Through Change and Attracting Talent
Date and Time: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 11am EST
Special Guests: Michael Rossi, Executive Leadership Coach; President & Founder of Voce Leadership; Former President of Adidas Canada
Topics:
Insights on retaining talent
Key lessons on how to best navigate uncertainty
Realizing your full potential and inspiring others to do the same
Hosts: Ara Sahakian CPA, CA, Partner and Sarmen Boyajian, Partner at PE Gate.
Guest Bio:
Michael Rossi, Executive Leadership Coach; President & Founder of Voce Leadership; Former President of Adidas Canada
An accomplished business leader known for delivering results and building great culture, Michael brings a unique blend of over 20 years of real-world corporate experience to his work with leadership teams. Michael is recognized as an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) by the International Coaching Federation. He is also one of the first coaches globally to be recognized as a Certified Sparketype Advisor (CSA), providing access to an insightful and powerful new tool that helps clients discover the work that they find most fulfilling and meaningful. Drawing on his own experiences leading high performance teams, Michael helps leaders sharpen their values, understand their strengths, and build deeper trust and cohesion on their teams.
Appointed as President of adidas Canada before the age of 40, a position he held for almost 7 years, Michael understands the unique pressures and demands placed on the C-level executive. He brings empathy, curiosity, and balance to his leadership work, helping executives to fully realize their potential across all aspects of their life, and to create meaningful impact in their business. In addition to coaching and facilitation, Michael is also an engaging and inspirational speaker who loves to share his keynote message, “Everyone Has a Voice.”
Michael’s corporate career largely intersected with his passion for sports, with increasingly broader leadership roles in Sales, Marketing and General Management with NHL Enterprises, Reebok and adidas. An active mentor and speaker, Michael has supported numerous industry and educational conferences and development programs. Michael is a graduate of the Ivey Business School at Western University.
Passionate about giving back, Michael is also a Board Member and newly appointed Chair of the Terry Fox Foundation Board, a cause he is personally connected to. In 2020, Michael helped to spearhead a record- setting fundraising partnership between adidas and TFF that raised over $1.6M for cancer research and last year, he served as an Executive Producer for the record-breaking Terry Fox: The Power of One national broadcast benefit in support of TFF.