Experienced
Coaches in:

• Finance
• Distribution
• IT
• Sales
• Product Management

“If we want people’s intelligence and support, we must welcome them as co-creators. People only support what they create.”

Margaret J. Wheatley

About 5D Leadership

Our experience with executives and senior managers worldwide demonstrates that the truly effective ones employ a variety of leadership styles. We have distilled these styles into five key aspects or leadership dimensions and through our unique 5-Dimensional Leadership Development process we equip leaders to master the realities of today’s complex business environment.

Our Leadership Development Specialists

Ellen Samiec, Director of Coaching

Ellen is a highly skilled coach and expert in personal leadership effectiveness. She has more than 15 years of international experience coaching executives, professionals and business owners to overcome challenges and achieve breakthrough results.

Ellen is the co-author of the book 5-D Leadership and author of 101 Ways to Accomplish More with Less. She has written for or been interviewed for articles in publications such as The Globe and Mail, The Financial Post, Profit Magazine and has appeared on television and radio.

The results of her Leadership Development Survey, conducted with Presidents and CEOs in Canada's manufacturing sector, was published in CMA Management Magazine.

In addition to corporate experience in the financial sector, Ellen's background includes a Doctoral Degree, Certification as a Master Practitioner and Trainer of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and the Professional Coaching Program through The Coaches Training Institute.

Ellen's professional affiliations include The Worldwide Association of Business Coaches, The International Coaching Federation, and is a founding member of The Coaching Guild, an association of professional workplace coaches.

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Scott Campbell, Director of Training

Scott is an accomplished speaker and trainer committed to helping individuals and organizations unleash their leadership potential. He is the President & Founder of Personalities at Work, a leadership training, coaching and consulting consortium. His enthusiastic, high-energy sessions include thoughtful, current information, abundant humor, and concrete applications.

Scott is the co-author of the book 5-D Leadership (Davies-Black Publishing, Oct. 2005) and author of, Quick Guide to the Four Temperaments for Peak Performance. He has written numerous articles on leadership for a variety of magazines and organizations.

Scott possesses a Master's degree in Organizational Leadership and is certified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator™, the MTR-i™ Team Roles Indicator, True Colors® Level I & II, TRI Self-Discovery Process™, the TRI Teamwork and Communication Workshop™, and the TRI Stress Workshop™. Scott is a faculty member with the Temperament Research Institute and 16Types University. He is on the executive board of the Ontario Association for the Application of Psychological Type.

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Bernie Schmidt, Vice-President Business Development and Executive Coach

Bernie is an executive coach and business development consultant with 30 years of corporate experience spanning multiple business sectors.

His business acumen includes leading sales, marketing, product management and technical services organizations, with companies ranging from entrepreneurial startups to small- and medium business to international enterprises, across industry sectors such as information technology, resources and manufacturing, consulting and engineering services.

Bernie is known for his ability to identify and clarify the key issues in situations faced by his clients, and draws on his extensive management and coaching experience to provide a strong leadership performance context to his coaching engagements.

Bernie possesses a Mechanical Engineering Degree and carries the RCC (Registered Corporate Coach) designation. His professional affiliations include:

• Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario
• Worldwide Association of Business Coaches
• Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals
• Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
• Guild of Canadian Film Composer

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