Brad Randell, Head of Canada Insurance and Chief Agent of Axis Capital met with LLC participants (virtually!) and shared thoughts on the what working from home transition has been like, the importance and value of staying connected to peers internally and externally, and his career journey in the insurance industry. It was a great interactive […]

Garth Pepper, President of Liberty Mutual Canada, met with the LLC participants today (virtually!) and shared thoughts on the importance of engaging with peers in the industry, how to develop your personal brand, the importance of humility in Leadership. There were some great questions asked by the group and valuable discussion on how all can […]

Colin Laird, SVP of Commercial Insurance at Chubb Canada, met with the LLC participants (virtually!) and shared thoughts on improving your ability to be emotionally agile and how to build an entire range of skills that will help you move through any reality with ease. In this session we also discussed what we’ve been through […]

Andrew Steen, President of Berkley Canada, met with the LLC participants and shared thoughts on setting expectations, examining the many myths about leading people, and what skills you can deliberately develop to help prepare for your first leadership assignment. There was great interactive dialogue and a set of actionable take away items.

The 2020 LLC Cohort meets with Heather Bordo – a Consultant, Strategist and Coach to discuss Peer Coaching: what it is, why it’s important, and how to do it.  This session enabled the participants to practice their coaching skills and sets them up to help their fellow participants as the program progresses through the year […]

It’s a new year which means that there is a new LLC cohort and on January 22nd, Berkley Canada hosted the 2020 kick off meeting. We shared expectations of the program, ran a series of leadership simulations, and then enjoyed some social networking. We’re looking forward to a great 2020 year!

The 2019 cohort had their final meeting and wrap up session for the year at the Berkley Canada Toronto office. The group provided great feedback to help guide the content and format for next year’s cohort. We also reviewed the central themes that emerged this year: how to find and maximize mentoring relationships and how […]

The 2019 cohort was fortunate to spend time with Lynn Oldfield who shared insights on how to continuously improve your Executive Presence and how to stand out in a crowd.  Lynn directed the group to the following valuable resource material on the topic:

On October 16 Heather Masterson met with the members of the LLC and shared lessons on two key themes:  How to balance increasing professional demands with family and how to effectively navigate leadership challenges.  There were lots of helpful take away points for the group.

We are excited to kick off the nomination process for the 2020 cohort of the Leadership Learning Circle.  For this group we are looking for high potential “pre-leaders” – people that want to progress to a leadership role but have not yet been given their first people management assignment.  The goal to the LLC Program […]