Meet Our Leadership Team
We are a diverse team of entrepreneurs with corporate and C-suite backgrounds. We get the challenges of navigating business and personal life.
From launching non-profits and social enterprises to navigating international luxury real estate organizations, our team has an expansive background that comes with a wealth of insights. But most of all, we are coaches and leaders with our internal compasses set to kindness as our true north.
We are leaders that resonate with the power of appreciating what is good — and what is yet to be discovered. We are committed to showing up every single time because it’s who we are and why we do what we do.
Carol has an Advanced Human Resource Management Diploma and a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from Royal Roads University. She received her initial coach training through Core Alignment Coaching in 2007 and certification as an Appreciative Inquiry Coach in 2015. She holds the International Coaching Federation designation of Master Certified Coach (MCC).
Carol understands the impact of connecting with others in deep relationships. She shares a philosophy with her fellow coaches that we are always learning. Her work nurtures a space for connection beyond languages, ideas and differences.
Carol is first a coach but also a partner, mother and grandmother. She uses the pronouns she and her. She is grateful to live, work and play on the unceded land of the Lək̓ʷəŋən speaking people now known as the Esquimalt, Songhees and WSÁNEĆ First Nations whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day. More about Carol can be found on her personal coaching website.
After a decade in Swiss banking, 20 years ago, Colin began his career in destination real estate and hospitality with the largest resort developer in North America, building and operating beach, ski and mixed-use destinations.
Colin has an acute understanding of branding sales & marketing, communications and strategic management in real estate, hospitality and tourism.
His career has taken him from leadership positions in numerous destinations, from Four Seasons, Bora Bora to Porto Montenegro and Luštica Bay, Les Bordes in the Loire Valley and projects in Prime Central London, the Middle East and Asia.
Colin has a Triple-Major BA in Political Science, History and French from Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University and an MBA in International Marketing and International Finance from St. Xavier University of Chicago, taken in Milan, Italy.
He now coaches and mentors people making impactful changes in their personal or professional lives.
His ability to fast-track clarity of mind with insight and humour guides people of all ages through work and personal relationship dynamics, confidence building, self-improvement, overcoming challenges and achieving desired results. More about Colin can be found on his personal website.
Christal Duncan Earle has been a lifelong social entrepreneur. She has launched numerous non-profits and social change businesses during her career. In 2000, she co-founded Live Different, a youth-centred international non-profit. She has created programs that have impacted young lives across Canada and around the globe.
Christal has also spoken to hundreds of audiences worldwide and has coached and mentored many clients one-on-one. She also serves as an advisor for the Social Venture Zone at Toronto Metro University and an Entrepreneur in Residence for the Fashion Zone (Creative Innovation Studio) at Toronto Metro University.
In 2017, she launched Brave Soles, a social enterprise and sustainable fashion initiative started in the Dominican Republic with a global customer base.
Christal loves working with and supporting entrepreneurs and social change makers to grow their ideas, build their impact, and clarify what they want to create. She is a Métis woman with deep values built on community and kindness. She is also an author, a podcaster, and a professional speaker. More about Christal can be found on her personal website.