May 14 2023 68 mins 1
Business owner, board member, author, columnist, TV host, professional athlete World record holder Father and Husband all describe Dave Phillips. He has also been a stunt man, professional ski show performer, and coach for some of Canada's finest athletes.
Dave broke two Guinness World Records for ski duration. The first on snow by skiing continuously for over 83 hours (500 chairlift rides and over 340,000 vertical feet) and the second on water by skiing over 2140 KM in 57 hours (Almost from Vancouver to Winnipeg) with partner Ralph Hildebrand. Dave was also awarded the Bronze Medal for Bravery for his part in a life saving effort.
Currently he spends his time as a speaker and Leadership Mentor for CEO's and business leaders. He is a top ranked YPO (Young Presidents Organization) resource who has presented to groups in Canada, USA and the UK. Over the past 25 years he has served on the boards of several public and private companies.
Dave is married to Ontario Native and Olympic Gold Medalist in Alpine Skiing, Kathy Kreiner-Phillips. They now live in North Vancouver and have three grown Children, Nelson, Liam & Michela.
For 25 years, Jonathan Michael, ,has been a teacher, exemplar, activator and mentor of world class leaders, a catalyst for change in organizations and an experienced and certified Job and Career Development Coach and Senior Birkman Consultant.
He has been trained in Coaching, leadership and effectiveness philosophy and practices, by Blue Point Leadership (formerly the Tom Peters Company), the Coaches Training Institute and Franklin Covey. He is a Senior Birkman Certified Consultant (Level III), Job and Career Development Coach (JCDC) and Principal of Foresight Leadership Solutions. He has been mentored in Career Development by Richard Knowdell, renowned career development author, and the founder of the Career Development Network.
Jonathan graduated with an M.A. from Trinity Western University, winning the prestigious Governor General’s Gold Medal, which is the highest academic achievement in Canadian education. Other people of note who have won this award include Pierre Trudeau, Tommy Douglas, Kim Campbell, Robert Bourassa, Robert Stanfield and Gabrielle Roy.
Hundreds of young people and those seeking to have clarity around career choices and personal and leadership development have consulted Jonathan, whether a Harvard trained Lawyer or the President of Canada’s largest University Student Society.
Jonathan is also mentioned several times in his role as a Coach and Birkman Consultant because of his transformational results, in the book “The Birkman Method” by Stephanie Capparell (author of the best selling “Shackleton’s Way”) and Sharon Birkman Fink, CEO of Birkman International Inc. “The Birkman Method” was among Amazon’s top ten business books for May 2013. Jonathan’s clients are as diverse as a Member of Parliament, University Administrators, HR Directors, Small business owners and a President of Canada’s largest Student Society.
