Power of Why with Naomi Haile

Marie Lewis is the founder and CEO of Royal Assistants , an operations-focused executive support company built to help founders lead with clarity and structure. Her journey into business began with service. She was raised in a faith-centered household, she spent years in administrative leadership across church and corporate environments before becoming the person people relied on to bring order to...

Soji James is a New York based strength and kettlebell coach, meditation teacher, breathwork facilitator and the founder of the Metta Club. The Metta Club is a mindfulness-based community built around making that inner work feel practical and human. His practice is built on a conviction most of the fitness industry ignores: that the body and the inner life are not separate projects, and that the p...

"When you're picking up heavy weights in life and you make the decision to face that weight, there is a confidence that you build." - Almeta Brown Almeta Brown is a strength coach, therapist in training, and wellness practitioner. Her work lives at the intersection of trauma-informed care, nervous system regulation, and sustainable strength building. Her approach begins with a questi...

“Being able to discover entrepreneurship was revolutionary for finding my path.” - Katonhetsheriio Ashley Clark Ashley Clark is a Mohawk entrepreneur, founder of Bougie Birch , and an indigenous relations advisor whose work sits at the intersection of business, culture, and systems change. With an academic background in international relations, Ashley brings a systems-aware lens to entrepreneurshi...

"Be a good comms person, but be a better business person. That is the key to unlocking the strategic value as a comms person. When you can create an environment where people want to know what you think on a topic that's not necessarily related to comms, you have built a relationship of trust and respect." - Amy MacLeod Amy MacLeod is a senior communications executive with 25 years of...

“When you're hiring your number two, your number three, your number four — make sure you're complementing your skills as a founder with somebody who does have an operational mindset.” - Megan Paterson Megan Paterson is the Chief Operating Officer of Kinaxis , a publicly traded SaaS company that manages some of the world’s largest supply chains. She has spent nearly 18 years at the organiza...

“We own our future. We are not passive participants in our businesses or communities.” - Sueling Ching Sueling Ching is the President and CEO of the Ottawa Board of Trade , a unified and influential voice for businesses across the city of Ottawa. Sueling is a dedicated community builder with a passion for innovation and business advocacy, she has spent more than twenty years working at the interse...

"In an abundance of water, only a fool is thirsty. And here it is that we're living in this great abundance, especially with technology. Everybody's connected. If you want to learn anything, it's right there. Now, how do you determine what is relevant to what you need to do?" Diane Watson is an illustrious technology leader with over two decades of experience in telecommunica...

Chanel Cathey is the founder and CEO of CJC Insights , a strategic communications and public relations agency headquartered in New York City. Since launching the firm in 2018 with her savings and a bold mission, Chanel has built a powerhouse agency that partners with global companies, high-growth startups, mission-driven nonprofits, and private equity teams to craft narratives that resonate, build...

Sigute Zitikyte is a personal brand strategist, writer, and business coach leading the Multi-Passionate movement—a platform created for high-achieving women who are done choosing between their creativity, ambition, and authenticity. She’s helped hundreds of women stop playing small, embrace the full spectrum of who they are, and confidently build brands that reflect who they are, not just their ré...

“I promised myself I’d get this job the Justine way. I wasn’t going to follow someone else’s script—I was going to show up as me.” Justine Hendricks , sits as Farm Credit Canada’s President and CEO after 17 years with Export Development Canada (EDC) and 7 years with Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). Throughout her career, she has championed Canadian businesses across agriculture, agri-food, and other cr...

"This is what true grassroots entrepreneurship looks like. It’s relational. It’s reciprocal. It’s sacred." Denyse Nadon is the Founder and CEO of Tribalure , a grassroots cosmetics and skincare brand rooted in Ancestral knowledge, ceremony, and community healing honoring the Seven Sacred Teachings of wisdom, love, respect, bravery, honesty, humility, and truth.. An Algonquin woman from the Apitipi...

"The biggest limitations we have are in our own brains. My job is to unconstrain my team’s thinking, create a culture of trust, and allow innovation to thrive." For   France Hébert , the biggest barriers aren’t external—they exist in our own minds. As VP & General Manager at CAE and President of SkyAlyne, she’s leading the future of aviation training and defense innovation, leveragin...

Building a startup while in medical school sounds impossible. But Yoobin Lee, founder of Quip Medical, is making it work—not by working harder, but by working smarter. Growing up across Vancouver, Seoul, and California, she saw different cultures, different expectations, and the idea that success meant choosing just one path. Then, in medical school, she saw something she couldn’t ignore: Doctors...

For as long as she can remember, Sarah Sedgman has been fascinated by the intersection of learning, creativity, and innovation. Growing up in the countryside—where she and her brother would invent and build things just for fun—she was surrounded by a family of educators and entrepreneurs who encouraged her to think differently. That curiosity shaped her career path, leading her from instructional...

"I liked doing things that scared me. I always knew if you did something that terrified you, you’d be less scared of it at the end." In this clip, she shares how an acting class at UCLA helped her overcome painful shyness at 18. Despite her fear, stepping into the unknown sparked a deep love for acting that changed the course of her life. She reflects on battling thyroid cancer at 21—a w...

"I liked doing things that scared me. I always knew if you did something that terrified you, you’d be less scared of it at the end." Catherine Bell is a renowned actress, entrepreneur, and mother whose career in film and television has captivated audiences for over three decades. Best known for her iconic roles as Lt. Sarah ‘Mac’ MacKenzie on the action-drama series JAG and as Cassandra...

“How can we create behavior change as fast as possible?” In this clip, Kimberly shares her perspective on talent development trends, including microlearning and the rise of AI in the workplace. While acknowledging the value of these tools, she explains why Brown Leadership is leaning into a more “old school” approach—longer, in-person workshops and immersive learning experiences that drive meaning...

“No one is ever going to share your skills and experience better than you.” In this clip, Kimberly explains why you must unapologetically own and share your skills, passions, and goals. She emphasizes that self-promotion isn’t bragging—it’s educating others about who you are and what you’re capable of. Kimberly shares her advice for building a career that creates its own opportunities by actively...

“For me, I knew I didn’t want to make my business smaller to accommodate a larger corporate life.” In this clip, Kimberly shares how a pivotal move to American Express changed the trajectory of her career and business. She reflects on her decision to leave a role she loved to pursue her growing business, weighing the fear of failure against the potential for regret. Kimberly’s story is a powerful...

“You have control over your career.” In this clip, Kimberly challenges the traditional mindset that success comes from waiting to be recognized for hard work. Instead, she emphasizes the importance of actively steering your career with your personal strategy. Kimberly explains how most company career plans are designed to serve the organization, not the individual. She shares her approach to guidi...

“My largest client had $14 million in their checking account, but I also had clients who overdrafted every day. I saw the whole gamut.” In this clip, Kimberly shares the pivotal moment when she chose happiness over everything else in her career. After an unforgettable (and hilarious) encounter with a client, she realized the importance of aligning work with joy and purpose. She reflects on her tra...

"I think there are a lot of things in life that we don’t get taught how to do. We have to learn through trial by fire and experience." Kimberly reflects on her passion for talent development and the challenges women and people of color face in navigating their careers. She highlights how delayed preparation often leads to missed opportunities and underemployment. Her mission is to equip profession...

Learn from Kimberly Brown, a career and leadership expert, as she helps you navigate the workplace, earn more money, and establish yourself as an industry leader. “No one is ever going to share your skills and experience better than you. They can try, but it’s your experience. You have to get comfortable talking about your skills, your interests, your passions, and your goals, because that’s the o...

Reinvention isn’t automatic—it’s intentional. In this clip, Kevin Bourne and Naomi Haile unpack the mindset that drives Kevin to embrace change, even in life’s toughest seasons. Reflecting on moments when he’s hit rock bottom and rebuilt—whether restarting in Ottawa or returning to Toronto—Kevin shares: “I’ve been through so many restarts, fallen, and gotten back up, that I can always see the good...