Leading With Nice Interview Series Mathieu Yuill

While we were all stuck at home during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people took the opportunity to learn something new. Maybe you taught yourself how to bake sourdough or speak another language. Anushka Bhattacharjee, a Grade 4 student from Toronto, decided to write the book "My Magic Mirror," a creative take on "The Three Little Pigs" fable. Anushka recently stopped by the podcast to chat about the inspiration, process and discipline behind writing and publishing her first b...

Sue Wigston’s entire career has been driven by her passion for people. For over 25 years with Eagle's Flight, she collaborated with various organizations to develop strategy and support tactical efforts in creating high-performing, innovative and engaged corporate cultures. She’s now taken her talents to not-for-profit giving platform Givesome as the organization's CEO. Sue wakes up every day thinking about generosity and recently stopped by the podcast to chat about how we can all grow in ou...

With a 20-plus year career encompassing senior roles in ballet, dance and opera, Christina Loewen has been with the Association for Opera in Canada as Executive Director since 2009. Focussing on helping the sector build resilience, navigate change, and be a positive force for civic good, “resilience” and “change” were definitely at the forefront of the past two years as Christina led her team through a global pandemic and its many curveballs. She recently stopped by the podcast to discuss her...

Curtis Carmichael is an award-winning social entrepreneur, technologist, STEM and hip-hop teacher, and computer programmer. He is also the author and mobile app developer for the world’s first augmented reality memoir, Butterflies in the Trenches, a candid story of Curtis' life in the public housing projects in Scarborough, Ont.Curtis stopped by the Leading With Nice Interview Series to talk about the importance of embracing community, life lessons from mentors, and his mission to help everyo...

Speaker, author and organizational consultant Joseph A. Michelli encourages leaders and frontline workers to grow and invest passionately in all aspects of their lives. He stopped by the podcast to discuss leadership strategies from some of his bestselling books and business practices that develop joyful and productive workplaces.

Amanda Yuill made a counter-intuitive choice many years ago: to become a full-time supply teacher. This career move provided her the opportunity to research gaps she saw in the education system and publish three books. Amanda’s latest book — What's the Difference?: Building on Autism Strengths, Skills and Talents in Your Classrooms — provides teachers with tools and strategies to help autistic students be at their best. But beneath that are some great lessons on leadership and developing a po...