Michael Ballard

Current

President and CEO at Resiliency for Life

Past

Cottages Sales Bancroft several years ago... at CSB Communications
Non Government Coordinator - Volunteer at Canadian Red Cross
Sales, Sales Training and Training at Hallmark Cards

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Education

The McQuaig Institute of Executive Development Ltd.
Centre for High Performance
Coaching Association of Canada

Career Life Resouces Inc.
University of South Florida
International Centre for Attitudinal Healing
University of Toronto - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Centre for High Performance
Humber College
Humber College
Humber College

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Recommended

28 people have recommended Michael

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

Michael Ballard’s Summary

Specialties:
We, develop, train and coach people to develop and deepen their resiliency so that they deal with the everyday and overwhelming issues in work and life to move forward with greater courage, conviction and tenacity.

We design, produce and deliver programs to build resilience and stress hardiness for individuals, organizations and communities.

This builds human capacity for organizations:
Employee and Team Gain:
• productivity
• employee retention
• communication skills
• organizational appeal
• rapid learning (train-the-trainer)
• stress management effectiveness

This builds resiliency for communities
Students, Youth and Seniors Gain:
• life skills
• goal setting
• self-awareness
• communications
• emotional resiliency
• stress management effectiveness

Clients have included:
Alberta Health
Dalhousie University Medical Faculty
IBM Canada
Manitoba Rural Development
Singapore Government Civil Defence

Michael Ballard’s Specialties:

Measuring and implementing Resilience
and Emotional Intelligence programs for Organizations and Communities.

Michael Ballard’s Experience

President and CEO

Resiliency for Life

(Privately Held; Human Resources industry)

July 1988 — Present (21 years 6 months)

Design, develop and distribute Resiliency and Emotional Intelligence programing to meet and exceed clients needs for:
business
health care
education
personal
family
community

Optimism Resiliency and Motivation Specialistists

Michael Ballard’s Education

The McQuaig Institute of Executive Development Ltd.

The McQuaig System Certificatioin Programme Personality Profiles 2006 — 2006
Centre for High Performance

Certificate , One Smart World Certificate , 2004
Coaching Association of Canada

Coaching Level One Certificate 2004
Career Life Resouces Inc.

Personality Dimensions Faciltator Certificate 2003
University of South Florida

Compassiion Fatique Certificate 2001 — 2001
International Centre for Attitudinal Healing

Attitudinal Healing Level 1 and Facilitator 1999 — 1999
University of Toronto - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Faciltator Level III , Certified Trainer True Colors , 1995
Centre for High Performance

Certificate , Essi Stress Map , 1990 — 1990
Humber College

Marketing Graduate , Marketing Sales , 1975 — 1977
Humber College

Marketing, Sales 1974 — 1977
Humber College

General Businss 1974 — 1974

Enjoyed the first rate instructors.

Additional Information

Michael Ballard’s Websites:

Michael Ballard’s Interests:

Select Professional Development Courses include • Consultative Sales and Marketing Three Month Program Hallmark Cards, • 37 Ways to Impact Training - Training Transfer Skills - R. Pike, • Professional Selling Skills III – Xerox, • Time and Territory Management Selling Skills III – Xerox, • Time-on-my-Side - Time and Event Management Training, • Presentations That Work - Xerox, • The Forté Report - Four Keys Traits that Impact Relationships, • Advanced Platform Skills - R Plank, • Consultative Selling Skills - L Thomas,

Michael Ballard’s Groups:

Canadian Professional Sales Association - Current Member,
Canadian Professional Sales Association Professional Designation Advisory Committee Member - Past,
United Way of Quinte - Board Member - Past,
Canadian Cancer Society Quinte Branch - Volunteer Development - Past,
Operation Parasol Red Cross – Trenton Kosovo Refugees NGO Coordinator - Past,
Children of Chernobyl Regional Director - Past,
Hospice Ontario Current Member., Centennial College, MyLinkFamily

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Overachievers Club
International Network of Social-Eco Entrepreneurs
OpenNetworker.com
Canadians
Toronto
Innovative Meeting & Event Design Innovators
Hong Kong - Canada Business Association
Innovation Management Group
TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
Speakers and Panelists
Success Networking
International Business
Open Networkers
Friends of / Amis du Canada
Job & Career Network
FastTrack Business Network (8,000+ members!)
Innovative Association, Convention, Conference & Meeting Innovators
Top Tier Open Networker
Military Network
LION500.com (Open Networkers)
E.Factor
Dutch LIONs (Open Networkers)
TopLinked Executives
TopLinked Consulting Professionals
Toronto Open Networking
Professional Keynote Speakers - by Jorge Olson
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National Black MBA Association, Toronto Chapter
Military Support Network at Inspiring Alliance
National Dialogue on Health Care
MPI Toronto Chapter
Consultative Sales and Sales Management Professionals of Canada
Simple Truths
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Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced
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Canadian Open Networkers (Canada)
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Toronto Networking Meetings Group
INSE University™
Retail, Product, Consumer and Service Professionals
Contract, Consulting, Freelance and Part-Time Jobs