Tom Bowes, Partner & Prime Minister of Chaordic Possibilities/Coach

Tom initiated the InCourage Leadership Coaching process over six years ago mainly to complement the in-tact executive team learning programs InCourage has become famous for. The InCourage coaching offering has evolved over time to complement new programs that have been developed and talent that has been added along the way.
He continues to offer himself as an executive coach alongside other coaches whose values are consistent with InCourage's. He ‘graduated’ from Coach University in 2001 and has been coaching formally since then. Before starting InCourage in 1997, Tom’s fifteen-year corporate career was focused on Sales and Marketing in the information technology industry. Over this time Tom became aware that organizations, regardless of their size and of their "performance", needed to develop leaders who inspire others and inspire individuals to work and relate together more effectively. This awareness spawned the creation of InCourage with the vision of making organizational life more meaningful. 
Tom’s work is meaningful for him when he sees people in organizations applying their courage, however that may manifest in an individual.  His style is unstructured, every client is different and has different needs so ‘formulaic step-by-step approaches’ are rarely offered. His methodology is inside-out – a journey that starts with the necessary critical self-examination to focus on what you really want.  

Lorne Brown, BMath, CPCC
Executive Coach

Lorne has overall responsibility for the Leadership Development practice at InCourage including one-on-one Executive coaching programs.  He is a Leadership Coach who works with individuals to develop and enhance their unique leadership strengths. Lorne brings powerful intuitive skills and a strong desire to help his clients achieve results. His compassionate and honest approach inspires leaders to think in terms of possibility and embrace and excel in purposeful leadership.
Lorne is a Certified Professional Coactive Coach and was trained and certified through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). He is also a graduate of CTI’s Co-Active Space Leadership program.  He has an Honours degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.
Lorne has 20 years of corporate management experience, enabling him to comprehend and relate directly to the challenges faced by today’s business leaders. In his corporate career, Lorne has had overall responsibility for Human Resources, Customer Service, Information Systems, and Sales and Marketing functions. Lorne was consistently recognized for bringing a unique style of empathic leadership to each role.
Lorne is married with two teenage children.  He loves playing baseball, camping, music, and especially time with his family.

Steve Zanini, Coach

Steve offers personal coaching services aimed at the individual and business professional.  Following a designed process that promotes possibilities, perspectives, courageous action and self-awareness, Steve focuses on accelerating personal results.

Experienced in the telecommunication, oil and gas, and utility sectors as well as a self–employed consultant, Steve blends his knowledge and experience to help him relate to the daily realities that drive individuals and leaders.  A graduate of the Coaching Training Institute (CTI) program, he augments his experience with an effective process geared towards action and accountability.

Hiring Steve as a coach means you have a tireless champion.  Centered on you and your agenda, he is able to ask powerful questions and listen.  You will explore new perspectives, uncover alternatives and have someone who will hold you accountable for your actions.  He loves what he does, and believes in the power of people.

Steve Donahue, Transition Coach

Steve is a professional speaker, transition coach, consultant and author.  In 1994 he was named a “Consummate Speaker of the Year” sharing the distinction with only 25 others in the world including Margaret Thatcher.  Steve has the unique ability to facilitate large groups, keeping them engaged and entertained with his stories, exercises and wisdom gleaned from 14 years of experience as a presenter and facilitator.

As a young man Steve crossed the Sahara Desert overland from north to south.  This fascinating adventure is the foundation of many of his programs and the subject of his book; Shifting Sands – A Guidebook for Crossing the Deserts of Change.  His book was released in Spring 2004 by Berrett-Koehler Publishing of San Francisco.  InCourage and Steve also created Shifting Sands, a participant based multimedia-learning program that assists people within organizations through transition.

Steve has been featured on the front page of the Financial Post.  His work has also been described in the Toronto Star and the Ottawa Citizen.  He has appeared on CBC’s “The Nature of Things” and CTV’s Canada A.M. 

Some of the groups Steve has addressed or facilitated include: IBM, Royal Bank, Molsons, The Bank of America, The Conference Board (New York), Unilever Best Foods, Pillsbury, AstraZeneca, Merck, and  Advance PCS.

Ken Victor, Associate, Executive Coach, Lead Facilitator/Consultant

Ken has over twenty years experience in coaching, education and training, assisting organizations and individuals to achieve their potential. He has worked with numerous Canadian and multinational organizations, including AstraZeneca, Bayer Inc, Goodyear, Motorola, KPMG, The McGill Executive Institute, 3Com and Telemedia.

He has extensive experience with Outward Bound in Canada and the U.S., including directing its Professional Development Program and founding the Outward Bound Centre for Change. He is also the founder of The Edgework Leadership Group, Inc. He is a Certified practitioner with varied backgrounds in adult learning, conflict resolution and learning organizations. Ken is a leader in developing innovative applications of action learning to organizational change. In addition, he has taught at Motorola and 3Com Universities and the McGill Executive Institute.

Ken has a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and M.A. from Syracuse University.

Jake McArthur, Associate, Executive Coach

Jake McArthur has been President and CEO of several retail organizations in Canada including LensCrafters, Granada TV and Sketchley Cleaners. For over 20 years he has led the growth of these organizations to dominant market share positions through a combination of his engaging and inspirational leadership style, a knack for building strong teams and a balance of management discipline and intuition. Jake continues to develop leaders as a facilitator and executive coach.

Jan van der Hoop, Associate, Executive Coach

Jan’s professional experience spans fifteen years’ senior Human Resources experience with leading corporations across a wide variety of industries, including Hilton International Hotels, PepsiCo and Office Depot.  Through his experience, both in Canada and the US, he has developed a clear understanding of corporate issues and challenges and is able to coach corporate managers to be successful under today’s stressful business conditions.

Jan’s experience in lean, demanding, fast-paced environments enables him to support people in handling the personal and professional challenges inherent in any successful organization. His professional success at forging productive partnerships with different constituencies around the Executive table has prepared him well as a credible, influential Executive Coach.

He has been trained by the world’s leading coach training organizations; Coach U and Corporate Coach U.  A driving force in the emergence of coaching in Canadian organizations, Jan is an active member of the Toronto Chapter of the International Coach Federation, and is a trained adventure coach/facilitator.

Mark Jenkins, Associate, Storyteller Coach

Mark is the storytelling coach to many of the world's top Himalayan climbers and speakers on the international speaking circuit. He is the co-developer of Team Everest - a leading edge, immersive story that takes organizations on a virtual expedition to the summit of Mt. Everest. He has crafted and told stories to more than 40 leading organizations across North America.

Mark is highly involved in the local and national storytelling community. He has worked with street children and local organizations, assisting them in telling their stories and creating their emergent stories. He is on the board of the longest running storytelling festival in North America, a Director of the Storytelling School of Toronto and host of 1001 Friday Nights - a storytelling group that has met continuously every Friday Night for the past 23 years.