Jim Hayhurst Sr.
Michael Reddy
Moe Poirier
Kim Laceby
Jim Hayhurst Sr. – Founding Partner
Career and Motivational Expert. Philanthropist. Two-time best-selling author. Ad man. Mountaineer.
Jim Hayhurst Sr. is the founder of The Right Mountain Inc. and an internationally-recognized inspirational speaker who has helped millions to unlock their career and life potential.
For more than fifteen years, Jim owned and ran one of Canada’s largest advertising agencies, which he sold to Saatchi & Saatchi in 1985. Since then, his career help centre and corporate consulting group have helped thousands of individuals and hundreds of organizations around the world define and achieve success.
Jim’s first book, The Right Mountain: Lessons from Everest on the Real Meaning of Success, was the product of his 1988 Mount Everest climb. The book is now available in seven languages and was a bestseller in several countries, including Canada.
Jim is incredibly passionate about helping people find fulfillment and success in their lives. In 1992, he co-founded Trails Youth Initiatives, a program for youth-at-risk, now a fully-accredited 4-year program and school located north of Toronto from which over 200 youth have graduated.
His new book, Where Have I Gone Right?, published in 2004, provides career help, combining powerful stories from his Everest and business experiences with a practical, engaging career workbook.
Contact Jim directly at jim@therightmountain.com or by calling (416) 785-7700.
Michael Reddy is a highly successful and versatile entrepreneur from Toronto, Ontario. He coaches individuals and teams, and works with senior management teams in the areas of leadership, communication, teamwork, and creating cultural change. In addition, he is also the founder and president of Redvest Corporation where he’s established a commercial real estate portfolio and more recently he co-founded Condo-Garage, a premium garage storage company.
Michael is vice chairman and director of operations for Trails Youth Initiatives, a charity based in Toronto. This group supports vulnerable inner city youth to become contributing members of their communities. Michael has a business degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, as well as a law degree from Queen’s University.
As a speaker and facilitator, Michael spreads his positive attitude and sense of humour, inspiring passion in people’s lives. His goal as a career counselor is to provide people with the tools, confidence, and motivation to create successful careers that support them in having lives they love. See Michael’s video introduction to the program.
Contact Michael directly at michael@therightmountain.com or by calling (416) 785-7700.
Moe Poirier is a specialist in leadership, coaching, communication, group facilitation and team development. In addition to his coaching practice, Moe’s work includes designing and delivering learning experiences for clients across North America and in Europe.
Moe has an Engineering and Management degree, but he is an entrepreneur at heart. In the early 90s, he founded Actua as a national charity delivering educational science and technology programs for youth. He built a unique organizational culture and established a stable base of funding to support future growth. In the late 90s, he joined the team at NRG and helped build the business through to its initial public offering in 2000.
In his volunteer activities, Moe was Chair of Actua. He continues to serve with organizations, such as Youth In Motion, that focus on creating programs to develop young leaders.
Whether Moe is coaching individuals to discover their strengths, supporting a leadership team to build its strategy, facilitating a workshop, playing on the ice or on a backcountry trip; he is a proven Expedition Leader. He has been guiding individuals, teams and organizations to get ‘on purpose’ for over fifteen years.
Contact Moe directly at moe@therightmountain.com or by calling (416) 785-7700.
Kimberly Laceby, CMA, MBA, is an engaging and passionate human effectiveness facilitator and coach. She has a wealth of experience in strategic planning, leadership coaching, and team effectiveness training and has worked with a broad range of organizations, from charities to the government sector to oil and gas companies.
Kimberly considers herself to be a ‘Possibilities Pathfinder’ - helping others to explore the possibilities before them and then charting a path towards creating success. Kimberly is based in Caledon, Ontario where she is pursuing her own life’s passion of leadership coaching through her consulting firm Summit Leadership Solutions.
When Kimberly is not hard at work, she can be found enjoying the great outdoors with her family. She is also actively involved in various community organizations with a particular interest in youth mentorship for young women.
Contact Kimberly at kimberly@therightmountain.com
or by calling (416) 785-7700.