Lee-Anne McAlear is Program Director of Schulich’s Centre of Excellence in Innovation Management at York University and president of the Toronto based innovation house, CURRENT. She is a highly regarded consultant, facilitator, speaker and training specialist. For over 20 years, Lee-Anne has worked globally with Fortune 500 and high growth entrepreneurial firms to help formulate strategy and enhance individual, team and organizational performance. 

 

A graduate of University of Toronto, Lee-Anne’s expertise has taken her from Toronto to extensive work in 23 countries in North and South America, Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, India, the Middle East and Australia.

 

An exceptional generalist, she has delivered a broad platform of award-winning consulting and facilitating initiatives in the leadership and team development, creativity and innovation, and change management.

 

She has delivered leadership initiatives across many sectors (financial, pharmaceutical, technological, manufacturing, entertainment and governmental) and has piloted numerous innovation initiatives globally.

 

Her clients include the Royal Bank, CIBC, Deloitte, American Express, Astra Zeneca, Rogers, Alcon Labs, Toyota, Reckitt BenKieser, the University Health Network, Johnson and Johnson, Sony, the Heart and Stroke Foundation. She is sought after as both a dynamic speaker and facilitator of both large and small groups.

 

As Program Director at Schulich, Lee-Anne is responsible for the design and delivery of executive development programs in the area of innovation and creativity.

 

Lee-Anne is the only speaker certified in Jim Harris’ work. She has designed training programs for organizations based on the best selling books “Blindsided!” and “The Learning Paradox”.