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Rosie Steeves, PhD
Principal and Co-founder, The Refinery Leadership Partners Inc.
With over 30 years of experience in the leadership development field, Dr. Rosie Steeves has spearheaded initiatives in countless organizations, from small companies experiencing start-up challenges to Fortune 500 corporations pursuing aggressive growth strategies. Today Rosie works mainly with the CEOs and senior executive teams of large corporations. She also leads The Refinery’s Trends and Inquiry department, which conducts ongoing research into current leadership and organizational development issues. A certified executive and leadership coach, Rosie has a PhD in Human and Organizational Development from the Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California. She also holds a BA and MA in engineering from Cambridge University, England, where she graduated with first-class honours. When time permits, Rosie shares her extensive experience in leadership and organizational theory as a lecturer at Simon Fraser University and Royal Roads University.
Speaking Engagements
SHRM® Global Conference & Exposition, March 30 – April1, 2009, Toronto - “Lost in Translation: What to Know Before You Expand a Leadership Program to New Cultures”
How do you extend a highly successful leadership development program to another culture, without diminishing the impact? That was the task for Goldcorp, a multinational gold company, and The Refinery Leadership Partners when they adapted an 18-month program, designed for Canadian and US supervisors for work sites in Mexico and other Latin American locations. During this presentation, hear about the successes, lessons learned and best practices for translating leadership programs with exceptional results.
This session will help you understand the critical challenges, best practices and top priorities when extending leadership development programs to different countries and cultures.
CSTD May Symposium - May 29, 2008
“Leading from the Ground Up”
Using Goldcorp as the case study, Dr. Rosie Steeves and a Goldcorp representative explored what can be accomplished with a comprehensive leadership development program for front-line supervisors. The presenters shared the unique challenges involved with front-line leadership development, as well as initial assessment results. The ultimate goal was to give participants a sense of how a similar program could transform their own organizations.
Victoria Quality Council - Feb 7, 2008
“The Hard Truths”
After sharing the troubling results of recent research on how executive leaders are viewed by their employees, Dr. Steeves highlighted the barriers to developing leadership at the executive level and a guide to overcoming them. She left participants with the challenge to examine their own organizations’ leadership practices.
CSTD - December 2 to 4, 2007
“Leadership Development: Does It Really Pay Off?”
Despite a 15% drop in the market, Toyota de Puerto Rico has experienced continued growth in sales and employee engagement has risen significantly. Dr. Steeves demonstrated the role of leadership development in TdPR’s success, and how participants can apply these learnings to their own organizations.
Additionally, Dr. Steeves received the CSTD Silver Award for a Refinery training and development program designed for Cameco Corporation.
BCHRMA - November 28, 2007
“The ROI of Leadership Development”?
Acknowledging the challenge in calculating ROI for leadership development, Dr. Steeves offered a comprehensive yet straightforward measurement system, leading participants from desired organizational outcomes and program design through to assessment.
International Leadership Association – November 2, 2007
“Missing in Action: A Highly Functioning Senior Leadership Team”
Is the notion of a high performing executive team a myth? What kind of executive teams best serve today’s organizations? In this roundtable discussion, Dr. Steeves explored the conditions that support executive team dysfunction and what can—and must—be done about it.
Book Launch: Made in Canada Leadership, by Amal Henein and Francoise Morissette - October 29, 2007
In researching their book, Made in Canada Leadership, Amal Henein and Francoise Morissette interviewed 295 exceptional leaders and 66 leadership development professionals, including Dr. Steeves. Dr. Steeves responses were so compelling that the authors asked her to speak at the book’s Vancouver launch. Dr. Steeves challenged the audience to take the authors’ central recommendation—that Canada must actively develop a critical mass of leaders—to heart, starting with their own organizations.
Canadian Public Relations Society in Vancouver - March 29, 2007
“Leadership and Communication: Is it a case of all talk and no action?”
Using case studies and her own field evidence, Dr. Steeves discussed the reality of leadership effectiveness. She challenged the audience to do more, ask tougher questions, and become stronger leaders by taking specific action.