CEO Corner

Scotiabank is one of North America's premier financial institutions and Canada's most international bank. With 69,000 employees, Scotiabank Group and its affiliates serve approximately 12.5 million customers in some 50 countries around the world. We have long recognized that our employees are our greatest strength and that is the reason for our success

Scotiabank has used Dave Howlett on a number of occasions for workshops and conferences. I was in attendance when he presented his "Knocking
down Silos" seminar at our Asia Pacific Conference in China. He had our international team up on their feet identifying commonalities and assisting each other with key challenges. Dave’s reputation- management seminar bridged cultural as well as business divides.

I would recommend him to any multi-national interested in knocking down silos and increasing employee cooperation and communication.

Rick Waugh
President and CEO
Scotiabank

With over 31 million passengers a year, Toronto Pearson International Airport is the busiest airport in Canada. Providing Quality service to these travelers is our highest priority after safety and security. The vision I have for GTAA is to pursue continuous service improvement by strengthening communication, creativity, innovation and trust. Variances in trades, unions and demographics can occasionally however present a significant challenge to implementing this type of company-wide team building effort.

We engaged Dave Howlett to present his "Knocking Down Silos" workshop beginning with management cadre. He had a great interactive presentation that was well received among GTAA leaders. It reinforced an ownership-philosophy that urges people to take charge of their career. The concepts of "assume everyone is intelligent, have a passion for what you do and get over yourself" resonated with my team long after the talk.

Lloyd A. McCoomb
President and Chief Executive Officer
Greater Toronto Airports Authority

After acquiring two companies and at the same time adding to our team to support significant organic growth, we wanted to maintain and build upon our 50 Best Employer status by striving for a common “good guy” culture that philosophically connects Aecon’s many operating units. Dave’s down to earth, interactive and powerful Knocking Down Silos’s was right on for our 400 leaders, and was rated one of the top sessions of our two day conference. I highly recommend Dave and his RHB “good guy” perspective and presentation.”

Scott Balfour
President, Aecon Group Inc.