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Gail Godreau
MBA, Professional Co-Active Coach
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A Work-Life Balance Doesn't Exist: Introducing Work-life Integration for Greater Business and Personal Sucess and Prosperity

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Presentation Synopsis:
We need a new approach to work, one that is innovative in leveraging our People and their Passion for professional and personal success. 
Work is important. It allows us to use our talents, make an impact, create community, support our families, and contribute to the economy. However, it is taking a significant toll on the workforce both business leaders and working professionals. 
Statistics say that up to 87% of employees are disengaged. And the number one reason people visit their doctor, and the number one prescription given, is for depression. We need a better solution.
So many working women and men have struggled for so long to find 'Work-Life Balance', only to be disappointed, frustrated, and embarrassed that they couldn't achieve what they thought their neighbours, 'The Jones', appeared to have done. Why is this so hard? Because Work-Life Balance doesn't exist! And it likely never did.
Our world is changing, at an increasing rate. We live in a time of always-on, hyper-connected-yet-disconnected, 24/7/365 access. It is illogical to think we can parcel a portion of our lives to be all work, and another to be all life (In fact, I suggest that life is not the opposite of work, but the container for work).
It's time to let go of the relentless pursuit of Work-Life Balance and, instead, cultivate greater 'Work-Life Integration', to significantly increase our chances of prospering THROUGH our work (not in spite of it) AND thriving in the life that surrounds it!
And when we have greater Work-Life Integration, we cultivate '3E Prosperity TM: Prosperity of the Employee, Employer and Economy'.

​​Speaker’s Bio: Gail Godreau is a Work-Life Integration Coach, Consultant and Speaker and owner of Lighthouse Wellness Strategies. She works mostly with small business owners and professional women and men to help them 'prosper THROUGH their work (not in spite of it) and integrate it with the life that surrounds it'.

She has an MBA and over 20 years of business experience including corporate roles in marketing, advertising, food service, and HR consulting and over 6 years as an entrepreneur in the coaching/consulting/speaking field. She works at the intersection of business and humanity connecting the dots between business goals and the people who achieve them. 

As a Professional Co-Active Coach, Gail's gift is using her client-centered curiosity to evoke powerful conversations that uncover your own wisdom and move you toward a business and life of more success, impact and prosperity! 

As a professional speaker, she has delivered numerous presentations ranging from keynote addresses to day-long workshops to associations, businesses and not-for-profit organizations.

Gail increases 'Work-Life Integration' (not balance) by helping individuals create more meaning and fulfillment in their work AND life so they can bring their 'A-game' to both. And she helps them 'stop spending Sunday dreading Monday' and, instead, 'live every day like it's Friday'! 

As a result, her clients are better poised to 'SUCCEED in their business and PROSPER in their life!' (Learn more at
 www.lighthousewellness.ca.)


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2020
  • Home
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  • About Us
    • About Us
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  • Previous Events
    • 2019 Program >
      • Opening Address - Chris Crowell
      • Mike Lipkin - Keynote
      • 2019 Session One >
        • Precious Williams
        • Robert Newcombe
        • Martin Davis
        • Women in IT Mini-Panel
        • Dawson Mossman
      • 2019 Session Two >
        • Susan Power
        • Doug Denny
        • Karla Pooley
        • Blockchain Mini Panel
        • Thomas Ley
      • 2019 Session Three >
        • Tracy Zwicker-Forbes
        • James Slupsky
        • Kim Scaravelli
        • Nachiket Parab
        • Chris Mitchell
    • 2018 Program >
      • Jim Harris Morning Keynote Speaker
      • Jim Harris Lunch Keynote Speaker
      • 2018 Session One >
        • Jean-Claude Beaudry
        • John Robertson
        • Chris Fullerton
        • Bill Carroll
        • Ian Ghent
      • 2018 Session Two >
        • Danielle Comeau
        • Stephen Smith
        • Martha Wenc
        • Andrew Pery
        • Mini-panel - Evolution of Technology
      • 2018 Session Three >
        • Charles Villanyi Bokor
        • Melanie Gallant
        • Mini-panel PM Stories
        • Tim Dickinson
        • James Slupsky
      • 2018 Session Four >
        • Perry McLeod
        • John Buckley
        • Emad Rizkalla
        • Michelle Murray
    • 2017 Program >
      • Ted Graham Keynote Speaker
      • 2017 Executive Panel >
        • Fawn Annan - Moderator
        • Peter Burns
        • Sandra Cascadden
        • Roman Coba
        • Spiro Bokolas
        • Jeremy Wubs
      • 2017 Session One >
        • Dianne Gaudet
        • Kevin Schwenker
        • Brenda Fay
        • Matthew Leach
        • Jeremy McCurdy
      • 2017 Session Two >
        • Katalin Allen
        • Victor Zhu
        • Gary Cox
        • Robin Veinotte
        • Nathan Dennison
      • 2017 Session Three >
        • Ian MacNeil and Carrie Forbes
        • John Trites
        • Teri Fearn
        • Brian Fanning
        • Anas Aman
      • 2017 Session Four >
        • Victoria Mcintosh
        • John Robertson
        • Emily Hemlow
        • Jordan Kyriakidis
        • Patrick Rogers
    • 2016 Program >
      • 2016 Keynotes >
        • Jennifer Gillivan - Opening Keynote
        • Perry Monaco - Lunch Keynote
      • 2016 Session One >
        • Ian MacVicar
        • Natalie Doyle Oldfield
        • Victor Zhu
        • Grant Sullivan and Greg Foran
      • 2016 Session Two >
        • Livia Botyanszki Boss
        • Ron RIchard
        • Patricia Uptegrove
        • Dale Kehler and Lynn Clark
      • 2016 Session Three >
        • Catherine Vardy
        • Devin Cameron and Melissa Reid
        • Steve Caseley
        • Victoria McIntosh 2016
      • 2016 Session Four >
        • Louise Harris
        • Mike Frenette
        • Stephen Doiron
        • Tim Pratt
    • 2015 Program >
      • 2015 Session One
      • 2015 Session Two
      • 2015 Session Three
      • 2015 Session Four
    • 2014 Presentations
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