About Us

Advisory Committee

Sloane Dugan, Ph.D.
Sloane Dugan joined the Faculty of Management, The University of Calgary, in 1980, where he has continued his activities which blend new venture development and experiential learning. He was one of two faculty members on the Building Committee for the creation and design of Scurfield Hall. He worked for three years with a Donner Foundation funded-project to help First Nations people on three Alberta reserves develop the skills required to start small businesses. Dr. Dugan was involved in The University of Calgary's international development activities in Nepal, Thailand and in Bhutan from 1985 to 1995. Since 1995, Sloane's interests have shifted from international development in Asia to coaching and leadership development activities in Calgary and Europe. He teaches a leadership and change course in both the Faculty's Executive MBA Program and the part-time MBA Program.

Beverly Kaye, Ph.D.
Beverly Kaye is an organization consultant who, for the past 20 years, has been designing and conducting a variety of management and career development programs. Dr. Kaye has authored Up Is Not the Only Way, and co-authored Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay. She is President of Career Systems International, Inc., a career development publishing company. Beverly is well known to the corporate training world. She is a co-founder of The Influence Alliance and a staff member at the National Training Laboratory Institutes. www.careersystemsintl.com

Richard Knowdell, M.A.
Richard Knowdell, Director of The Career Planning and Adult Developmental Network, is the author of several publications including Building a Career Development Program; Dick serves on several boards including the H.B. Daniel Foundation and The National Assoc. for Job Search Training. He was recently received a Presidential Appointment to the US State Dept.'s Board of Examiners for U.S. Foreign Service. Dick is a long time resident of the San Jose area. www.best.com

Richard Leider, M.A.
Richard Leider is a founding partner of The Inventure Group, a corporate training firm devoted to helping individuals, leaders and teams discover the power of purpose. As a pioneer in the field of Life/Work Planning, Dick has become an internationally respected author, speaker and career coach on the subject, as well as a noted spokesman for "life skills" needed in the 21st century. Dick has written and co-written four books - The Inventurers, Life Skills, Repacking Your Bags, The Power of Purpose, and contributed to the Peter Drucker Foundation book, The Leader of the Future. The book, Repacking Your Bags is an international best-seller published in 14 languages. His clients include leading Fortune 500 companies, such as 3M, Imation, Northwestern Mutual Life, American Express and Saturn. Richard's favorite client is Outward Bound, with which he has been a long-time board member and program consultant. Yearly, he leads his own Inventure Expedition walking safaris in Tanzania, East Africa. Ricahrd passionately believes that each of us is born with purpose and he is dedicated to coaching individuals, leaders and teams to discover that purpose. www.inventuregroup.com

Edie Seashore
Organizational Consultant, and former President of the National Training Laboratory. Edie is renowned for her work in the field of training and development.