Speaking Testimonials
“Nancy, 9.9/10 was your average score at our 6th Annual Women & Leadership Summit. Sample comments from participants include: "Dr. Nancy MacKay is life changing. She is the most important asset to this conference.“ and “Nancy is fantastic. This was the most useful workshop I have ever attended.” We hope you join us again next year!"
Ellie Tenis
Senior Conference Editor
Federated Press
“Your keynote was a huge success at the conference. You motivated and inspired the audience with all of your relevant stories and practical tips. You truly are an expert on the Talent Advantage!”
Peter Gustavson
CEO
Gustavson Capital
“Nancy’s presentation was outstanding – she motivated, inspired and challenged us all to work to achieve the most in our careers and to build our futures. She gave us tools to not only retain the best talent in our organizations but to ensure that we are our own best talent. Her stories were entertaining and insightful and she challenged all of us to take action. Thank you Nancy for an amazing presentation.”
Pat Elemans
Assistant Dean, Faculty of Business
University of Victoria
"Nancy, your message really resonated with our employees. You have such an engaging presentation style; fast paced, content rich, humorous and audience specific. I was so impressed. No wonder you are being asked to keynote over and over again."
Sue Carruthers, FAHP, ICD.D.
President & CEO
BC Children's Hospital Foundation
"We had a great experience with Nancy MacKay’s keynote at our International Women’s Day event. Her ability to work with women at all levels of our company and inspire them to achieve their full potential is a special talent.”
Blake Hanna
Managing Director - Human Capital & Diversity, Canada
Accenture - Canada
“You are one of the best presenters we’ve ever had. Well done! I plan to recommend you to other colleagues so they too can benefit from your expertise.”
C.Y. Tay, CGA
Board of Governors of CGA-BC
“Thank you for a very insightful and entertaining presentation on the Talent Advantage at our annual employee relations outlook session. The audience was very engaged and your strategies to help companies attract, retain and develop talent were very valuable.”
Doug Alley
VP Human Resources
Business Council of British Columbia
"In my opinion, whether you need a powerful charismatic keynote speaker or an extraordinary executive coach, Nancy MacKay is the one to call."
Sue Hutchison
Senior Vice President, Head of Commercial Banking, B.C. Region
HSBC Bank Canada
"Thank you for a very insightful and entertaining presentation on the Talent Advantage at our annual employee relations outlook session.
The audience was very engaged and your strategies to help companies attract, retain and develop talent were very valuable."
Doug Alley
VP Human Resources
Business Council of British Columbia
"That was amazing! The women entrepreneurs just finished networking and they all had great things to say about your keynote on the Talent Advantage. Thanks for giving all of us practical strategies to make our people our competitive advantage."
Monica Murray, CA
Principal, Higher Resources
Board Member, Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
“Your entertaining and inspiring keynote on the talent advantage was a huge success. The audience was very engaged! The practical strategies in your book to help business leaders win the war for talent were very valuable for all of us. ”
Cheryl Carter
Business in Vancouver Media Group
Director Sales & Marketing
"We did not get an opportunity to speak after your speech and I wanted to tell you that it was a smashing success! Several other CIOs in my boardroom felt that your speech was the best of the lot. You have terrific stage presence and an instinct for proper pacing. Kudos for that."
Michael W. Brown
Vice President, Information Systems
Peter Piper, Inc.
"Your keynote on the Talent Advantage was entertaining, interactive, and full of rapid fire practical tips. You opened our minds and motivated us to learn more about how to become better leaders."
Brad Sakich
BC region Tax Leader
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
“Thank you for speaking again this year at the 5th Annual Women & Leadership Summit in Toronto. Your presentation was ranked #1 by the attendees! I really appreciate your commitment to delivering such a high calibre session and I know the attendees found great value in it. We hope that you will be available to present at next year’s summit.”
Elizabeth Dempsey
Conference Editor, Corporate Learning
Federated Press
Your presentation was fabulous! It was exactly what I was looking for. Your examples were relevant, timely and conveyed your points in a meaningful way. You helped to inspire each of my board members to be a better leader both on the board and in their own careers as well. Thank you!
Angela Wilson
President
IABC/BC Board of Directors
“Wow! Very impressed. Best speaker of the conference (4th annual). Absolutely inspiring. Amazing presenter with very useful tips, suggestions and takeaways. These were some of the comments from conference participants. Thank you again for taking part in the conference and congratulations on the feedback.”
Elizabeth Dempsey
Conference Editor, Corporate Learning
Federated Press
Dr. Nancy MacKay was the keynote speaker at the 2009 CIO Association of Canada Peer Forum. The over 150 attendees, mostly Chief Information Officers, rated her the best speaker of the conference for her talk on Winning the War for Talent in a Dismal Economy. She gave real world examples how CIOs can implement six strategies to ensure that CIOs win the talent wars. For the attendees to rate a non-technology related speaker as the best, is truly an achievement.
Dr. Catherine Boivie
Founder and former President CIO Canada
CEO Inventure Solutions
Your keynotes on “The Talent Advantage” for our client councils across Canada were excellent! Your entertaining and interactive approach along with all of your practical tips on how to help our clients win the war for talent were thought provoking and inspirational for participants. In the current economy your topic is timely!
Karen Seward
SVP, Business Development and Marketing
Shepell·fgi
Thank you so much for your engaging presentation on “The Talent Advantage” to some of our clients today. Your presentation was of immense value to our group. I’m looking forward to reading your book.
Sandra Miles
President & CEO
Miles Employment Group
“We enjoyed the presentation on Extraordinary Leadership immensely and the buzz in the room afterward was incredible – you clearly hit a home run with our participants.”
Elise Rees
Partner
Ernst & Young and Go Networking Sponsor
Our participants found your presentation to be very engaging and inspirational. The relevant and easily understood stories and examples on persuasion were very valuable leadership tools for the women in the audience.
Vicky Robert
Program Director
Femmes de carrière en interaction - Career Women Interaction
Your opening keynote at our national CIO peer forum was fabulous! The over 150 attendees appreciated your practical strategies and were motivated by your message. Your interactions with the audience and practical vignettes engaged us all. Thank you for providing such a great start to our day!
Dr. Catherine Boivie
Founder and former President CIO Canada
CEO Inventure Solutions
"Dr. MacKay delivers fast-paced presentations that are highly interactive and capture everyone's attention. Her audiences are entertained while being challenged with new ideas and approaches to leadership effectiveness."
Mike Battistel
President
CIO Association of BC
"Thank you so much for a wonderful presentation! Your energetic introduction to the Secrets of Highly Successful Teams workshop was very well received by our members. We see immediate applications for enhancing communication and effectiveness in our personal, community and business relationships."
Jim McNeil,
P. Eng.
Chair
BC Lower Mainland Investors Group
“Nancy, thanks for doing such a great job at our BC Region Advisory partner retreat. The team effectiveness and leadership development tools that you provided us with have had a very positive impact on our partnership group. Your very practical leadership coaching style is also helping me become a better leader.”
Craig Campbell, Partner
Vancouver Advisory Leader
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Nancy, your workshop on CEO Effectiveness and Strategy Execution for our YPO Forum was a great success. We all learned a lot and made commitments to become better CEOs and to apply your strategy execution tips and techniques to accelerate business results in our companies.
David Schellenberg
CEO, Conair Group Inc. / Cascade Aerospace Inc.
YPO Vancouver Member
"Nancy, over the past 6-months you've done an outstanding job at developing and delivering our executive coaching program, our advanced executive development program, and our succession management plan to assist us in strengthening our leadership talent pool and "winning the war for talent". Everyone I spoke to thought you were awesome! This was overall an A+ performance. Well done, and thank you!
Bjorn Moller
President & CEO
Teekay Corporation
“Our 2-day executive team retreat with Nancy MacKay was a great investment in strategic planning and leadership development. The immediate impact was enhanced candour, cohesion, leadership team effectiveness, and overall team performance. Thank you Nancy for challenging all of us to raise the bar on our ability to lead our organization into the future."
Kirk Dudtschak
Regional President
Manitoba, Saskatchewan & NW Ontario
Royal Bank of Canada
“We believe that the investment we made will continue to provide benefits as we apply what we learned from Nancy about how to enhance our leadership effectiveness. Our entire executive team was pleased with the results of the workshop and we are looking forward to having all of our senior leaders participate in your Leadership Development program this year."
Peter Blake
CEO
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
