Blog - The Great Traits

Welcome to The Great Traits Academy

July 5, 2021

The Great Traits Academy (GTA) is now open! I’m proud to say after many months of creating we are now offering our first course at the GTA. This course is for anyone who wants to be the master of their own…

Championing the Corporate Champions Program – Continuing to Learn in Work and in Life – Recent Grad Enza Cignarella Talks About Her Experience

December 17, 2020

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Corporate Champions Program

At about this time last year, I got a call from Mark Tewksbury asking if I wanted one of the last spots in his leadership company’s Corporate Champions Program, of course I said yes. Mark, in case you are not aware, is…

Feeling Distracted? 3 Simple Tips to Help You Focus

November 10, 2020

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Tips to help you focus by Mark Tewksbury Great Traits is currently taking 40+ people through a 12-week leadership training program. Last week, when we looked at the characteristics of world-class teams we asked our participants to identify which they…

Being Well in Uncertain Times by Mark Tewksbury

October 20, 2020

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I know that Thanksgiving has just passed here in Canada and, at the time, I had a lot to be thankful for. Our family got together outside – in October, in Calgary! – and enjoyed turkey sandwiches, potato salad and apple…

The Corporate Champions Program: The Only Leadership Development Course You Ever Need to Take

August 13, 2020

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By Mark Tewksbury If I could send someone to only one leadership development training program in their lives, it would be the Corporate Champions Program. Okay, I know I am biased because I helped create it, but I stand by my…

Olympic Success Secrets for Leadership

July 23, 2020

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One of Canada’s Greatest Olympic Coaches Shares 3 High-Performance Tips to Create Better Business Leaders This week, as the Opening Ceremony of Tokyo 2020 was scheduled to take place, I reflected on the postponement of the Olympic Games and the…

Change for Good Leadership Podcast featuring Mark Tewksbury

July 10, 2020

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Click on the link below to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yNGedsbb-M Mark Tewksbury, Olympic swimming gold medalist, educator, and social change leader, shares why he believes sport can be an agent of social change and has the power to transform lives. He also…

New Virtual Corporate Champions Program Launches September 14, 2020

July 7, 2020

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Great Traits is excited to announce our NEW Virtual Corporate Champions Program will be launching on September 14th, 2020. This APPLIED High-Performance Leadership Training Program is designed to be delivered incrementally, over 12-weeks, and to be executed on the job, not in a classroom. If…