Dan Pontefract

Dan Pontefract
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	McGill University Royal Roads University (MBA)
Occupation(s)	businessman, business writer

Dan Pontefract is a Canadian businessman and writer.

Early life and education

Pontefract is from Stoney Creek, Ontario. ^[1] He earned a Bachelor of Education (BEd) in 1994 and a degree in Educational Technology in 1995 from McGill University. ^[2] He received an MBA from Royal Roads University in 2002. ^[1]

Career

Pontefract held senior roles at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), BusinessObjects, and SAP SE. ^{[1] [3]} He then served as the Chief Envisioner and Chief Learning Officer at the Canadian national telecommunications company Telus. ^[4] There he launched the Telus Transformation Office to improve workplace culture and the Telus MBA, "a customized executive MBA tailored for promising employees" at University of Victoria's Peter B. Gustavson School of Business. ^{[5] [6] [7]} Pontefract also serves as an adjunct professor at the business school. ^[8]

In 2018, Pontefract was named to the Thinkers50 Radar list of the "30 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led." ^[9]

Personal life

Pontefract is married to Denise Lamarche, a fellow alumnus of McGill. ^[2] Pontefract has 3 children.^{[ citation needed ]}

Publications

Pontefract is the author of five management books. His 2023 book, Work-Life Bloom, was named one of Thinkers50 Top New Management books in 2024 as well as the Axiom Business Book Awards Gold Medal for Leadership. His 2020 book, Lead. Care. Win., won the 2022 silver medal at the Nautilus Book Awards. His 2018 book, Open to Think, won the 2019 Axiom Business Book Award silver medal in the leadership category ^[10] and Open to Think also won the 2019 getAbstract International Book Award. ^[11]

• Work-Life Bloom: How to Nurture a Team That Flourishes Figure 1. September 2023. ISBN   978-1773272221.
• Lead. Care. Win.: How to Become a Leader Who Matters. Figure 1. September 2020. ISBN   978-1773271323.
• Open To Think: Slow Down, Think Creatively, and Make Better Decisions. Figure 1. September 2018. ISBN   978-1-77327-027-2. ^[12]
• The Purpose Effect: Building Meaning in Yourself, Your Role and Your Organization. Elevate. May 2016. ISBN   978-1937498894. ^[13]
• Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization. Jossey-Bass. March 2013. ISBN   978-1-118-52979-9. ^{[14] [15]}

References

1. "MBA experience shapes alumnus' teaching on leadership". Royal Roads University. March 30, 2017.
2. "Alumnotes". McGill News. Fall 2003.
3. "Say goodbye to e-mail - wikis are bringing the workplace together". The Globe and Mail. August 6, 2007.
4. "Virtual watercoolers and a meeting of minds". The Globe and Mail. January 31, 2012.
5. "How employee engagement can boost the bottom line". The Globe and Mail. December 2, 2014.
6. "How two schools are creating battle-tested leaders". The Globe and Mail. April 26, 2018.
7. "How Telus and the University of Victoria designed a different kind of MBA". Maclean's. November 21, 2018.
8. "Dan Pontefract". University of Victoria. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
9. "Thinkers50 Unveils Next Generation of Business Gurus" (PDF). Thinkers50. February 7, 2018.
10. "Axiom Business Book Awards 2019 Results". Axiom Business Book Awards. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
11. "getAbstract". www.getabstract.com. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
12. "Open to Think". Figure 1. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
13. "Pontefract's purpose? Envision, engage, empower corporate change". Vancouver Sun. July 5, 2016.
14. "Turning leadership into a team effort". The Globe and Mail. June 4, 2013.
15. "Let's move the needle on corporate jargon". The Globe and Mail. November 29, 2013.