Executive Coaches
Below is our roster of coaches that Executive MBA students are able to select from to engage with throughout the program.
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Eva Van Krugel
Eva is an executive and team coach and facilitator who partners leaders, founders and teams who want to do great things in the world, on purpose.
Eva has coached EMBA students since 2019. She brings unusual perspective to coaching having worked as an executive marketing and strategy leader in the UK and Canada for over 20 years serving various industries of global, national, and provincial scale. Today, Eva has trained her focus and business experience on what she loves to do most, inspiring courage, confidence, and high effectiveness in leaders and teams as a coach. Eva is well familiar with the complex dynamics within organizations at
every level, navigating ongoing change and the challenges that can emerge. She also understands the grit and devotion required to be a leader, cultivating a way forward with a highly engaged team, delivering results.
As the founder of Fervor Leadership Coaching and Consulting, Eva works with those committed to making positive change. Often, people come to her when they are encountering new challenges, or ‘firsts’ as she calls them – pivot points that also represent great opportunity. She equips her clients with the resources to navigate a way forward with clarity and purpose, to have an impact, and to gain a deep sense of fulfillment and success.
Those who work with Eva appreciate her highly personable and insightful nature, strategic foresight, and creativity.
Eva’s key practice areas include leadership, career, business and transition coaching, team and group coaching, facilitation, trainings, assessments and effectiveness resources for leaders and teams.
With a great love for continued learning with her clients in mind, Eva is currently pursuing her Masters in Executive and Organizational Coaching with Royal Roads University. Other areas that inform Eva’s approach include:
- Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
- Trauma Informed Coaching Certification (TICC), Moving the Human Spirit™
- Certified Positive Intelligence Coach (CPQC), Positive Intelligence™ Inc.
- Certified Executive Coach (CEC), Royal Roads University
- Certified Team Performance Coach™ (CTPC), Team Coaching International
- Systemic Team Coach Certificate, Renewal Associates, Dr. Peter Hawkins
- Certified Conflict Dynamics Profile ® (CDP) Practitioner
- Harrison Assessments Debriefing and Coaching Certified Practitioner
- Four Stages of Psychological Safety Certified Coach & Trainer, LeaderFactor, Dr. Timothy Clark
- TypeCoach® Certified Professional
- Dare to Lead™ Trained
- EQ-i 2.0 & 360 Certified Practitioner
Located Victoria, BC, Eva’s clients are dotted around Canada, US and overseas. Outside of coaching and facilitating, Eva loves (almost) all things outdoors, cooking experiments, and being with her loved ones, including fur kids Harry and Lucy.
Kim Arsenault
As an educator and manager with more than 25 years' experience in training delivery, she possesses a wealth of experience and knowledge. Most recently she was Director of Government Programs, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, in Edmonton. Kim moved from a long career in educational organizations into consulting where she focuses on Leadership Development training, training trainers and increasing her impact on the people who lead.
Kim has a caring and engaging presence. Kim models and teaches leaders how to use tools, to get the best results from individuals and groups. Kim is an experienced consultant and trainer who continuously receives excellent reviews from clients. She is known for her fun, dynamic and interactive training style, and brings a sophisticated but down-to-earth approach to her program delivery.
Kim has a Bachelor degree in Adult Education from the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, and a Master's Degree in Leadership and Training from Royal Roads University (RRU) in Victoria, Canada. Kim also completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching from RRU and holds a Professional Certified Coach(PCC) designation with the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
She possesses several facilitation and international training program specializations, and holds certification in the following tools and assessments such as Myer-Briggs Type Indicator, Strength Deployment Inventory, Emotional Intelligence EQi 2.0, Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Compliance (DiSC).
Phone: 780-909-8702
Greg Hadubiak
Greg is committed to helping leaders realize their potential. More than that, he supports them to breakthrough to new and unimagined possibilities.
Clients describe Greg’s coaching style as action-oriented and solutions-focused. He is compassionately edgy, challenging yet empathetic, and unwaveringly committed. While possessing a range of tools that support coaching, he begins with understanding each individual client – who they are and what they value. The agenda in every coaching session is driven by the client and their unique needs.
Greg loves to engage as a thinking partner and an accountability partner. He encourages his clients to use a “phone-a-friend” option as required. He constantly scans the environment for unique resources and insights that might be of use to his clients.
Greg's client list is extensive and encompasses both the public and private sector - ALPAC, CCI Thermal, ZCL, Pharmacare, Government of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Alberta Cancer Foundation, College of Physicians and Surgeons, NAIT, to name but a few. This coaching experience is supported by 25+ years of lived senior leadership experience. Greg is a Certified Executive Coach and is recognized as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by the International Coach Federation (ICF). He is further certified in Change Management, EQi 2.0 and EQ 360, SDI 2.0, Meyers-Briggs, and has a Graduate Certificate in Advanced Coaching Practices.
When he’s not coaching, Greg focuses on his pursuit of Ironman triathlon fame and honing his knowledge in the areas of astronomy, numismatics, home renovations, and history/world affairs.
Phone: 780-918-0009
Lara Masse
Master of Business Administration / Certified Executive Coach / Professional Certified Coach / Graduate Certificate in the Neuroscience of Leadership, MIT / Graduate Certificate in Inspired Leadership
Lara is the Founder of Higher Ground Leadership, with 25 years of experience in leadership development, individual transformation, and organizational change. As an executive coach, she works with leaders across North America to help them define success, engage others, and drive transformation from the inside, outward.
She has worked with hundreds of emerging, senior and executive leaders across various industries. Her background includes senior leadership and executive roles where she has served with Stantec, Kasian, and Alberta Health / Health Canada, accumulating over two decades of experience within complex organizations, prior to becoming a coach and consultant.
Lara blends her expertise in neuroscience, leadership, adult development, and business performance to help individuals and organizations thrive. She is passionate about elevating leadership to create meaningful contributions and sustainable productivity to their results. A believer in the power of leadership, she has conducted research on the daily habits of successful leaders and their path to the discovery of high performance.
Known for her calm presence and co-creative approach, Lara is regarded for elevating the conscious practice of leadership and both self and systems awareness in today’s complex, VUCA environment. She holds Graduate Certificates in the Neuroscience of Leadership & Business from MIT Sloan, and Inspired Leadership from Case Western Reserve University, a Master of Business Administration Degree, and is a Certified Executive Coach / alumni from Royal Roads University. She is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and member in good standing with the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
She is qualified in an array of leadership / psychometric leadership assessments, including: Leadership Circle Profile (LCP), High Performance Trait Inventory (HPTI) and Personality Profile Analysis (PPA), Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI) 2.0, Emotional Intelligence (EQi) 2.0, and VIA Character Assessment, and is also a Master Integral Facilitator.
An established Albertan, Lara is curious and passionate about people and the humanity within each of us. Outside of her professional work, she enjoys being outdoors, wildlife, nature treks, dramatic mountains, a kayak on the lake, cooking, gardening, golfing, urban hiking, skiing, travel excursions, and the joy that comes with spending time with the most precious thing – family and friends.
Laurie Hillis
Laurie is an executive coach, speaker, and leadership development practitioner whose purpose is to help others examine and create their most courageous self. She's been honoured to partner with the EMBA program over the past ten years, supporting with students in their goal and dream achievement, both in the classroom and through executive coaching.
President of Megatrain Inc., a leadership consulting practice in operation since 1992 she was also a senior faculty member at the University of Alberta, Executive Education for many years, and in recent past she was a Director at the Banff Centre. For six years she's been associated with Dr. Brené Brown's life-changing courageous leadership work as a Certified Dare to Lead TM facilitator (http://brenebrown.com/).
Specializing in all areas of leadership and team development, Laurie has a particular passion in the areas of: executive/team coaching, courageous leadership, entrepreneurship, emotional intelligence, leadership presence, mental fitness, organizational culture, and team effectiveness. She enjoys helping technical leaders better understand how to use their analytical brilliance to access their innate leadership qualities.
Laurie has a Master’s Degree in Leadership & Learning from Royal Roads University (RRU) and many other professional designations in the areas of Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Harrison Work Preferences suite of tools, Emotional Intelligence, Positive Intelligence, Personality Profiling, Trust in the Workplace, Resilience at Work and more (yes she DOES love to learn!)
Phone: 403-813-9600