Welcome

to the PROFESSION OF LEADERSHIP.

“For BOTH Practicing Leaders approaching the peak of their career AND for Professional Coaches, Trainers, and Mentors ready to transform organizational structures and embrace leadership as a calling.”

Welcome to the PROFESSION of Building Executive Leaders

GAPLD delivers training and certification to only those select and pre-qualified applicants who are dedicated to the PROFESSION OF BUILDING BETTER LEADERS.

Our Community

As a community of practice dedicated to life-long learning and upgrading, GAPLD is committed to the provision of added Conferences, Upgrading Workshops, and other ongoing networking and training events.

The Professional Leader
The gold standard for preparing leaders for the challenges of the 21st century

The Flourishing Leader
Are you happy? Best practices in self-development and the applications of Positive Psychology for stronger leadership.

The Thinking Leader
Higher-level cognitive skills and emotional intelligence for leadership, and to improve executive decision-making.

The Nature-Inspired Leader
What can nature teach us about the true "laws" of leadership?

  • “GAPLD is, at its core, an open, spirited, and insightful conversation about what leadership means today. We can no longer just count on instinct or past practices and the GAPLD offers a provocative environment for learning, embracing change and thinking new thoughts. It will change you…for the better! It is time very well spent.”

    – Canadian Senator, Pamella Wallin

  • “Being a member of the GAPLD has provided a new path for discovering those valuable insights that are so necessary for those seeking individual or personal leadership growth and also for those who are currently coaching or developing others. Every GAPLD session is packed with valuable information on the various leadership frameworks and models that can be adopted and used by the participant. The quality of the material, the presentations and the focused group discussions facilitated by Dale Botting are top notch! I would highly recommend this program to current leaders who want to re-awaken and continue their growth and learning in this area and also to new and aspiring leaders who are eager to understand what can help them on their personal or career journey. Participating in the GAPLD and receiving certification from the program is well worth the effort!”

    –Mike Marsh, Retired President & CEO, SaskPower

  • “Participation in GAPLD brings an incredible wealth of information. The material presented during the last few weeks has been and will be incredibly valuable to me. I am sure that Dale’s brain never shuts off, and my brain was “on overload” after each Session. I also loved the group interaction and the opportunity to meet in a small group during the breakout sessions. I look forward to the added GAPLD monthly team meetings, as I believe it will give us a great opportunity to go deeper into the topics that were presented. I know this Program is going to be very well received – and it WILL be globally recognized!"

    -Anna Harrison, PBCA Canada Coach of the Year 2023

  • “What I love about the GAPLD program is that it ended with me feeling so rejuvenated in my own professional practice and wanting more. GAPLD has opened a door to a whole new and added community of professional Mentors, Executive Coaches, and Trainers dedicated to the Leadership Development (LD) industry and wanting to build one GOOD leader at a time. The added systems and framework that GAPLD offers goes well beyond the “standard stuff” on Leadership. Dale Botting provides added perspectives on how to build Leadership Character as the fundamental bedrock of LD practice … and at a depth that extends far beyond behavioural styles. Based on his 40 + years of C-Suite experience, he offers practical insights and applications on how to help top-level Leaders with Strategic Thinking and Planning, Risk Management, Organizational Change, Talent Succession, and positively shifting the unwritten ground rules of Corporate Culture.”

    -Bill Turpin, PBCA American Coach of the Year

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