Lead with Purpose. Discover what’s Possible.
It’s one thing to know your purpose. It’s another to be a purposeful leader. The Bonar Institute helps you connect to your energy, focus, and power.
Leadership for today’s complex challenges.
Almost every organization today is facing existential threats: from COVID-19, climate change and geopolitics, to digital disruption, generational divides and changing laws and regulations.
To survive, you need a flexible mindset that is open to continuous learning, adaptation and innovation. To thrive, you need the ability to turn these complex challenges into opportunities, with a fully engaged and effective team. This is at the heart of purposeful leadership.
Personalized
Our approach is fully tailored to your needs. Every engagement begins with a deep understanding of your unique pain points and opportunities.
Strategic
When you make an investment, you expect results. Our experienced, multi-disciplinary team collaborates with you to set clear goals and metrics for success.
Client-focused
A commitment to service excellence drives everything we do. Clients val-ue our confidential, responsive and professional approach to leadership development.
“In a world of endless promotional hype, the Bonar Institute for Purposeful Leadership takes a different approach with its authentic style and aspirational approach. James and his team were able to support and navigate complex challenges, and create novel and impactful solutions.”
— Josh Garellek, Co-Founder & CEO, Arctic Leaf
A personalized approach to leadership development.
The Bonar Institute is a boutique consulting firm with a track record of building high-performing leaders and teams. We work with clients in business, industry, government and not-for-profits from across Canada and around the globe. Together, we create customized roadmaps for long-term, sustainable success.
The Bonar Institute’s Core Focus Areas
Organizational Risk
- Manage effectively in disruptive times
- Adapt to the radically changing nature of work
- Manage risk relating to board management, succession planning, investments and acquisitions
Purposeful Leadership
- Transition from transactional to purposeful leadership
- Deliver on environmental, social and governance imperatives
- Embed best practices in ethics and compliance
Performance Improvement
- Foster innovative cultures
- Develop high-performance teams
- Deliver on the resilience imperative
Flexible Engagement Options for Training, Coaching + Mentoring.
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Integrated ProgramA custom-designed blend of consulting, diagnosis, training, and executive coaching and mentoring that exponentially grows your impact. |
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Modular ProgramAn à la carte approach, where you select one or more options from our comprehensive menu of training, coaching and mentoring modules. |
Flexible Engagement Options for Training, Coaching + Mentoring.
Integrated Program
Modular Program
Featured Programs
Value, insight, and clarity. Effective and practical. The Bonar Institute for Purposeful Leadership worked with executives in my organization to provide an effective roadmap to develop leaders for effective and purposeful management. A most worthwhile investment.
Sandra A.
Government of Canada
“In a world of endless promotional hype, the Bonar Institute for Purposeful Leadership takes a different approach with its authentic style and aspirational approach. James and his team were able to support and navigate complex challenges, and create novel and impactful solutions.”
Josh Garellek
Co-Founder & CEO, Arctic Leaf
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