Optimizing executive talent with purposeful leadership.
Optimizing executive talent with purposeful leadership.
Optimizing executive talent with purposeful leadership.
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 value our confidential, responsive and professional approach to leadership development.
I hired James Bonar, Founder and President of the Bonar Institute for Purposeful Leadership (BIPL) , over 18 months ago, first as my personal strategic advisor (Confidential Sounding Board) and subsequently for select corporate Board members. This past April, I further engaged the Institute to deliver their tailored Purposeful Leadership training program to my direct reports. As a result of our engagement with BIPL our senior managers have incorporated new, innovative and practical strategies and methods in their day-to-day practices as leaders. These strategies and methods are being fully employed by our managers five months after the program ended. I am delighted to report that the results of the Bonar Institute for Purposeful Leadership program far exceeded my expectations. I have no hesitation in recommending the Institute’s program to all companies dedicated to improving the performance of their board and managers through purposeful leadership.
– Flagg Flanagan, CEO & Chairman, DiscGenics Inc.
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
Purposeful Leadership
- Transition from transactional to purposeful leadership
- Deliver on environmental, social and governance imperatives
- Embed best practices in ethics and compliance
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
Performance Improvement
- Foster innovative cultures
- Develop high-performance teams
- Deliver on the resilience imperative
Flexible Engagement Options for Training, Coaching + Mentoring.
Integrated Programs
A custom-designed blend of consulting, diagnosis, training, and executive coaching & mentoring that exponentially grows your impact.
Modular Programs
An 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.
Modular Programs
An à la carte approach, where you select one or more options from our comprehensive menu of training, coaching, and mentoring modules.
Integrated Programs
A custom-designed blend of consulting, diagnosis, training, and executive coaching and mentoring that exponentially grows your impact.
Our Flagship Program

Foundational Purposeful Leadership Development
Learn to maximize long-term market value of the company in a sustainable purposeful way.