Tim Magwood

Tim Magwood

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Toronto, Ontario

Leadership, Innovation, Change and Workplace Culture Expert

Tim Magwood is a creative, collaborative & passionate leader acknowledged by a colleague who describes him as a “lightening rod in driving positive change.” Tim Magwood has the head of an entrepreneur, the heart of a coach, and the soul of a singer/songwriter, a seasoned facilitator and presenter, who has brought value to over 10,000 participants.

TIM MAGWOOD BIOGRAPHY

Tim Magwood is a creative, collaborative and passionate leader. A colleague describes him as a “lightning rod in driving positive change.” Tim has the head of an entrepreneur, the heart of a coach, and the soul of a singer/songwriter. He has brought value to over 10,000 participants as a seasoned facilitator and presenter. Before entering the business world, Tim Magwood delighted audiences in stage productions such as Les Miserables (Royal Alexandra Theatre, National Arts Centre), Napoleon (Elgin Theatre), and Fiddler on the Roof (Huron Country Playhouse).

In the mid-1990s Tim Magwoode joined Canada’s largest private communications firm,  as a Senior Account Director, and worked with many of Canada’s biggest and best corporations. He left to pursue his passion for training, becoming a senior consultant and trainer with Horn and Associates where he designed and delivered sales and sales management training programs. In 1999, his vision was to create the “defacto sales learning leader in Canada.” Tim Magwood started “Fusion Learning”, which became the fastest-growing sales effectiveness firm in the country, providing programs for hundreds of corporate clients including Dynamic Funds, Rogers, BDC, Molson Coors, and TD Bank. Tim sold his shares in Fusion in 2010 but continues to work with them.

Tim Magwood personal purpose is to inspire sustainable shifts to fuel well-being & innovation through compassion, clarity & creativity.

Compassion is our fuel, the heart. And central in any meaningful change.
Clarity is our lens. We all need more clarity in our complex world.
Creativity is our underleveraged navigator – to help us move through tough problems.

Tim Magwood is a consultant storyteller since late 2012. He now combines his unique skills and passion for leadership to teach, challenge, and inspire businesses and educators through  His operates “The Mark of a Leader Program:. outside of work, he enjoys time with his wife and 3 kids, and felling his passion for music, recently releasing his second successful CD of original songs.

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Tim Magwood Topic Presentations

leading with heartfullness - thrive vs survive!

  • Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
  • Mindfulness matters. It has never been more important in our uncertain world.

    The problem is, we are too mind-full! Busyness has become a disease.

    What about the heart?

    We need to take much better care of ourselves, our loved ones and our teammates to thrive vs just survive.

    In today’s uncertain, disrupted, complex and rapidly changing global business environment, we need to be more courageous to connect, collaborate and pay attention to well-being. We have an opportunity to lead with more “heartfulness.” Heartfulness is a term coined by Tim about tapping into and trusting our innate heart-based intelligence and capabilities.

    Tim has the mind of an entrepreneur, the heart of a coach/storyteller and a soul of a performer. He is a rare breed who has been successful both in business and as an artist. He leverages all of his passions and strengths in this interactive tour du force keynote. It can be delivered either virtually, or face to face. He provides insights, a core framework, stories and experiential exercises to inspire and energize the audience.

    As one of Canada’s top thought leaders in workplace culture and storytelling, Tim’s interactive keynote demonstrates how to lead with heart, purpose and leaves his audiences with practical tools to become more heartful at home, work and at play.

leading transformational culture change

storytelling to fuel inspiring leadership

story's to fuel sales

Testimonials

Tim has been my trusted advisor to help transform and reinvigorate our employee engagement and change our behaviors to drive better results for our customers and our shareholders. His fanatical focus on execution is making Medline Canada a better place to work and driving a better experience for our customers hence our 11% revenue growth in 2019.

Ernie Philip

President
Medline Canada

Merck Canada was very pleased to collaborate with Tim from Stories Rule! for the opening dinner at the 2020 Canadian Lung Cancer Conference. Tim’s attention to detail combined with his passion and talent of storytelling enabled him to lead a highly engaging keynote with 200+ health care professionals. He was able to deliver emotional, inspiring and well-chosen stories and relate them to day to day challenges of the audience to trigger reflection and innovation. Thanks for this very successful event!

Patrick Labateya

Product manager
Oncology, Merck Canada Inc.

Tim has been inspiring and supporting our executive team for over ten years in a range of areas including workplace culture, employee engagement and sales effectiveness. He consistently delivers value to me and our team with creative ideas, thoughtful insights and practical recommendations for action. His energy and enthusiasm delivering keynotes and seminars is always high impact.

Greg Smith

Chief Client Officer
Crawford Canada

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