Lead united, live the dream.

Collective Leadership is a leading edge perspective on leadership development. Yet, it has existed from ancient times. It manifests itself when people work together, engaging the full range of human, cultural, and technological resources to enhance and advance their respective “communities” at work, school or the greater community… for the common good.   It is inclusive, effectively engaging the diversity of personality, beliefs, age, income, and culture to move us forward, together, stronger.

Barry Lewis Green is The Unity Guy™.

He is a global voice for collective leadership and strength in unity.

He works with youth and adults, organizations, campuses, companies and communities seeking to foster the kind of leadership and unity that moves us forward, strong and together.

Barry Lewis Green is The Unity Guy™.  He believes that our true freedom and success as individuals and organizations is born of our understanding of who we are, what we do, how we do it, and for whom we do it.  For 30 years, he has been working with businesses, government departments and agencies, community service organizations, universities, colleges and schools seeking to achieve greater unity and passion through:

Spirit - identifying and celebrating the spirit of who we are, at our best
Mission - defining a practical, powerful purpose for what we do, at our best
Execution - aligning actions with spirit and mission, vision and purpose
Success - clarifying meaningful, sustainable, empowering success
Happiness - fostering a culture of passion, joyfulness and service

Barry draws us together.  He seeks to serve in audaciously and fiercely bringing “communities” together at work, school, and the greater community… to understand that we all count and we all bring capacities to the table that can help us move forward. This is the unity of champions.

Barry champions unity.  He does so as a tornado and gentle breeze, all in one. He can be larger than life and intimate in interaction. He does it with genuine care for the people with whom he works and he uses humor, dance, song, improv, cartooning, archery, and football and more as vehicles in delivering on leadership and unity in powerful balance.

Barry facilitates problem solving. He coaches, consults, speaks, writes, educates and trains… all on unity and the type of leadership we need… we all need… to move us forward together. He works to create flourishing schools, workplaces and communities.   It is about the unity of the hand, strong as the first, gentle as the touch; built on the deepest meaning of unity in diversity. It is based on the notion that we all count, and that it is our individual and unique talents and capacities, brought together, that create the real success of synergy.

Barry’s approach is broad and deep.  Bottom line, Barry stands for and champions "unity in an unremitting quest for spiritual and social progress" through leadership, community capacity and team building, youth engagement, educational development, and connecting with spirit. 

Some Clients…
    Government of Newfoundland Labrador
    The Canadian Payroll Association
    Business Development Bank of Canada
    Provincial Airlines
    NL Housing Corporation
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
    Canada Business Development Corporation
    Canada Revenue Agency
    Eastern Health
    New Professionals Network, Manitoba
    College of the North Atlantic
    New Brunswick Community College
    Keyin College
    Vibrant Communities
    Community Center Alliance of NL
    Community Youth Network
    Communities in Schools

Barry has a special talent for observation and engagement.   He brings a truly-one-of-a-kind bounty of energy and expertise to some crucial questions.

•  How and what is the spirit of your enterprise?

•  How connected is your team with your mission?

• How aligned are the actions of your team with your purpose, meaning and mission?

• What is your commonly understood, sustainable, empowering definition of success?

• What is the level of joyfulness within your team?

• How strong a culture of genuine service shows itself in your work?

Be warned about Barry.  He pulls no punches but his gloves seem to be well received.  So… if you have all of the parts but feel there is still a distance to go in bringing the magic and the purpose to what you do and how you do it, Barry can make the difference.  That’s the unity he is talking about!

Topics

SMASH Leadership™ and MESH Management™

Igniting Unity and Passion at Work, School and the Greater Community. Barry offers a substantial body of work around building practical, powerful unity moving forward. He addresses leadership and community building at work, school, and beyond. Based, in part, on his own journey with his father and Alzheimer’s, and his professional experience as an entrepreneur, manager and business management educator, Barry shares personally earned wisdom for greater joy and success at school, work and in the community; bringing us together and stronger. Through a range of keynotes, seminars, workshops, courses, programs, coaching and consulting, this is Barry’s core work where he serves companies, campuses and communities in building strength and success through leadership that unites.

lightHOUSE Learnership™

Engage Youth and Education for a Brave New World. A deep passion for Barry is his work with youth and education. He engages the virtues of creativity, confidence, and compassion… working with youth to not only believe in themselves but in a world they can help build, professionally and personally. Barry is a rocker, intent on re-engaging an idealism for the 21st Century. He connects. He really does. If our youth and our world are important to you… if you believe education is a key element to change in the world… connect with Barry. You will be glad you did.

The Virtues Project™

Acknowledging and Celebrating Character, Capacity and Spirit in Individuals and Organizations. Through his work as a MASTER Facilitator with the Virtues Project™ (www.virtuesproject.com), Barry speaks to capacity, culture and character of our selves and our organizations, serving to help identify our strengths, to find ways to celebrate them in real time and practical ways, and build the bonds of great teams. He serves as a clear and direct mirror. Barry helps in understanding our strengths and our collective connection, realizing the power of unity through diversity.

Other Keynotes and Programs of Note.

Something’s Mission in My Life?

This keynote addresses an on-the-ground, practical sense of mission and purpose that sustains our efforts and provides a steady focus of meaning for success through the challenges and the opportunities. If finding a manageable and meaningful mission is important to you and your team, this is it. Something's Mission in My Life will help individuals, organizations, campuses, companies and communities:

•  Understand and insist on a sense of purpose

•  Identify clear and simple language for mission

• Help to align actions with meaning and mission

Ask yourself…

• What percentage of your team, school, organization, company or community knows and truly understands the mission?

• Are everyday actions and behaviours fully congruent with your sense of purpose?

Global L’Attitudes: The Attitudes and Actions of Execution

Attitude is everything? Well, not quite. It is the beginning of everything. This keynote addresses 7 attitudes and behaviours (all beginning with the letter “L”) which can ensure engagement, execution, and excellence in what we do and how we do it. This is one fun and engaging session.

Global L’Attitudes will help individuals, organizations, campuses, companies and communities:

• Remind ourselves of mission and meaning

• Identify 7 attitudes and actions to execute mission

• Align our actions with our intent

• Celebrate joyfulness and purposefulness

Ask yourself…

• Are everyday actions and behaviours fully congruent with your sense of purpose?

• What level of joyfulness and purposefulness exists in real time and on-the-ground, with your team?

• Is there a bountiful culture of learning, laughing and leading manifested daily within your team?
  It’s Game Day!

This keynote is about developing a sense and understanding of success which motivates and encourages and creates a culture of courage and capacity. If innovation and entrepreneurial spirit are important to your team in "riding the wave or riding out the storm", check this one out. Game Day! will help individuals, organizations,

 campuses, companies and communities:

• Understand the purpose of clearly defining success

• Identify a sustainable empowering sense of success

• Celebrate past and current success

• Set a course for long term success

• Find success in challenge and opportunity

Ask yourself…

• Is everyone on your team on the same page in defining success for your organization?

• Is a less than full clarity on success a contributing factor in communications and stress, within your workspace?

• What would a meaningful, practical, understandable definition of success mean to daily innovation and execution?

A Little Happy Hour

Positively Funny Thoughts on the Joy of Work and Life.

Not your typical happy hour, this is a time of joyful reminder and perspective on the importance of the twin pillars of service and humour in how we conduct our path towards success. Happy Hour will help individuals, organizations, campuses, companies and communities:

• Remember the importance of joy and laughter

• Celebrate team and work and life

• Understand the power of humour in our success

• Cultivate a culture of courage and creativity

Ask yourself…

• How much fun is work these days?

• Does your team effectively remind itself of why they do what they do?

• What is the current level of courage, creativity and compassion in your workspace?

• Is there a clear link between purpose, execution, success and happiness on your team?

Personality Dimensions™

Personality and Perception to Productivity and Performance. As a Facilitator with Personality Dimensions™ (www.personalitydimensions.com), he serves to help individuals and organizations understand the challenges and opportunities of differences in perception and personality.
Barry is an organizational behaviouralist and he speaks to matters that help us understand our selves, our actions and those of the people with whom we live and work. This is the stuff of cohesion. Self knowledge and the understanding of our daily interactions… this is the “core” of what he does in serving to build the best in teams at school, work, and home and in the community.

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