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Filling the leadership in Ottawa's tech sector
(Published in the Ottawa Business Journal - Summer/Fall 2008)

Increasingly, Greg Boyle says he hears a disturbing message from his clients: don’t bother looking in Ottawa for talented business leaders, because you won’t find them.And as a managing partner of Ottawa-based Stonewood Group, an executive placement firm for emerging tech companies, Mr. Boyle adds he typically defers to his clients’ wishes. “They were saying ‘there are not really that many good people in Ottawa with the right DNA to lead companies,’” says Mr. Boyle. But as a former CEO and an Ottawa executive himself, he says he doesn't believe high-calibre candidates can only be found in Montreal, Toronto or the U.S.

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StoneWood Group is pleased to announce its sponsorship of Dangletech

DangleTech is Canada’s largest community sponsored web-site dedicated to the issues surrounding Canada’s technology sector. DangleTech presents up-to-the minute news from over 500 companies across Canada as well as original articles, best practices, interviews, blogs, job listings, investor information, calendar of events, and much, much more.

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The Stonewood Group announces $10,000 donation to new leadership program

A new Personal and Leadership Development seminar will be launched in January. This seminar will introduce students to important topics under four main areas: Career development, Community involvement, Self and Balance, and Leadership skills. Through a combination of in-class presentations and discussions given by business industry leaders, the seminar allows students to enhance their career choices, align their education with personal life objectives, and make them more qualified as they enter the workforce.

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Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards

Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards program goes green as part of 10th anniversary, and special award presented to Research In Motion

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ACETECH CEO Speaker Series

The Stonewood Group is a proud sponsor of ACETECH's CEO Speaker Series. We are pleased to invite you to join a group of CEOs and presidents of technology companies for a complimentary networking reception in Toronto on April 11 at the St. Andrew's Club & Conference Centre. This event is hosted by ACETECH with the support of CATA Alliance and the CEO Fusion Centre.

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The 3rd Annual ACETECH Symposium in Ontario
It's Not So Lonely at the Top!

Stonewood Group is a sponsor of ACETECH, a successful organization founded in 1992 by CEOs exclusively for technology CEOs who want to improve their effectiveness in the leadership of their companies. We strongly support this forum and encourage you to invest in yourself as a leader by attending the upcoming ACETECH Symposium in Ontario, June 6-8 at the Deerhurst Resort in Muskoka.

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Courtesy Interviews
A headhunter pushes back

As a headhunter in the technology sector I am an almost obligatory stop on the networking circuit of many executive job seekers. I hold the promise of a barometer on the employment market, contacts, ideas, and ongoing searches which may be suited to the job seeker. I am always happy to participate in courtesy interviews as I neither envy the job seekers’ circumstances nor take lightly the courage it takes to reach out to me.

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The New office matchmaker
Can a quiz predict who is likely to stay?
(Published in the National Post on Wednesday, January 24, 2007)

In the continual search for commitment, at least one workplace matchmaker is striving to measure people's potential for engagement at the job interview stage.

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CFA to become global passport
(Published in the National Post on Wednesday, January 10, 2007)

A boom in private wealth management and the globalization of world financial markets is causing a convergence in the finance and investment industry, where the money you earn on the job may just depend on the letters that follow your name.

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Hiring The Right Stuff
(Published in the Ottawa HR Magazine 2006)

When I think back on the movie The Right Stuff (1983), I recall how inspirational it was covering the "race for space" that emerged durign the early '50s'.

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