Dan Pontefract

Pontefract is from Stoney Creek, Ontario.{{cite web |url=http://www.royalroads.ca/news/mba-experience-shapes-alumnus%E2%80%99-teaching-leadership |title=MBA experience shapes alumnus' teaching on leadership |author= |date=March 30, 2017 |publisher=Royal Roads University }} He earned a Bachelor of Education (BEd) in 1994 and a degree in Educational Technology in 1995 from McGill University.{{cite news |author= |title=Alumnotes |url=https://mcgillnews-archives.mcgill.ca/news-archives/2003/fall/alumnotes/ |work=McGill News |date=Fall 2003 }} He received an MBA from Royal Roads University in 2002.

Pontefract held senior roles at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), BusinessObjects, and SAP SE.{{cite news |date=August 6, 2007 |title=Say goodbye to e-mail - wikis are bringing the workplace together |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/say-goodbye-to-e-mail---wikis-are-bringing-the-workplace-together/article20400194/ |work=The Globe and Mail }} He then served as the Chief Envisioner and Chief Learning Officer at the Canadian national telecommunications company Telus.{{cite news |date=January 31, 2012 |title=Virtual watercoolers and a meeting of minds |url=http://investdb4.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/GAM.20120131.SRPARTNERSHIPSINTERNALATL/GIStory/ |work=The Globe and Mail }} There he launched the Telus Transformation Office to improve workplace culture and the Telus MBA, "a customized executive MBA tailored for promising employees" at University of Victoria's Peter B. Gustavson School of Business.{{cite news |date=December 2, 2014 |title=How employee engagement can boost the bottom line |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/life-at-work/how-employee-engagement-can-boost-the-bottom-line/article21875491/ |work=The Globe and Mail }}{{cite news |date=April 26, 2018 |title=How two schools are creating battle-tested leaders |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/business-education/article-how-two-schools-are-creating-battle-tested-leaders/ |work=The Globe and Mail }}{{cite news |date=November 21, 2018 |title=How Telus and the University of Victoria designed a different kind of MBA |url=https://www.macleans.ca/economy/business/how-telus-and-the-university-of-victoria-designed-a-different-kind-of-mba/ |work=Maclean's }} Pontefract also serves as an adjunct professor at the business school.{{cite web |url=https://www.uvic.ca/gustavson/faculty/faculty/faculty/current/pontefractd.php |title=Dan Pontefract |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=May 3, 2019 }}

In 2018, Pontefract was named to the Thinkers50 Radar list of the "30 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led."{{cite web |url=https://thinkers50.com/wp-content/uploads/RADAR-PRESS-RELEASE-7FEB-2018.pdf |title=Thinkers50 Unveils Next Generation of Business Gurus |date=February 7, 2018 |publisher=Thinkers50 }}

Pontefract is married to Denise Lamarche, a fellow alumnus of McGill.

Pontefract has 3 children.{{cn|date=January 2021}}

Pontefract is the author of five management books. His 2023 book, Work-Life Bloom, was named one of Thinkers50 [https://thinkers50.com/blog/thinkers50-announces-its-top-10-best-new-management-books/ Top New Management] books in 2024 as well as the Axiom Business Book Awards [https://axiomawards.com/blog/2024-medalists#6 Gold Medal] for Leadership. His 2020 book, Lead. Care. Win., won the 2022 silver medal at the [https://www.nautilusbookawards.com/_files/ugd/01ac16_f946e67896544f478f787777a110070d.pdf Nautilus Book Awards]. His 2018 book, Open to Think, won the 2019 Axiom Business Book Award silver medal in the leadership category{{cite web |url=http://www.axiomawards.com/83/2019-winners |title=Axiom Business Book Awards 2019 Results |publisher=Axiom Business Book Awards |access-date=May 3, 2019 }} and Open to Think also won the 2019 getAbstract International Book Award.{{Cite web|title=getAbstract|url=https://www.getabstract.com/en/bookaward|access-date=2020-10-09|website=www.getabstract.com}}

• Work-Life Bloom: How to Nurture a Team That Flourishes Figure 1. September 2023. {{ISBN|978-1773272221}}.
• Lead. Care. Win.: How to Become a Leader Who Matters. Figure 1. September 2020. {{ISBN|978-1773271323}}.
• {{cite book |date=September 2018 |title=Open To Think: Slow Down, Think Creatively, and Make Better Decisions |publisher=Figure 1 |isbn=978-1-77327-027-2 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.figure1publishing.com/book/open-to-think/ |title=Open to Think |publisher=Figure 1 |access-date=May 3, 2019 }}
• {{cite book |date=May 2016 |title=The Purpose Effect: Building Meaning in Yourself, Your Role and Your Organization |publisher=Elevate |isbn=978-1937498894 }}{{cite news |date=July 5, 2016 |title=Pontefract's purpose? Envision, engage, empower corporate change |url=https://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/pontefracts-purpose-envision-engage-empower-corporate-change |work=Vancouver Sun }}
• {{cite book |date=March 2013 |title=Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization |publisher=Jossey-Bass |isbn=978-1-118-52979-9 }}{{cite news |date=June 4, 2013 |title=Turning leadership into a team effort |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/management/turning-leadership-into-a-team-effort/article12339280/ |work=The Globe and Mail }}{{cite news |date=November 29, 2013 |title=Let's move the needle on corporate jargon |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/life-at-work/lets-move-the-needle-on-corporate-jargon/article15678358/ |work=The Globe and Mail }}

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