#182: Daniel Lamarre is Vice Chairman and former CEO of Cirque Du Soleil. As CEO he guided the organization through a period of astounding growth and then brought it back to life during the massive upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic.

When Daniel joined in 2001 as president of new ventures, Cirque Du Soleil had two thousand employees and seven shows in performance. Five years later he became chief executive and the company grew to five thousand employees and forty four shows around the world. At it’s peak Cirque had annual sales of $1 billion, profit margins of twenty percent, and fifteen million people attending its shows per year.

Daniel's strengths of using creativity, his laser like focus, building relationship, finding positive solutions, and exceptional negotiating skills enabled him to lead the organization to put together one of a kind shows such as Michale Jackson’s “One” and the Beatle’s “Love”, which was the only show ever agreed upon by the iconic group.

Before Cirque Daniel worked with TVA Broadcast Group, NATIONAL Public Relations, and Burson Marsteller.

In 2012 he collaborated on the creation of C2MTL Conference, a one-of-a-kind coming together of the creative and business elite of the world. It is a platform for exploring creative answers to commercial questions. In line with his belief that without creativity, there is no commerce.

He has been honored with Doctorates from McGill University, and his alma mater the University of Ottawa.

For more on Daniel and his book check out daniellamarre.ca as well as the links below. 

Enjoy the show!

Book:

https://www.amazon.com/Balancing-Acts-Unleashing-Power-Creativity/dp/1400223024