The Working Well Podcast

In this episode, our guest is Shane Wenzel, President of the Shane Homes Group of Companies and the namesake. As an industry leader, Shane’s responsibilities include strategic direction for the companies. Policy advice for the building industry through Build Calgary and political involvement through the Alberta enterprise group on the economy.

Shane’s background in sales and marketing comes from growing up with two entrepreneurial parents, Cal and Edith and years participating in a business advisory group. On the personal side, Shane is a bit of a tech junkie and social media influencer on various platforms. He’s also part of the LGBTQ community.

Today’s guest on the Working Well Podcast is Tina Varughese. Named one of Canada’s top 10 notable speakers by Ignite Magazine, Tina cleverly tackles hot button topics like diversity and inclusion in today’s complex climate. Tina’s work has been featured in the Toronto Star, TSN, CBC eye-opener, Adrenaline Magazine and Alberta venture. Clients include Pfizer Canada, Kraft-Heinz, Hockey Canada Hondai Canada, Canadian college of health leaders and Canada life. She’s the president of the Canadian association of professional speakers, Calgary chapter. She was recently appointed to McMaster University’s future of Canada project council. She has a strong professional background in immigration where she spearheaded international recruitment missions.

As well, she ran her own successful relocation and settlement from prior to speaking professionally. Tina has been the face of diversity, literally when she was chosen to be in Dove’s campaign. For real beauty, representing beauty in diversity. With two kids, five fish and one husband. She resides in Calgary where she recently took hip hop classes, but has opted instead to buy an oversized hoodie.

In this episode, our guest is Jim Trobec, Chief Operations Officer and senior consultant at Care Benefit Solutions. He is accountable for the execution and delivery of care’s brokering and consulting functions.

Jim and his team specialize in providing customized group insurance and retirement solutions for companies that want to optimize the cost benefit ratio of their employee benefits plans. His double bachelor of science degrees from the university of Calgary in actuarial science and pure mathematics, help them uncover new opportunity and value for his clients.

Jim also has an amazing story of his own health, fitness, and wellness journey and how it positively transformed his life.

In this episode, we connect with Michelle Cederberg, an in-demand, speaker, author, coach, and consultant. For over 17 years certified speaking professional, Michelle Cederberg has captivated audiences across North America with her empowering and humorous messages about how to set worthwhile goals, get energized for success, and live a bigger life. 

In this episode, we are joined by Christine Dagenais. She is a sought-after leadership development expert author corporate speaker and was recently recognized as one of Canada’s top 100 most powerful women.

Christine has coached hundreds of high-profile and top-performing leaders and has spoken at multiple leadership and executive development forums, delivering keynotes, including endurance leadership for the intervening phase of COVID-19.

In this episode, our guest is Kerilee Snatenchuk, Director in People & Culture at ATB Financial. 

Kerilee has developed and implemented foundational strategies around physical and mental health, as well as inclusion and diversity at ATB. She has certification in mental health leadership, indigenous awareness, and digital wellness. She has been a speaker at the International Association of Business Communicators Global Conference on communicating I&D in organizations along with being a workplace mental health panel expert at various mental health conferences.

Kerilee's ultimate goal is to ensure that each team member achieves a holistic view of their wellness and is able to bring their true selves to an inclusive work environment every day.

In turn, this environment creates a space for team members to deliver their most outstanding work.

In this episode, our guest is Shannon Hughes,  an Employee Benefits and Insurance Consultant who is committed to helping organizations protect their most valuable asset – their employees.

After graduating from the University of Alberta with a criminology degree, a series of unexpected life events led Shannon to the insurance industry and to work at a major national carrier. In 2012, she moved to the consulting side of the business, where she focused on retirement savings plans and employee benefits.

After learning this side of the industry with both small and large consulting firms, her entrepreneurial drive led her to start captivating benefits. She takes pride in supporting businesses and nonprofit organizations to create thriving workplaces by taking a holistic approach to people’s health and wellbeing.

She loves connection community and continuous improvement and is working hard to build a purpose-driven business that embodies these values. 

In this episode, our guest is Mike Skrypnek. He is a catalyst that helps spark mid-career entrepreneurs with great potential to put their vision into action for big impact. Intentionally adding energy at the right time, in the right way with the right person allows the impact to go Interstellar and set off a cosmic ripple effect. 

The multiplier effect of entrepreneurial success extends through generations. Mike is a renowned business coach seven-time best-selling author featured podcast, podcast guest speaker and producer of the social to-social movement TV series is growing to get give philosophy and training holds the keys to success of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs. He lives loves and adventures in Squamish BC, Canada with his wife, Sherry, and his two children.