Our Principals

Marianne Gobeil, APR
CEO

Marianne Gobeil is a strategic communications advisor to high-profile leaders in the corporate and political sectors. Working with top-tier leaders from a range of industries and organizations, she is devoted to helping her clients advance their personal and organizational ambitions.

As a leader herself, Marianne understands the responsibility and accountability that comes with the role. She puts herself in her client's shoes, pinpointing their strategic priorities and helping them deliver strategic messaging to their target audience.

Her absolute commitment to her clients is not the only way she distinguishes herself. What truly sets Marianne apart is her strategic thinking. She sees five or more moves ahead, anticipating the plays that have yet to be made. She assesses their strengths and weaknesses; identifies opportunities and potential risks; and determines the best possible course of action and response.

This ability to think and operate strategically, in combination with Marianne's seminal body knowledge on leadership communications, informs Leading Communicator's premium service offering. It's also what differentiates the practice from other communications consultancies.

Having worked at senior levels in all arenas of communications - journalism, corporate communications, and public relations consulting - Marianne increasingly found herself watching senior executives fail to nail critical communications. While speeches, presentations, and media interviews fell short of their mark, opportunities were lost, and reputations and bottom lines damaged. Yet in every case, the leader was applauded and lauded by staff.

In response, Marianne developed Speakcheck, an objective means of assessing leadership communications.

This unique tool, rounding out a comprehensive suite of strategic communications services, ensures that clients of Leading Communicators' are getting access to expertise and counsel of unparalleled depth and range.

In addition to her professional accomplishments, Marianne is committed to continual learning, and to giving back wherever she can. She is an active volunteer, both professionally and personally.

An accredited public relations practitioner (APR), Marianne is a member of numerous professional associations, including the International Association of Business Communicators; Public Relations Society of America; and the Canadian Public Relations Society. She is the sole Canadian member of the US Leaders Group for the Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC). Marianne has an Honours B.A. (Political Science) from Queen's University.

Morley Katz
CBT

Morley is a management consultant with a difference: he doesn't believe in, or practise, flavour-of-the-month management fads.

Instead, his expertise is grounded in management science - a rigorous body of knowledge built on proven and enduring organizational principles.

Morley advises leaders on how to optimize the structure of their organizations, and ensure that the people in those structures master the behaviors essential to individual and organizational success.

When it comes to leadership, Morley knows which behaviors are important. And that chief among them is the leader's capability to communicate. Leaders do particular things with language that distinguish them from others. Through what they say, and how they say it, leaders compel others to follow them, and move them to action.

In addition to partnering with us, he runs the management consulting practice, Management Matters Inc., which counsels leaders and leading companies on organizational and managerial leadership issues.

Morley has an M.A.Sc. in management sciences, specializing in organizational behavior and operations research, from the University of Waterloo. He is a professional engineer with a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from Queen's University, and a B.Sc. in mathematics and philosophy from the University of Toronto.

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