Leadership Development Instructor Bios

Lillas Hatala, MCEd, CHRP, CMC
Lillas has a graduate degree in Continuing Education, and is a Certified Human Resources Professional, Certified Management Consultant, professional speaker with the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers, an inspirational coach, and a member of the International Leadership Association and International Association of Coaches. She has over 25 years' experience as a leading-edge leadership and management development practitioner, facilitator, coach and consultant, working with individuals, teams and organizations in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors in North America and beyond.

Lillas is the coauthor of Integrative Leadership (2005), The Integrative Leadership Study Guide (2008), The Business Case for Leadership Development (2008) and numerous published articles. She was the former Faculty Director of Business and Leadership Programs, University of Saskatchewan – a position she passionately served from 1992 to 2006.

Her current work through her own organization, Integrative Leadership International Ltd., challenges leaders to expand their awareness or consciousness and bring greater levels of awareness and significance to their lives, their teams and to their organizations. Her interest in the integrative or “whole” person has led her to become a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT500) with the International Yoga Association, and to study at the Chopra Centre for Wellbeing, Shambala Institute, Center for Timeless Being and Sivananda Organization, among others.