The Promise:

TWE will help you create a profound shift in performance in as little as 3 weeks.  

• We help establish clear goals, a shared understanding of the present, and a focused set of priorities.  
• We bring proven leadership and organizational development skills, backed by practical experience and business acumen.  
• We are about boundless creativity, open-mindedness and emotional awareness.  
• We build commitment in others and coach with relentless honesty.  
• ​Our approach is effective, efficient and guaranteed. It is not for those who only want to dabble in success.​

Team Work Excellence works with leaders and teams to increase their influence, effectiveness and value.

Our Team

Tim Sweet

Founder and Principal Consultant

As a leadership consultant with over 25 years of experience, Tim works with executives, owners, entrepreneurs and leaders of teams to navigate the complex challenges of today's workplace. His transformational approach focuses on the individual and being what's needed to delivering breakthrough results that produce measurable improvements in performance and sustainable organizational development.

Tim brings a unique combination of humor and thought-provoking processes to help your team reduce tension, identify needed change and pick a direction together.
Tim has led innovative performance initiatives at Global-500 and Global-1000 companies and is a strategic advisor CEOs and executives in a wide range of industries. Tim's work focuses on helping leaders achieve growth, transformation, and renewal by connecting people through clarity of purpose. 

He is a frequent writer and speaker on transformational leadership and the management experience, with his work having been published in prestigious journals, including the Journal of Operations Management, the most influential publication in Management Science.  His work remains required reading for business students across Canada.

Tim spent his childhood relentlessly asking questions, crafting, inventing, and pushing the limits.  As an adult, this converged into a passion for improving businesses.   ​

​​Tim lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, with his wife, Jenn. They are the proud parents of 3.

SUPERPOWERS

Transformational Leadership
​Executive and Team Coaching
Strategic Facilitation
Team Building
Branding and Storytelling
Cultural Transformation
Leadership Career Success
Keynote Speaking

Julie Freedman Smith

Parenting Consultant and Advisor

Julie is a highly engaged parenting expert specializing in advising parents of toddlers through teens. With over 20 years experience, she transforms exhausted, worried, frustrated parents who feel like they nag, argue, or give in into family leaders who communicate in safe, respectful ways that build stronger, long-lasting connections with their kids even if they feel like that’s not possible. As a mom, she’s been right where you are now.

Julie's expertise in parenting makes her an invaluable member of our team. She will be working with our clients to help them overcome common parenting challenges such as overwhelm, kids not listening, daily arguments, screen-time battles, disagreements with the other parent, and sounding like the parent you swore you’d never be! The emotional pressures of parenting have the power to distract us from moving forward in all areas of our lives.

Julie has a built a strong reputation as an Author (A YEAR of Intentional Parenting,) Blogger (Awarded top 30 Canada Parenting Blog,) Parenting Expert (Local, Provincial, National TV, Radio and Publication guest,) and Podcast Co-Host (Real Life Parenting Podcast.) She owns and operates JFS Parent Education, where she advises parents and families and makes things easier. Julie founded Parent-Break, a free, weekly community helping parents to get back in touch with themselves. She believes that parents love their kids and don’t need to let the "unknowns" of parenting burn them out or worse yet, damage their kids. When not encouraging parents, Julie teaches Tai Chi, is a professional musician, (Founding member of Juno-nominated Luminous Voices,) and storyteller, (StoryMusic.ca.).

SUPERPOWERS

Hearing what’s not being said
​Clarifying what’s really happening
Kind honesty
Helping parents find their voice
Communication
Teaching
Goal Setting
Boundary clarification and communication
Public Speaking
Written communication
​Creative Expression
​

Erin Ashbacher

Senior Health Advisor and Trainer

Erin is a highly qualified and experienced personal trainer specialising in health, wellness, and fitness and is CSEP certified. 

With a Batchelor of Kinesiology focused on Exercise and Health Physiology from The University of Calgary, Erin brings extensive knowledge in movement, nutrition, and client motivation to her clients. As a powerlifter and a former dancer, she understands the importance of physical strength, flexibility, and mobility. 

Erin's ​expertise in health and fitness makes her an invaluable member of our team. She will be working with our leadership development clients to help them achieve their health and fitness goals, both in person in Calgary and remotely. By focusing on life balance and incorporating health into their professional goals, Erin will help our clients become the best versions of themselves.
 
Erin has a demonstrated track record of success in the industry, ranking as a top 10 performer in revenue and sessions since 2016. She owns and operates ERA Fitness, where she provides customized personal training and coaching services to clients of all levels. Additionally, Erin was raised in a famous Alberta rodeo family and has a deep appreciation for farming and ranching.
 
She spends her time enjoying outdoor activities with her partner, Doug.

​SUPERPOWERS

​Listening
Goal Setting
Movement Expertise
Nutrition Knowledge
Situational Ownership
Barriers to Motivation
Life Balance
Customized Program Creation
In-Person and Online Coaching
Entrepreneurship

Michael Fiss

Senior Associate Consultant (Emeritus)

Michael is a strategic leader with a cross-functional background in operations management, data-driven continuous improvement, and transformational leadership.

From his undergraduate BComm degree in Business Process Management to certification as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, he has dedicated his career to making things better.  

Michael has worked with some of Canada’s most influential science, technology and engineering companies and takes pride in his reputation as creative problem solver, an imaginative thinker and an inquisitive lifelong learner. He possesses a respectful skepticism for the status quo and enjoys the opportunity to explore and to develop progressive ideas and original solutions for challenging problems in complex environments.

Michael lives in Calgary with his wife Kelsey and their two children.

SUPERPOWERS

Data Analytics & Metrics
Operations Management
Process Optimization
Strategic Storytelling
Governance
Non-Profits

Debbie Potts

Executive Assistant to Tim Sweet and Online Business Manager

Debbie is a resilient spirit, a master over challenges, and an enthusiastic admirer of diverse cultures and culinary delights. Grounded yet ambitious, she embodies dedication and excellence, fuelled by her passion for the Swedish tradition of 'fika'. With over three decades of rich experience, Debbie has thrived in the corporate legal sphere and flourished as a School Business Manager, cherishing every moment of her journey.

Driven by the belief that every entrepreneur and business owner deserves first class support, Debbie, as Founder and CEO of DAP VA Limited, dedicates herself to empowering her clients. Her expertise lies in revitalising websites, mastering social media with a focus on Pinterest for Business, and providing exceptional executive assistance. She's committed to helping her clients reclaim precious time, guiding them towards greater success and efficiency.

​Debbie lives her dream life in a red house in the Swedish countryside.

SUPERPOWERS

Professional Dedication
Excellence
Supportive Leadership
Digital Expertise
​Resilience 
Cultural Appreciation

If you want to know what you're committed to,
​look at what you've got.

LEAD WITH PURPOSE