Glain Roberts-McCabe

Personal Details

Bio

Glain (pronounced ‘Gline’ like ‘shine’) Roberts-McCabe is on a personal mission to create a movement of intentional leadership. As Founder and President of The Roundtable, Glain and her team are helping today’s generation of leaders bring more conscious leadership to their work and the world.

Glain launched The Roundtable in 2007 as a place where leaders could cultivate their leadership, together. Through their innovative and multi-award winning Roundtable Peer-to-Peer Coaching Programs and their “leaders teaching leaders” community, the Roundtable is reimagining the traditional consulting firm model. In 2014, The Roundtable for Leaders peer coaching program, developed in collaboration with PepsiCo Foods Canada, was awarded the prestigious Gold Award at the Canadian Awards of Training Excellence.

The Roundtable group coaching approach to developing leaders has been featured as an innovative best-in-class method by York University’s Professor Len Karakowsky in the Canadian management textbook The Context of Business: Understanding the Canadian Business Environment.

In 2016, The Roundtable was named as the Best External Consulting Provider in Canada at the Canadian HR Awards. In 2018, The Roundtable was awarded a Silver Award for Women-led Business at the International Stevie Awards and Glain was the recipient of the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards presented by Women of Influence in the Micro-Business category.

Glain has been at the executive table for over 25 years and successfully led a variety teams in both the profit and not-for-profit arenas. A sought after facilitator, coach, interview guest and moderator and author of Did I REALLY Sign Up for This?! #leadership truths to drive, thrive and survive. A guest columnist for the Globe and Mail, Realizing Leadership magazine and former contributor to BizTV Canada and Arlene Dickinson’s “YouInc”, Glain shares her passion for what she learns through a monthly newsletter (The Roundtable Recap) and her weekly #leadershiptruths.

A life-long learner, she is currently completing her Advanced Coaching Certificate through Royal Roads University in addition to possessing training and certifications with organizations like Team Coaching International, Management Research Group, The Coaches Training Institute, The Centre for Right Relationships and The School of Shadow Coaching. In addition, she also holds a diploma in Creative Advertising and completed advanced Improv Training through Second City. An active volunteer, Glain is a mentor with the Institute for Performance and Learning. Glain lives in Toronto with her incredibly supportive husband and highly engaging daughter.

Current position (1)

Founder & President

The Roundtable

Degrees (1)

Group and Team Coaching

Royal Roads University

2018

Presentations

Presentations (7)

Did I Really Sign Up for This?! Thriving and surviving in today’s world of work

Leadership isn’t all sunshine and lollipops. In this interactive talk, we’ll explore the key secrets to building your resilience in a relentless world.

Build Your Tribe: How to stay sane when you’re on the fast lane

Loneliness at work is becoming an epidemic. In this talk, we’ll look at how to create a community of support to accelerate your leadership career, while keeping you sane.

Why Smart Leaders Derail

Every wonder why some people’s leadership careers soar and some people flame out? Explore the top 5 factors that derail successful people and what you need to do to mitigate a career train wreck.

Thriving in Uncertainty: leadership behaviours you need now

Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous – VUCA is an acronym coined by the US military. It’s saying something that this term is now being used to describe the modern workplace. I’ll share the top behaviours leaders need to navigate the turbulence and win the war.

The Secrets of High Performing Teams

Less than 9% of teams are considered high performing. Is yours one of them? In this session, we’ll take a look at 14 factors that contribute to high performance and explore the key skills leaders need to be world class team coaches.

The Science of Self-Confidence

Unquestionably a trait of successful leaders is confidence, but how do we cultivate self-confidence, especially in increasingly uncertain times? In this session, we’ll explore the science behind self-confidence, how it’s build and how much confidence is ‘too much’.

3 Ways Women Lose Influence

Women are still grossly underrepresented in the Board room and the C-Suite. Where are we going wrong? In this talk, we’ll look the some of the key ways women lose influence and the strategies we need to put in place to get ahead.

Past talks (3)

Leading Through Complexity & Uncertainty: The behaviours you need to master now!

Canadian Society of Association Executives

Vancouver, BC

October 24, 2019

The Other 50%: How executive coaching falls short and what to do about it.

Institute for Performance and Learning

Toronto, Canada

June 13, 2019

Make 'em Beg to Fund Your Learning Programs

Institute for Performance & Learning

Toronto, Canada