Who is Adrian Baillargeon
Level III IECL Executive Coach, Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Marketing)
Let Adrian do the heavy lifting.
When unifying your team, enlisting an expert to support you is invaluable. One that can help create stronger relationships and greater clarity amongst your group to help them shine.
Leverage two decades of global experience.
Adrian is a leadership team performance specialist obsessed with helping some of the best leaders win the games that matter most to them.
With 20+ years of corporate experience across Canada, Africa and Australia, he has worked extensively in marketing, sales, strategy and joint venture management. He has been involved with transformations, mergers, downsizing, and expansion and has received state, national and global awards.
Relationships activate belonging.
Clients rave about Adrian’s ability to get their teams to open up and commit to supporting each other in meaningful ways. Adrian is renowned for his practical, enthusiastic and engaging approach to transforming how teams do teamwork. Utilising concepts and research from his book, Teams that Swear (by each other, not about each other), Adrian continues to help teams from around the world do together, better.
Corporate Clients
Sport Organisations
Education Clients
Not for Profit Clients
My Experience when I worked in the corporate world
Learn from my corporate experiences
You will benefit from my depth and breadth of knowledge across industries and functions. I have led teams of 1 to 38 people in Canada and Australia (with a little stint in Cameroon and Tunisia, too!).
I have worked in various departments and environments, including:
- Marketing, sales, strategy, proposition development, risk and joint venture management
- Professional and amateur sporting industry with commercial and high-performance teams
- Community grassroots volunteer-led committees and boards
Who I worked for in my corporate career
what others are saying
Nick Gricks | General Manager | The Reece Group
Daniel Barker | Chief Commercial Manager | Netball Australia
Nick Gricks | General Manager | The Reece Group
"My leadership team participated in Adrian's 'Be Your Best' program and were very impressed. Adrian is an engaging presenter and his content is easy to understand, immediately useful and will provide real value to the team. His book 'Teams That Swear' is also full of valuable content that the team will be able to use in the business. Would recommend Adrian and his book to anyone wanting to improve their team."
Lorna Stuart | Chief Risk Officer | IOOF
Daniel Barker | Chief Commercial Manager | Netball Australia
Nick Gricks | General Manager | The Reece Group
"By working with Adrian, the team has opened up and as a result, a number of different idea and perceptions are being used. This will definitely raise interesting conversations and challenges amongst the team."
Daniel Barker | Chief Commercial Manager | Netball Australia
Daniel Barker | Chief Commercial Manager | Netball Australia
Daniel Barker | Chief Commercial Manager | Netball Australia
" I would recommend Adrian to anyone looking to find a more personalised approach to their development – he has helped me become a better teacher and supporter to my staff, leader in my organisation and more rounded person across all parts of my life."
Let's get personal
My kids are named after baseball royalty. Jack (Jackie Robinson), Ryan (our little girl is named after the all-time strikeout king Nolan Ryan) and Oliver Mays (Willie Mays). My wife is known as Noodle. No baseball connection there.
I was born and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. I once lived in Regina, Saskatchewan. I now live in Melbourne, Australia. And no, the Sasquatch is not from Saskatchewan.
I believe hate is a strong word. It’s banned in our house.
Best piece of advice: “A baseball’s job is to make you look silly. Rather than wait for the ball, stop it from making you look silly and go get it.” I think these words apply to life. And at the pub waiting for a drink.
I've been known to enjoy the odd dress up party.
I love a good tshirt. I think your image can tell a good story.
Favourite drink - the Caesar. A Canadian specialty.
Music - I love it all. John Farnham's the Voice has grown on me. The Tragically Hip, Metallica, Neil Young and Taylor Swift. You name it, I like it. Except Miley Cyrus. Check out my playlist on spotify.
I love a good card game. Presidents, cribbage and chit chat are 3 of my favourites.
Mom and dad used to make my two brothers and I get up early to pick weeds. And it was always the morning after a big night. Smart people my mom and dad.
I believe in the power of writing things down. I’ll tell you a cool story about it one day if you want.
Favourite youtube clip - Jimmy Fallon and Metallica. Check it out as well of some of my other favourite clips. Some funny ones, some inspirational ones and a few good tunes.
Despite working closely with Cricket Australia, I still don’t get the five day format of the game.