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I offer proven tools and strategies to:

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Expert team building facilitator with 20+ years of experience with clients from 19+ countries on 4 continents. 

Select Clients:

• Canada: Holt Renfrew, Xerox, Scalar Decisions, Sunlife, Amplifon, Mister Safety Shoes, PowerBar, Mars, Rogers/Fido, Novo Nordisk, Bell Mobility, TELUS, RBC, CIBC
• Caribbean: National Bank of Dominica, Caribbean Development Bank, U.S. Embassy Jamaica 
• Malaysia: OCBC Bank, Permodalan Nasional Berhad, Penang Port
• Dubai: Thomson Reuters, Baxter, McKinsey, Caterpillar
• Africa: Bidvest, DAL Group/CAPO
• Saudi Arabia: GSK, Sidra Capital
• USA: EPICPCS, Sittercity, Sperian, U.S. Embassy Jamaica 
• Bahrain: Batelco, AXA

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About Me

Born in Jamaica, I was raised in Montreal. I'm now based in Stouffville, Ontario. I've had the pleasure of travelling to 24 countries. When I am not running my consulting business, I'm acting and writing.

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Anne Thornley-Brown MBA

🙏🏾 💖  Sunday Inspiration: Global team effort demonstrates outpouring of love for Jamaica 🇯🇲 🗺 

Thank you.

In a world where bad news dominates the headlines, stories like the global support flowing into Jamaica restore faith in humanity.

Samaritan's Purse set up and emergency field Hospital in Black River, St Elizabeth. International teams from the USA, Spain, and Barbados are setting up and staffing alongside local doctors, 2 additional field hospitals in Falmouth and Montego Bay.

Individuals from around the world are contributing to the recovery efforts. Here are some of the countries providing support and relief supplies.

🇨🇦 Canada 

$7 million in emergency aid including food, water, & medical support. Canadian Armed Forces deployed to help deliver relief & coordinate logistics.

🇺🇸 USA 

From airlifts to deliveries, US$12 million in life-saving support is already on the ground.

U.S. teams aided by the Jamaica Defense Force have distributed thousands of hygiene and shelter kits, mobile medical units, and over 330,000 pounds of food and water.

🇬🇧 UK

£7.5 million for humanitarian relief and disaster recovery efforts including shelter kits and water filters.

🇪🇺 EU

Water treatment and production equipment, storage tanks, camping and sleeping gear  energy-generation units, and hygiene supplies.

🇫🇷 France

French naval vessel delivered a shipment of European Union and international aid.

🇳🇱 The Netherlands

Dutch Navy support ship delivered power generators, solar lamps, batteries, medical and health supplies, emergency shelter materials, and vehicles from EU.

🇦🇪 UAE

Essential food items, critical shelter material, support for severely damaged infrastructure.

🇧🇸 The Bahamas 

A monetary contribution of up to BSD $2 million and relief supplies including cases of bottled water, tarpaulin, and respirator masks.

🇧🇧 Barbados

Two containers with tarpaulins, cots, and emergency generators. 5 000 food kits.

🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 

8 containers of critical relief supplies.

🇬🇾 Guyana 
 
Generators, tarpaulins and chainsaws

Partnering with supermarket chains to distribute vouchers in affected areas.

🇪🇸 Spain

Deployed personnel and relief supplies. A team of Spanish volunteers including doctors, nurses, and firefighters will establish an emergency field hospital in Falmouth. The fully self-sufficient facility, equipped with its own generators, water purifiers, and solar panels, will operate at no cost to the Government of Jamaica

 🇸🇻 El Salvador 

3 humanitarian aid planes with more than 300 rescuers plus over 50 tons of relief supplies.

🇯🇵 Japan 

Sleeping bags, tents, water purifiers, and other essential items.

🇮🇳 India

A BHISHM Medical Trauma Unit and 20 tons of relief including generators, tents, bedding, kitchen and hygiene kits, and solar lanterns.

 🇦🇺 Australia (Convoy of Hope)

#Jamaica #Jamaicastrong #hurricanemelissa #Linkedintopvoices 

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Open video: 🇯🇲 Hurricane Melissa –Stand Firm Jamaica 🇯🇲 | #viral #melissa  |viral Song of Hope| Charles K Xavier on youtu.be

🇯🇲 Hurricane Melissa –Stand Firm Jamaica 🇯🇲 | #viral #melissa  |viral Song of Hope| Charles K Xavier

As you know if you've been following me, I was in Jamaica up until the beginning of October. 

I felt grounded and at home. 

This image is eerie

It's really devastating to see over one third of the island and such a state. please do whatever you can to help.

 Donate to whatever charity or cause makes you comfortable. No amount is too small and small amounts add up very quickly to generate big results.

#Jamaica #hurricanemelissa

Digital Storyteller | Storytelling Marketing + Video for founders who think they hate content | Building brands between school runs and story time |Jamaica-made, 3 kids under 5 screaming behind me

USD $7 billion.
That’s 30% of Jamaica’s GDP.
Imagine the U.S. losing $8 trillion overnight.
That’s the scale we’re talking about.

I know everyone’s posting “Jamaica Strong” today, but strength has a price tag.

In two days, Hurricane Melissa didn’t just destroy homes, it reset an economy.
The west is still in crisis.
Entire communities in St. James, Hanover, and Westmoreland are unrecognizable.

The difference this time?
The damage isn’t abstract. It’s measurable and massive.

In Montego Bay:
→ Tourism corridors are offline.
→ Thousands of hotel workers are without income.
→ Farmers who supply those hotels have lost entire harvests.

In St. Elizabeth, Westmoreland and Trelawny:
→ Roads collapsed.
→ Livelihoods disappeared.
→ Recovery feels distant.

And in Kingston?
→ Power’s back.
→ Businesses are reopening.
→ But the cost of rebuilding will last for generations.

Let that sink in.

$7 billion gone in 48 hours.
That’s schools, bridges, businesses, farms, and futures.

Some numbers worth remembering:
→ The Caribbean emits less than 1% of global greenhouse gases.
→ Yet, climate events cost the region up to 8% of GDP every year.
→ For small nations, that means rebuilding while still paying for the last storm.

Here’s the truth:
When countries that pollute the least pay the highest price,
When resilience becomes our only export,
When “bouncing back” is treated like destiny instead of consequence

Something is deeply wrong.

But even in ruin, the stories remain the same.
A mother sweeping mud from her living room.
A child laughing in the rain.
A farmer replanting, because hope doesn’t need electricity.

That’s not charity.
That’s identity.
That’s endurance.

The real question isn’t how strong Jamaica is.
It’s how long small nations are expected to carry the weight of global negligence alone.

📝 A Personal Note: Recovery from Hurricane Melissa will require a team effort by Jamaicans at home and abroad with support from friends of Jamaica 🇯🇲  

I was in Jamaica at the end of September and beginning of October. It was wonderful to be home. I felt grounded. I left feeling refreshed and determined to find a way to spend more time there. That's why, when Hurricane Melissa struck, it was devastating. 

Fortunately, my relatives in Jamaica and Cuba are safe but Hurricane Melissa displaced many individuals and Families in southwest Jamaica.  The storm destroyed homes, wiped out farms on prime agricultural land, uprooted trees, plowed roads under, demolished historical sites, and toppled hydro and telephone towers.

Rebuilding will be a daunting task. There are many ways to contribute based on our individual talents, skills, and finances.

It has been heartwarming to see the many individuals, organizations, and countries who have been pouring out support for Jamaica at this time of need. Thank you.

I'm pleased to share an initiative spearheaded by Jamaican-born Hollywood stuntman and award-winning filmmaker Roy T. Anderson. I've showcased his work before.

Two days before the storm made landfall, Roy was in St Elizabeth for his brother's funeral. The parish became Ground Zero for Hurricane Melissa's devastation. He was still in Jamaica when Hurricane Melissa struck.
 
He returned to New Jersey on Monday night but he is flying back to Jamaica in the morning to contribute to the relief effort.

Roy and other Jamaican film and TV professionals are using their skills and resources to make a difference. Through "Let's Rebuild Jamaica Strong", they are delivering tangible aid to families and individuals in remote communities. 

Their focus is on providing meals and other desperately needed supplies. They have teamed up with a group of trades professionals who are donating their skills, time, and tools to repair and rebuild homes.

The team will document in a documentary series entitled "In the Eye Of the Storm: Jamaica Rebuilds", their work and the contributions of the many organizations who are working on the ground to assist in the recovery. 

Like Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke", it will capture the resilience and determination of people recovering from disaster.

#Jamaica #hurricanemelissa #Linkedintopvoices 

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You're invited to contribute to the GoFundMe that the team has set up to supplement their resources and extend their reach to help more people.

No contribution is too small. Even small amounts add up very quickly if enough people participate. 

https://lnkd.in/eYk5m7xS

If you're not able to contribute financially,  make a difference any way you can based on your skills and resources.

I’m a sales leader, coach, and builder of people.

For over 25 years, I’ve rolled up my sleeves to lead high-performing sales teams across North America, close multimillion-dollar deals, and mentor BDRs into confident closers. I don’t just hit targets, I build cultures rooted in trust, empathy, and results.

At GDI, we didn’t win big by chasing RFPs, we built real relationships. That’s how we landed seven-figure contracts. At CFIB, I helped small business owners grow across every sector through consultative sales and consistent follow-through. And most recently, I led sales training and enablement at a North American SaaS startup, building scalable onboarding systems, boosting conversions by 30%, and coaching remote reps with heart and data.

I’ve worked in startups, trained teams from scratch, and aligned sales with marketing to build real momentum. I’m Salesforce-savvy, strategy-driven, and obsessed with making people feel seen and supported while helping them outperform what they thought was possible.

What drives me? Helping good people do great things, whether it’s a young rep finding their voice or a business expanding because we asked the right questions.

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Reconciliation isn’t a finish line. It’s a daily decision to walk differently, to listen deeply, to choose love where silence once preached.

No country is perfect, Canada included.

Imagine your child taken from you.
No goodbye. No call. No return.

And worse yet, imagine being that child.
No comfort. No family. No hope.

That was what happened for generations of Indigenous families. And the silence that followed has been deafening for far too long.

This year, a permanent home for truth is being built at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. A home for the stories that were buried. A home for the children who never came back. Because there is no healing without ownership, and this is a step forward.

Some truths aren’t comfortable. They never were meant to be. The thing is, truth can’t live only in archives. It has to live in us. In how we parent. In what we teach. In the way we choose humanity over denial. In the way we refuse to repeat the past.

September 30th marks the 5th Annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

This is not remembrance alone. This is a demand: every child matters, now and always.🧡

Katica (Kathy) Obad

Sales Manager | Building and Leading High-Performing Teams | Exceeding Sales Goals in SaaS and B2B Environments

I went to see my brother the other day.
We planned a hike.

Out of nowhere, he started asking me questions.
Any issues with your knees or hips?
How are your ankles and back?
Are you good with long walks?
Uneven ground okay?
Uphill or downhill, a problem?

WHAT!!! 

We have hiked a million times together. Never mind the wild adventures we used to take on my banana-seat and his BMX bike back in the 80s.
I was surprised at first. The more I thought about it, the more I understood it. 
We’re getting older. 
 
 
That’s one of the reasons I started #TheHealthHaven. Not to live forever.
Not to chase some perfect number. But to feel alive today.

To move, eat, play, and meet the world in the best shape we can, right now.
Tomorrow matters too, sure.
But today is the only day we can touch.

People say they would die for their kids.
How about we live for them?
Choose to live.
Choose you.
Choose a little better than yesterday.

If you want down-to-earth health and wellness, you can actually use, follow my The Health Haven newsletter.

 If you already do, thank you. I see you. I value you. I appreciate you.
 Let’s keep showing up as our best, one choice at a time.

#TheHealthHaven #Heatlh #Wellness #MentalHealth #Leadership

I got a message the other day asking if I’d been kidnapped.
A few others were ready to send out the troops.
LinkedIn family, you are something else!!! Thanks for checking in. 

And yes, I’ve been quiet.
So today feels like a good day to drop in with a thought.

A colleague told me he goes to the same bar every night after work.
Same stool, same crew, same story.
He said it so casually, “I don’t have a wife. No kids. No responsibilities. If I went home, I wouldn’t fall asleep until two or three anyway… so why not?”

And I get it. I really do.
There’s no judgment here. Just a different angle. 
Something I wish we talked about more honestly.

Every yes has a shadow.
Say yes to the bar, and you quietly say no to everything else.
No to the gym.
No to a book.
No to getting your life in order.
No to becoming someone you’d actually want to wake up as.

This isn’t just about a bar.
This is about the quiet math of our choices.
Every time you say yes to something, even something small and soft and familiar, you are saying no to something else.

And that “no” is usually to your future self.
It’s never dramatic in the moment.
One night feels harmless.
But anything compounded becomes a life.
We don’t become who we want to be.

We become whatever we repeatedly choose.
If nothing changes, nothing changes.

And if you want better, you have to choose better.
Not once.
But often enough that the scales finally tip your way.

Your YES is shaping you.
Your NO is shaping you too.

Choose like you’re building something with your own hands… because you are.

Are you following my newsletter, The Health Haven?
You should.
Every choice matters. Especially when it’s your health.

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the power of good choices, in life, in work, even in what we put on our plate. Food, community, and wellbeing shape us more than we think.

#Wellbeing #BetterChoices #FoodMatters #HealthyLiving #TheHealthHaven #Leadership #CommunityStrength

I basically had two kinds of teachers.
The ones who needed the spotlight.
And the ones who gave it away.

The first made me feel small for not knowing the answer.

The second made me feel brilliant for asking the question.

One built control.
The other built confidence.

It’s the same in leadership.
People don’t grow in the glare of someone else’s light.

They grow when someone reflects back their own potential.

If your people aren’t thriving, it’s time to look in the mirror.

Leadership isn’t a spotlight. It’s a mirror, how you treat people, how you listen, how you lift others higher.

Alignment beats applause.

#Leadership #Empathy #PeopleFirst #Growth #Humanresources #HR

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I had to put a cone on my dog’s head.
She had a rash on her belly, wouldn’t stop licking it, and I didn’t want it to get infected.

So I did what I had to do. I took precautions.
She was furious.

When I came home that day, she didn’t run to the door like she always does.
No tail wagging. No joy.
Just side-eye.
That same look a teenager gives when they think you’ve ruined their life.

There was no way to explain it. I wasn’t being mean. I was trying to keep her safe.

I did it to protect her.
Because I love her.
Dogs can’t understand that.

But we can.

So the next time you feel like someone’s wronged you, before you shut down, get defensive, or start writing the fake story in your head, ask some questions.

Stay curious. 
Find out what’s really going on.

Because maybe, just maybe,
they weren’t trying to hurt you.
They were trying to help you.

Food for thought. 🐾

#Leadership #Empathy #Curiosity #Mindset

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