Strategic Leadership: Kelly Lendsay, CEO of Indigenous Works

Lucas Robinson

doi:10.54056/RJVV5995

Authors

Lucas Robinson

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54056/RJVV5995

Keywords:

Business And Economics, Careers, Contractors, Decision making, Employees, Employment, Employment interviews, Ethnic Interests, Funding, Human capital, Indigenous peoples, Innovations, Interviews, Leadership, Mission statements, Morality, Native North Americans, Social entrepreneurship, Soft skills, Work environment, Workforce, Indigenous, Indigenous economic development, Indigenous employment

Abstract

In October 1998, Lendsay was hired by the Indigenous Works board to build partnership strategies and create a more inclusive work environment for Indigenous peoples in the corporate world (personal phone interview, March 15, 2020). According to Lendsay, effective leaders must care about the people in their organization, operate with integrity, and constantly focus on vision and innovation. [...]it is difficult for them to invest in Indigenous strategies and develop an Indigenous workforce (personal phone interview, March 15, 2020). Some of the downsides of Indigenous communities becoming too economically reliant on raw resource-based sectors include unstable market conditions and lack of human capital and financial experience, as well as limited access to the required resources.

References

Beaudoin, J.M. (2012). Aboriginal economic development of forest resources: How can we think outside the wood box? The Forestry Chronicle, 88(05), 571–577. doi: 10.5558/tfc2012-108

Collins, J.C. (2001). Good to great: Why some companies make the leap ... and others don’t. New York, NY: Harper Business.

Indigenous Works. (2020). Active programs: Our charity. https://indigenousworks.ca/en/our-charity/active-programs