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Behind Every Title Is a Story No Résumé Tells

Behind every CEO, founder, partner, and business owner is a person carrying the weight of leadership. The decisions, the risk, the responsibility, and the pressure of knowing others are counting on you.

“We celebrate what leaders build. We rarely talk about what it takes from them to build it.”

Behind Every Title changes that.

An Evening of Conversation & Connection

An intimate and honest conversation about the realities behind leadership — the experiences, challenges and defining moments that rarely make it into a professional bio.

 

This inaugural gathering brings the idea behind Behind Every Title to life through honest conversation, shared perspectives and meaningful connection with others in the room.

 

Guests will also have an opportunity to connect with one another before and following the conversation.

Conversation & Connection

Pre- & Post-Conversation Connection

Honest Conversation

Thoughtful Discussion

*The featured conversation between the moderator and guest will be professionally recorded.

Why Behind Every Title

As a registered therapist, I’ve had the privilege of sitting with leaders and professionals who, from the outside, appear to have it all together. But behind the success, I’ve seen the pressure, uncertainty, self-doubt, loneliness, and sometimes burnout that can come with leadership.

 

There can also be an unspoken expectation to stay positive, be resilient, and keep moving forward. But constantly looking for the positive can sometimes prevent us from acknowledging when something is genuinely difficult.

The greater the responsibility, the fewer places there can be to say, “This is hard.”

Again and again, I found myself wishing I could connect people navigating similar experiences. That became the inspiration for Behind Every Title.

A space where accomplished people can put down the title for a moment and have the conversations that often go unspoken.

The title tells us what someone does. It rarely tells us what they carry.

A Different Kind of Room

No pitches. No polished résumés. No expectation to have all the answers.

 

Just honest conversation, meaningful connection, and the opportunity to be with others who understand the realities of leadership.

 

Because sometimes the most powerful part of a leader’s story isn’t what they achieved. It’s who they became getting there.

Date

September 22, 2026

Doors Open & Connection

3:30 PM

Doors Open

3:30 PM

Featured Conversation

4:00 PM

Conversation

4:00 PM

Following the Conversation — Connection & Closing

Event concludes by 6:00 PM

Location

Offset Studios - 6012 3rd St SW

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We at Virtuous Circle Counselling acknowledge Moh’kinstsis, the lands where the Bow and Elbow rivers meet, in what we currently call Calgary. We acknowledge that we are visitors on Moh’kinsstis and acknowledge the Blackfoot are those who named this area as Moh’kinsstis. In the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation, we recognize the ancestral territories, cultures, and oral practices of the Blackfoot people, the Îyarhe Nakoda Nations, the Dene people of the Tsuut’ina Nation, and the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.