MONTREAL CEO PEER GROUP

Fulfilling Workplaces
CEO Peer Group

A confidential peer group for CEOs and Senior Leaders who want to build Companies where People leave work with more Energy than they arrived.

In a world of burnout and constant optimization, you carry a deeper conviction: work can give energy, not just take it.

  • Build a culture that energizes instead of exhausting.

  • Think with a trusted circle of CEOs and senior leaders.

  • Turn your deep leadership conviction into a living, fulfilling workplace.

Hear the Vision in 3 Minutes

Before you read further, take a moment to watch this short video. I share why this group exists, what a fulfilling workplace really means, and how we decide together whether this is the right space for you. There is no pitch here, just clarity and alignment.


A calm, honest conversation about the work we do together.

THE RIGHT FIT

Is This You?

This group is designed for a specific kind of leader. As you read below, you will either recognize yourself clearly—or know this is not your path right now.

CEO or Senior Leader

You are a CEO, C-level executive, or VP with a real team to lead, based in Montreal or nearby.

Established Business

Your company has 15 to several hundred employees, with proven revenue. What matters most is not size—it's your commitment to building a workplace that regenerates and inspires.

Beyond Survival Mode

You are in a phase of structuring, optimizing, and scaling—not chasing proof that the business works.

Willing to Grow

You are open to being challenged in order to make your best decisions. No armor, no walls—just honest growth in a safe, confidential, and warm environment.

Ready to Elevate Others

You come to give, not just to receive. You have the courage to "carefront"—to ask impactful questions with respect and kindness, without fear of honest challenge.

Deep Personal Conviction

You feel a profound conviction about the kind of leadership and culture you want to create—not just "less toxic," but truly fulfilling and life-giving.

"If these descriptions feel like looking in a mirror, we should talk. If they don't—that's perfectly fine. This group isn't for everyone, and that's by design."

The Core Idea

What Is a Fulfilling Workplace?

A fulfilling workplace is not a utopia or a perk. It's a place where work itself gives energy—where people feel seen, challenged, and supported.

Leadership creates clarity, not confusion. Teams solve problems together instead of protecting themselves. People grow because the environment allows it.

When work changes, life outside work changes too—how people show up at home, with their families, in their communities.

People leave work with more energy than when they arrived.

Leadership brings clarity, trust, and psychological safety—instead of fear and confusion.

Teams grow stronger every month through shared responsibility, learning, and real conversations.

Culture is treated as a strategic engine of innovation and sustainable performance—not just a poster on the wall.

It is a living system that listens, adjusts, tells the truth, and channels energy where it matters.

It is not a perfect place—it is a place that grows, adapts, and cares.

A Fulfilling Workplace Is...

Faster, Clearer Decisions

Decisions in hours, not weeks—more clarity, less internal friction.

Life Beyond Work Improves

When work gives energy instead of taking it, life outside work quietly improves too, and future generations see leadership and work as something worth growing into, not escaping from.

THE Outcomes

What Becomes Possible

When leaders commit to building fulfilling workplaces—and are supported by a peer group that holds them accountable—these outcomes become likely.

More Time on Strategy

Less firefighting, more time shaping the future.

Retention of Top Performers

Your best people stay and grow because they feel seen and supported.

Difficult Conversations Earlier

Issues addressed before they become crises—less drama, more honesty.

A Culture People Belong To

The workplace becomes a place of belonging, not just a job.

Energy That Compounds

Leadership feels energizing instead of draining—for you and your team.

THE STRUCTURE

How This CEO Group Works

This is a TEC-Canada peer advisory group with a proven structure that has supported tens of thousands of CEOs worldwide. Here's how we work together.

Monthly Full-Day Sessions

In-person meetings in Montreal, plus a yearly retreat. Real conversations, real decisions, real accountability.

Small, Curated Group

Around 15-18 CEOs and senior leaders, carefully selected for fit, commitment, and contribution.

Chair-Facilitated Conversations

Confidential, structured discussions focused on your real issues and decisions, not theory or abstract content.

Global Network Access

Connect with 45,000+ business leaders through TEC-Canada's partnership with Vistage Worldwide, organized by industry, for relevant peer connections in your field on top of your own group.

Expert Speakers

Up to 8 expert speakers per year on leadership, culture, and sustainable performance.

Coaching

Co-elevating coaching sessions between meetings to deepen the work and maintain momentum.

Global Perspective: This is a special TEC‑Canada affiliated peer advisory group with a proven structure that has supported tens of thousands of CEOs worldwide, and our greatest strength is the shared vision of the fulfilling workplaces we’re each building and evolving.

Does this approach resonate with how you want to grow as a leader?

THE INVESTMENT

Investment and Commitment

This is a premium group, and we believe in transparency. The investment reflects the depth of the work, the ongoing learning, the impact of the experience, and the kind of support and challenge that meaningfully shifts how you lead and live, so that every 3 to 6 months, you grow into a new, better version of yourself.

Financial Investment

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP

$22,740 CAD

Billed Quartely $5,685 CAD + taxes

Or Monthly $1,895 CAD + taxes

One-Time Enrollment Fee $2,095 CAD + taxes

Non-Financial Commitment

Beyond the financial investment, membership requires genuine commitment to the group and to your own growth.

Show up consistently and prepared.

Contribute to others, not only receive.

Protect the confidentiality and depth of the conversations.

IMPORTANT

This Group Isn't for Everyone

The quality of this group depends on who is in it. We are protective of that quality, which means being respectfully clear about who this is not for.

This Group Is NOT For:

Leaders looking for quick fixes, hacks, or motivational hype.

CEOs who want someone else (a consultant) to "fix" their organization for them.

People not willing to look honestly at their own leadership and patterns.

People who see culture and people as "soft topics" instead of core strategic levers.

Anyone primarily seeking status or a logo, rather than deep work on themselves and their organization.

If this resonates, keep reading. If it doesn't, we respect that—and wish you well on your journey.

THE RIGHT PEOPLE

Who This Is For

If you've read this far, you may already sense whether you belong here. These are the leaders who thrive in this group.

You Will Feel at Home Here If:

You care deeply about your people and their growth.

You believe that humanity and performance reinforce each other.

You want a trusted space to think, speak openly, and grow quickly as a leader.

You are ready to keep evolving every 3–6 months into your next version as a leader.

You want your company to be both high-performing and life-giving.

You are willing to bring real issues to the table, not just talk about them.

You understand that changing yourself is the first step to changing your organization.

If these descriptions feel like coming home, we should have a conversation.

Member Experiences

What Leaders Say

These are voices from leaders who have walked this path. Their words speak to the transformation that becomes possible.

"Working with Gilles has been transformative for myself, and even more so for my team. The biggest benefit I've gained is clarity in my leadership approach, which has led to more confident decision-making. We went from a team of individual contributors, with the burden of decisions resting on my shoulders, to a strong, results-driven leadership team. This shift has allowed me to truly work on the business rather than being trapped in the business."

Patrick Desrochers

CEO, UBIWEB | Canada

"I was inspired to see how connected he was to his members, and how he spoke so adoringly of them. After doing some coaching work with him I recognized that it was not only his extensive business experience but his ability to listen and reflect back on their concerns in simple and manageable terms. After a session with Gilles, I feel heard and have a clear path of what I need to do next. I also have that feeling you get after a great laugh."

Lara Patriquin, MD

Physician, Writer, Speaker & Coach

"I had the chance to work in collaboration with Mr Prepoint for several years. He was able to motivate his work team, to do research in order to find solutions. Doing different, breaking out of the norm, habits and going further are what characterize his way of working. In addition, he always had an attentive ear for me, who lived challenges as a team leader. What made a difference for me is his approach, he never told me what to do, he rather led me to think so I question myself and find a solution that is my color and with which I am comfortable. He never judged my work, rather he looked at it with a different eye, which allowed me to grow personally and as a leader."

Canada Air Force Captain

Military Leadership

YOUR CHAIR

Meet Gilles

Founder, Fulfilling Workplaces · Chair, TEC Canada

Over the years, Gilles has created, led, and accompanied businesses across 4 continents, seeing cultures that exhaust and cultures that genuinely regenerate people.

Through it all, one conviction has remained constant: human and economics can work together, and work should give energy, not just take it. This isn’t theory, it’s lived experience from building teams and facing the hard moments of leadership.

As Chair of this CEO peer group, Gilles doesn’t walk in front or behind. He walks with his peers, holding the space, protecting the framework, and embodying the truth of this work.

"The workplace you build reflects the leader you become. This group exists to help you become that leader, together."

THE PATH

Selection Process

Joining this group is a deliberate process. We take time to ensure the right people meet at the right moment.

Application

You share your leadership context, goals, and values through a thoughtful application.

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First Conversation

We explore alignment with the group's purpose and basic criteria. This is a two-way conversation.

Selection Interview

An honest, in-depth conversation about your leadership journey, goals, and fit with the group.

Decision

If it's a mutual fit, you receive an invitation to join. If not, we part with clarity and respect.

Ready to Build a Highly Successful

Fulfilling Workplace?

The application is the first step of reflection and engagement. It already brings clarity about your current leadership and the culture you want to create.

There is no obligation to join. The conversation itself is designed to be useful. If it's not the right fit, we will say so honestly and respectfully.

Your application is confidential. We respond within 48 hours.