Matt Mosteller is a senior executive with Resorts of the Canadian Rockies. It is high time leaders of all companies finally get on the right path. Canada, we can and need to be a champion in the well-being economy. The industrial age model of being solely focused on profits, costs and selfish financial metrics is no longer practical or sustainable for the greater priority – our people. Even worse, those humans are a footnote in the costs, often listed as a cost or resource.
For starters, let’s begin with the ski industry because this close-knit community which I am involved in, is – absolutely, full stop – totally about people. If you lead with a hyper focus on putting your people first, then those other areas such as financial performance, safety, environment and community enrichment will organically follow. I have worked in the ski industry my entire adult life – including a stint as a professional ski bum – and worked my way up to the leadership level. I’ve seen both sides of the coin, figuratively and literally. For years, I had it wron