Developing Leaders, Teams, and Cultures

  • "Ideas matter, but leaders and teams matter more"

    Peter Rea, James Stoller, and Alan Klop. Better Humans, Better Performance (New York; McGraw Hill, 2023)

  • "Great leaders build great organizational culture and behaviour that supports that culture drives performance"

    Mary Crossan, Gerard Seijts, and Bill Furlong. The Character Compass (London: Routledge, 2024)

  • "Great vision without great people is irrelevant"

    Jim Collins and William Lazier. BE 2.0 (New York: Portfolio, 2020)

  • "Choose courage over comfort"

    Brené Brown. Dare to Lead (New York: Random House, 2016)

  • "Its not what you preach, it's what you tolerate"

    Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. Extreme Ownership (New York: Saint Martin’s Press, 2015)

Mission

We all have experienced lousy leadership … and let’s face it, even the best leaders have fallen short in their leadership ideals. Why is that?

Oftentimes, leaders rationalize that they must “just get things done” and that “they don’t have time”. Sometimes, leaders just don’t know and they get in their own way. But poor leadership in an organization creates a toxic workplace culture which is correlated with employee burnout, turnover, and organizational failure.

Creating dedicated time for leaders to think about how they want to lead is not a luxury, but a necessity for the well-being of an organization’s team and the profitability of any company.

Good leadership is a practice and a journey. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a guide along the way as you walk that path?

The mission of H+1 Solutions is to help leaders find their authentic voice and bring out the best in their teams, by leading them one person at a time.

Common Reasons for Not Investing in Leadership and Culture

(and Why You Need Invest Instead!)

  • Only 33% of a new ventures’ return on investment is dependent upon the idea or strategy. The other 66% is determined by the teams and the people who lead them. (Better Humans, Better Performance, 2023)

  • That is fantastic and you are lucky. But every company and every team has a culture. The question is do you know what it is and how it is driving decisions? It is far easier to set the culture you want from the outset than to try and fix it after you’ve scaled up.

  • It’s not about not having enough time, rather it’s about priorities. Moreover, developing leaders is not about one-shot engagements, but rather consistent nudges and knowing what to look for and how to respond to challenges every day. We can show you how in a way that is fast and affordable.

  • Regardless of the context, healthy cultures and leaders share common features. From volunteer coaches, school teachers, and entrepreneurs to multinational CEOs and even combat leaders, the fundamentals for leadership and team building are the same. Let’s uncover them together.

Solutions

H+1 Solutions offers a values-based approach to leadership that will not only transform how you lead your teams but also help create the culture you want in your company and develop your teams to where they need to be to thrive. We work with your leadership team and your team members in groups and individual settings to help unpack how you want to lead and what areas could be tweaked and why. I meet you where you are and build from there, leveraging almost 30 years of diverse leadership and facilitation experience and combining it with yours to make something enduring for your company. We have a range of products that can help you and your team grow, thrive, and succeed.

Meet H. Christian Breede

H. Christian Breede is the founder and principal consultant at H+1 Solutions. In addition to this, he is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada, supervising research projects on policy analysis and military culture at the undergraduate and graduate level. Christian holds a PhD in War Studies from RMC and has published, lectured, and facilitated discussions on the topics of social cohesion, military culture, and leadership. He has 25 years of military experience including deployments with the Canadian Army in Haiti and Afghanistan.

Our Clients

Testimonials

“The impact of Christian’s leadership development training and continuous mentorship has been profound on the management, atmosphere, and culture of our company. In just a year it has become easy to see not just the leaders, but the contributors of the organization working together in an ongoing effort to improve the work environment and to demonstrate the company values.”

-Connor Crowe, Business Development Lead, Distributive Corporation

“Christian has a great ability to keep you interested. He has extensive experience in leadership roles that he is able to draw from and translate to any industry and any leader. The stories and the knowledge that he shared touched on many invaluable opportunities for personal and professional growth that are already being successfully implemented.”

-Glenn MacMullin, Vice President, RSEI Consultants Ltd.

“I have recommended Christian to several fellow founders and company executives. If you are interested in positively shaping your company’s culture, I highly recommend engaging H+1 Solutions.”

-Dan Desjardins, CEO, Distributive Corportation

“Christian brings a very unique and important lens to our Accelerator programming. His workshops on leadership are highly ranked and anticipated, and his expertise is respected because his commitment and approach to helping our entrepreneurs are founded on authenticity and deep knowledge of the challenges faced by many startup founders. As an ex-startup founder, I too have experienced the very blindspots that Christian highlights for our founders. To understand the pain points of leadership at an early stage and to address them in a way that they stay within sight through a start-up’s journey to scale, which can be game-changing for Founders. I believe Christian offers that perspective to Founders.”

- Sumit Bhatia, Director, Innovation and Policy, Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst