The Skid Row CEO
Donna and I met Joe Roberts on our journey of meeting people every day. We came across Joe when we saw him on a video on goal.cast (see link below). Watching this video brought tears to my eyes and I felt compelled to reach out to Joe.
Joe went from Skid Row to CEO in 12 years. With this experience he helps companies and people redefine what’s truly possible. He is an expert on resiliency and change. Having experienced both catastrophic failure and extraordinary success he teaches how anyone can overcome perceived limitations and create high performance results.
Joe is also the Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Push for Change Foundation, a charity advocating for youth homelessness prevention. Joe walked 9064KM across Canada from May 1, 2016 until September 29, 2017, pushing a shopping cart to raise money and awareness about youth homelessness.
What is most amazing about Joe is that in 1989 he was living on the streets of Vancouver as a homeless skid row addict. Through perseverance, determination and his resilient human spirit, Joe pulled himself out of darkness and despair, to become a highly respected business and community leader.
Since 1989, Joe has acquired two college diplomas, became the CEO of one of Vancouver’s leading multimedia companies, walked across Canada and achieved more success than he could ever have imagined. Joe has been recognized by MacLean’s Magazine as one of “10 Canadians who make a difference,” won the BC Courage to Come Back Award, received The Ontario Premier’s Award for Business, was given an Honorary Doctorate from Laurentian University and was recognized by the Senate of Canada with their Canada 150 Medal. Recently Joe was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) from The Governor General of Canada.
Joe Roberts
https://www.linkedin.com/in/skidrowceo/
https://skidrowceo.com/
goal.cast
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSRbwoGLgZR/
Stephen Fry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-fry-19b64614/
https://www.instagram.com/thestephenfry/