Monique MacKinnon
- Workplace Investigation Fundamentals including Neutrality & Fair Process (Rubin Thomlinson) - Safe Sport™ Trained (U.S. Center for SafeSport) - Trauma Informed Practitioner Levels 1–3 (Trauma Informed Practice Institute) - Administrative Investigations into Sexual Grooming (Veritas Solutions) - Forensic Accounting (Fraud Investigation 1 & 2) (Udemy) - Private Investigator Training Certificate (Security Guard Course Inc.)
CEO · Adjudicator · Investigator · Speaker Expert
Monique MacKinnon Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- - Workplace and sports misconduct investigations - Hearing panel adjudication - Speaking and training in investigative foresight, ethical decision-making, and negotiations
- Career Focus
- Independent third-party investigations and adjudication across workplace and sport contexts, with a speaking and training background serving CPAs, finance professionals, and educational institutions. Work also relevant to law enforcement organizations navigating similar decisions.
- Affiliation
- - Energetic Evolution (CEO) - British Columbia Hockey League (Safe Sport Officer)
Monique MacKinnon nearly walked away from fees she was owed by a client abroad — nine months of unanswered calls and empty promises, with international law offering no real recourse at the time. She didn't walk away. Persistence, and a detail that pointed to an unexpected source of leverage, got her — and her speaking peers — paid in full. What surfaced from that experience, she developed into the Cue Ball Method: a systematic 5-step process for cutting through complexity to the next best move.
Monique has been a professional speaker since 2008. Since 2019, she has presented the Cue Ball Method to thousands of senior leaders across North America and the Middle East — CPAs, fraud examiners, forensic accountants, law enforcement, sport, and governance organizations — on investigative foresight, ethical decision-making, and negotiations.
She is a licensed Ontario private investigator conducting independent third-party misconduct investigations (abuse, harassment, discrimination), including as Safe Sport Officer for the BCHL, and adjudicates sport misconduct cases. She won the 2025 Corporate LiveWire Innovation & Excellence Award for ethical leadership and organizational transformation.
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Top 5 ways to avoid burnout this season and year
Since you are here to learn the 5 ways to avoid burnout this season and year, I will cut to the chase. Here are time tested and proven methods of keeping your personal batteries perpetually charged and robust. 1. Clear out the drudgery from your life: This may be boxes filled with painful memories, excess items (even e-mails), or your social masks – what you may be attaching yourself to that may also be draining you of your personal vitality. What will be the result?
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Right attention attracts right results to entrepreneurs
If you want to create different and better results for yourself and your team, at work and/or home, consider going a step further in your self-development and expanding your inner self. If you continue managing your time, finances, people and stress, and additionally, focus your attention and actions on what matters in your life, professionally and personally, you will begin to manifest more of what is on your wish or dream list. This is called “stretching” your current state of being. Why is this important? - Because there are only 24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year: limited time.
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Networking For Introverts - 3 Steps to Doing it Naturally
Someone once said: “You do a very good impression of yourself”. Now, here are 3 simple steps for making the best possible first and lasting impression, as you network naturally -- whether or not you are an introverted, shy or reserved networker. Step 1 - Let your mouth do the talking: Firstly, make peace with the idea that you will need to actively and regularly tell people about your accomplishments. You cannot depend on others to read your mind or ask you about your accomplishments.
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Do your business and succeed, or get off the pot
Business and financial uncertainty is certain... just like taxes are. And between you and me, if you are wondering how you can create a positive, lasting impact when your world may look and feel shaky instead of solid, here is the answer: You, the small business owner, need to become increasingly more certain, compassionate, and confident about your ability to add value to others’ lives. The thing is, when you lead with conviction (hence the title: "Do your business and succeed, or get off the pot"), you instill hope and confidence in your audience’s mind.
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5 Networking Opportunities You May Be Missing Out On
If you had the choice, would you rather forego in-person networking in favor of something that’s less unnerving and more enjoyable? So, what makes us shy away from, or downplay who we “truly” are during networking… that it feels like “selling”? The good news is, you can eliminate your pattern of shying away from in-person networking and truly be your “real” self in this context.
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Be your best, not stressed: 3 entrepreneurial communication styles
As the popular saying goes, “anything worth doing is worth doing well”. This is true; however, you can do something well without needing to do it perfectly. To lead a successful and satisfying life, you need to understand the difference between “doing your best” and “striving for perfection”. And although the examples below are work-related, you can easily transfer the same principles into your personal life.
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Are you wanting to change or preserve your reality: 6 questions can change the course of your life (Part 2 of 3)
Are you coming into this article “cold”? Or you are still warmed up from having read Are you wanting to change or preserve your reality? (Part 1 of 3)? Stretching your way to increased abundance requires that you respect the rules of proper stretching. Now that you know whether stretching is for you and whether you are open to it (not sure? then go back and (re)read Part 1), you are ready to ramp up your abundance-affirming workout...
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Success Comes When You Are Sold on You - the 3 Step Formula
Being a good listener makes you a strong communicator. When I was in direct sales, I became one of the top leaders on our North American team, I think because I was 100 percent committed to, and diligent in achieving my daily goal: to conduct 50 cold calls per week day. As a result of my dedication and success, I was recognized by my team leader and even the #3 income earner within this international company, specifically for having strong phone communication skills. During calls, I would do most of the listening, not most of the talking, as you may have expected me to say.
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Is the grass greener on the other side?: 4 tips to a more vibrant life
When you acknowledge, accept and embrace the fact that your weaknesses are also your strengths, you can begin detaching yourself from illusion of “good” or “better” versus “bad” and “worse” in your life. The truth is, you are whole. Once you fully embrace this notion, you will consistently view your life in a more positive-and-yet-still-grounded light , you will experience these: Top ten reasons for not buying into grass being greener on the other side You will: 1. Become more easily satisfied and fulfilled 2. Experience more inner and outer peace 3.
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Are you wanting to change or preserve your reality: 6 questions can change the course of your life (Part 3 of 3)
Part 1 of this introductory article highlighted whether stretching, aka personal growth (not to be confused with parking your butt, reading self-help books, and watching the world whiz by you), is for you and whether you are open to using it to grow your business and improve your lifestyle. Part 2 covered how to stretch to your desired reality in a conscious and supported way. Part 3 shows you what attitudes and actions are required before you can replace inch-by-inch changes with exponential progress.
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What do your reality shows reveal about you?
Anytime of the year is a good time to assess where you have been, acknowledge where you are right now, and dream your most beautiful life into existence. Here is a unique perspective for accelerating this process: Imagine that you are sitting in a comfortable, plush chair in front of a large, high-definitio TV screen. You have a remote control in your hand, and you are just about to tune into a particular channel. This is the station where you have spent most of your time over the past 2 to 6 months.
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Top 7 tips of how to not lose sight of, and realize your business vision
What is analysis paralysis? What is the negative impact of experiencing analysis paralysis? "Analysis paralysis is "an informal phrase applied to when the opportunity cost of decision analysis exceeds the benefits". It stems from self-sabotaging beliefs, including the following: - Once I have gathered this information, found this fact, or make this list a bit longer, then I will be ready to tackle this project or task, or make this change.
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- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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