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Chad Hughes invites Nikki Sitch, Manager of Land and Community Inclusion at Kiwetinohk Energy Corp, to the show to talk about her career journey and the insights she has on attributes that lead to success. As Nikki talks, it becomes clear that she lives what she believes in regards to creating your own future.
Nikki claims she got into land “by fluke” as she moved from receptionist at AltaGas to being a Junior Land Admin in the Land Department. She learned on the job and enjoyed it, so she got her land agent’s license and earned her Bachelor of Commerce in Petroleum Land Management at University of Calgary over a period of eight years. Nikki is a driven person by nature but also cites mentors she had along the way as being a huge influence on her career.
Nikki shares how she approached the challenges she encountered in each job as a chance for education and pushing herself. She tells Chad she enjoys the thought process of solving issues, being creative about approaches, and having a desire to always learn. She is clear that mindset plays a big part in realizing success. This holds true in how she came to write her first book, while maintaining her land career, and seeing it rise to the bestseller’s list on Amazon. Nikki has a lot to share about company culture, what it takes to work effectively in land, and how her writing helps inform her land career.
“I love the idea of Kiwetinohk just being a different kind of company, we’re not just an oil and gas company, we’re what’s called an energy transition company. Meaning that we obviously are drilling for, you know, mostly we’re looking for natural gas. And we’re also, we’re going out and we’re doing renewable energy projects. So I had the opportunity here to work on some solar projects, and to work on some natural gas fired power projects.” – Nikki Sitch
About Nikki Sitch:
Nikki Sitch has been with Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. since October 2018 and is the Manager, Land and Community Inclusion. Nikki has roughly 25 years of experience in all facets of land management and indigenous relations in the producing regions of western Canada in exploration, development, acquisitions and divestitures. Just prior to Kiwetinohk, Nikki was the Manager of Integrity and Operations at Aim Land Services Ltd. where she created and expanded the operations, mineral, and upstream departments while managing projects and her growing team. Nikki has created enduring friendships with community leaders, industry counterparts, landowners, and indigenous leaders. She has negotiated and supervised the acquisition of more than 2,500 surface agreements, acquired more than 400 square miles of land and negotiated more than a dozen deals valued between $100K to $100MM.
Nikki earned a Bachelor of Commerce in Petroleum Land Management and holds a valid Alberta Land Agent’s Licence. She is an active member of the Canadian Association of Energy and Land Professionals (CALEP) and holds both the P. Land and PSL designations. Nikki has served in a leadership role on many CALEP (formerly CAPL) committees, including President in 2015-16, Director on the Board for 7 years, and in 2007 she was awarded the CAPL Bright Lights Award. Nikki was a founding member of the team that created the Petroleum Land Business extension certificate at Mount Royal University, where she developed and taught the Surface Rights & Regulations Overview course. She was part of the team that created the Professional Surface Landman designation and chaired the team that developed 7 new surface courses with CAPL to support the new designation.
In her spare time, Nikki has written two books and is in the midst of writing book three. Nikki’s first book Love, Lust & WTF?!! is an Amazon #1 Bestseller. Daisy’s Adventures in Love isNikki’s second book and is a continuation from Love, Lust and WTF – Daisy’s Dating Adventures. Both books are available in hard copy and in ebook format where books are sold online.
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Chad Hughes | CEO, Entrepreneurial Leader, Author: website |linkedin
Nikki Sitch | Manager, Land & Community Inclusion at Kiwetinohk Energy Corp / Author: website | linkedin | facebook | books
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