Specific Experience In Human Resources And Organization Development

Consulted to a wide cross section of private and public sector organizations undergoing restructuring and rationalization on related issues of human resource management, change management, organizational effectiveness, transition management, conflict management, and labour relations.  Clients included:  Mobile Oil, Husky Oil, Echo Bay Mines, TransAlta Utilities, Sherritt Gordon Mines, Government of Alberta, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., and Department of National Defense.

Led a team of consultants responsible for restructuring, re-engineering and rebuilding effective, high performance teams within a major Canadian Oil and Gas firm during a merger that yielded a combined corporation of over 1500 employees.

Executive Coaching, Management Development, Organizational Performance Improvement and Strategy Development for a retail mining company attempting to undergo significant growth and enhanced performance within the Athabasca Oil Sands.

Consulted to Ameriven S.A., a large oil company in Venezuela, on issues of performance management and optimization of human and organizational design.

Provide ongoing organizational transformation consulting, executive advisory to the board, president and senior management, strategy development, organizational redesign and development, and performance measurement and enhancement to a large scale heavy civil construction, pipeline, and mine services company that is embarking on a rapid growth expansion into international and broader national marketplaces.  Their target is to double EBITDA and to reach and sustain EVA of 10% within 3 years.

Provided strategic management and performance measurement expertise, leadership development, executive coaching, and organizational transformation technology to a major pipeline company embarked on significant competitive growth.

Conducted an organizational audit to determine root issues affecting the efficiency and effectiveness of organizational and management systems within Bitumen Production division of Suncor Energy Ltd., Oil Sands Group.  Ongoing leadership development, strategy development, strategic management and performance consulting to remediate critical issues is being provided.

Consulted to a major international Engineering and Construction firm, providing performance management capabilities to their major projects.  Provided leadership coaching and organizational alignment facilitation to project management teams on multi-billion dollar projects, including mega projects involving multiple contractor strategic alliances and joint ventures. 

Provided design, development and integration of Behavioral Based Safety programs for clients whose safety standards represented some of the most stringent Total Recordable Incident Rates in the world.

Consulted to a major pipeline operator to design a model of organizational change suited to their shift in strategic direction towards international operation and gas disbursement.

Designed, developed and implemented a leadership development process and a strategic management and measurement process (Balanced Scorecard) for Suncor Energy Inc., Oil Sands Group.

Consulted to an international precision tool and dye manufacturer on issues of performance enhancement and organizational transformation for competitive advantage in a global marketplace.

Designed and conducted major strategic change and performance improvement interventions for several companies within the Forest Products Industry of British Columbia.

Consulted to Molson Breweries in the design, development and implementation of a new Labour-Management Partnership framework serving as the cornerstone of an overall workplace reform strategy.

Designed and developed middle management, supervisory and workforce level training and development courseware in areas of Conflict Resolution, Effective Communication, Constructive Feedback, Problem Solving, Access Management, Time Management, Critical Thinking, Effective Delegation, Conducting Effective Meetings, Assertiveness, and Managing Change for various organizations including Molson Breweries, Imperial Oil and Silcorp (Mac’s Convenience Stores).

Designed and facilitated numerous group workshops for Career Transition, Career Management, Career Decision, Organizational Transition Management, and Individual and Organizational Revitalization in a variety of large, medium, and small private and public sector organizations across western Canada.

Implemented a Balanced Scorecard as a vehicle for increasing dialogue, resolving conflict and enhancing organizational effectiveness and employee satisfaction within a Regional Government of Canada department.

Provided leadership development courses to Manitoba Hydro on creating adaptive organizational frameworks. Employed the Balanced Scorecard as a process for enabling adaptivity and acquiring the agility to change in the highly turbulent business environment of the knowledge-based information era.

On behalf of Calgary into the 21st Century (Human Resources) conducted a survey of Calgary small and medium sized businesses looking at their interest in "workplace diversity."

Conducted a range of executive recruiting programs for a variety of senior managerial positions in industry and government.  Assignments included:

• Assistant Deputy Ministers for the Provinces of Alberta and Nova Scotia
• The Maintenance Manager for a major Canadian oil well contractor
• The Senior Manager of Finance and Administration for one of Northern Alberta's largest construction products companies
• A Commissioner for the City of Edmonton

Advisor to many business start-ups, ranging from small manufacturers to service based businesses.

Carried out a variety of professional and managerial appraisals, both a separate activity and in conjunction with recruiting and relocation assignments.

Conducted a research program identifying job effectiveness attributes for an industrial training group.  The results of the study were used for improving employee selection, training, performance, appraisal and job definition.

For a major public sector client, conducted a salary survey that was adjusted for job content and incumbent qualifications.

Developed several computer models to simulate the impact of technology change on job and labor requirements.  The results were used to develop manpower plans.

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