I help organizations thrive. Yours can too.

My work is devoted to shining a new light on the way we lead and engage people.

There is a better way forward—one that not only embraces humanity but also allows for its full expression.

Why does it matter? Because this is the key to incredible and sustainable success, for everyone involved.

Do you have an upcoming event that would be better supported with an external facilitator?

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You are running into problems with your workforce and it is slowing the business down. But you’re not sure about what’s going on or how to find the root cause.

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Your business needs are changing, and along with them your people needs are shifting too. I can help you keep both aligned to ensure sustainable growth.

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Most people leave managers, not organizations. We can help your managers become incredible leaders. Let’s talk.

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When coaching a team, we work with individual coachees, with the team as a whole, and with the organization. This has a great deal of potential for increasing performance. Let’s talk.

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Do you need a keynote? I love getting people inspired and energized.

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Even over video conference, Christine challenged us to more courageous leadership

Portrait of Amanda McLean

I first met Christine when she facilitated an in-person round-table discussion for HR professionals: How do we take our leadership to the next level when we move from director to executive?

Christine’s authentic and informed teaching compelled us to invite her back the following year, where she introduced us to Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead material. Facilitating this time over Zoom, Christine was equally present, engaging our group with the material and prompting healthy discussion and growth.

Even over video conference, she challenged us to more courageous leadership. I look forward to working with Christine again!

AMANDA MCLEAN
Vice President, Human Resources
Young Life of Canada

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STEPS TO SUCCESS

Here is a general outline of how I will approach our work together.
To begin, you will explain to me what you are concerned about and what your goals are. I’ll be asking you a lot of questions.
With the outcome of Step 1 in mind, I will look for relevant information internally to gain a clear understanding of the challenges we are dealing with. The goal being to not confuse symptoms and root cause.
Next, I present my findings and you give me feedback. This time around, you ask me a lot of questions.
Now I present you with practical steps to resolve the challenges and we talk about how to realistically make it happen. We tweak the plan until we are both comfortable with it.
As we implement our plan, chances are it will get uncomfortable at times. I'll probably nudge you out of your comfort zone and invite you to try new ways. The magic will be found in the midst of this discomfort. It will be worth it - the answer to your initial query will not be found in duplicating what is.
I will circle back and check on how things are coming along.

An authentic, respected, experienced, and strong leader

Mike Desjardins headshotAn authentic, respected, experienced, and strong leader
I have known Christine for over 10 years and have had the opportunity of collaborating with her on work focusing on two primary areas: leadership and culture.

I have come to know Christine as an authentic, respected, experienced, and strong leader. I saw her lead a cultural transformation across a Canada wide organization. In the midst of challenging change initiatives, the organization’s engagement scores rose to 86%, following a positive trend over three years. This level of engagement stands out in enterprise-sized organizations and was recognized in The Achievers Top 50 Most Engaged Companies. This accomplishment has a great deal to do with Christine’s leadership.

The fact that she managed to accomplish this while simultaneously renewing eleven collective agreements across seven provinces and rolling out a company-wide values program, all the while doing her “day-job,” is quite a feat.

I can sum up her energy and passion for her work with a statement I made to her recently, “Very few people get the opportunity to create value at this level of HR on a national scale in their career, let alone have them happening in such a short timeframe. It’s impressive.”

MIKE DEJSARDINS
Driver (CEO), ViRTUS

 

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