Liz Yorke and Associates, established in 1989, is a multi-dimensional health and human services management and organization development consulting firm. LY&A, based in Ontario, is owned and operated by Liz Yorke, who lives in Toronto. LY&A assists clients to make better decisions for the future, based on collection and analysis of significant information, specialized and objective advice built from broad experience and a high level of skill, and workable ideas. The firm’s portfolio includes project management, business analysis, facilitation, and extensive research, planning and evaluative work in the private, not-for-profit, and broader public sectors. The firm is committed to a collaborative approach in assisting Government, public sector organizations, private corporations, and not-for-profit agencies in their search for innovative and practical solutions to new and evolving challenges. The firm’s resources include both Ontario and Atlantic-Canada colleagues. Hatfield Management Consulting, also owned by Liz Yorke, is registered with the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies. The firm integrates the resources and expertise from Liz Yorke and Associates and those provided by Liz’s Atlantic-Canada based colleagues to provide a range of health and human consulting services in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Yorke Health Care Group Inc. is Liz’s incorporated business.
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EcoTactix/BestPlaceinCanada.com
EcoTactix is a British Columbia-based professional services firm delivering industry, market and business research and analysis to public sector and private sector clients. Our economic development and investment attraction services are designed to build experience, expertise and capabilities within our clients’ organizations and communities. We provide sustainable economic prosperity solutions to help local governments, economic development organizations, businesses and communities build resiliency and succeed. We also offer 24/7 community marketing and promotion through our Best Place in Canada website.
Business Improvement Architects
Business Improvement Architects has a reputation for helping organizations define their strategic direction, manage change, become more innovative, improve the performance of their leadership and successfully execute their projects.
Michael Stanleigh, CEO, has broad experience and expertise in operational effectiveness and helping their clients achieve their goals. As a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) Michael increases leadership performance through strategic planning, creates cultures and customized processes that drive innovation, improves key business processes through business process management and reengineering and manages the impact of these organizational changes.
As a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Michael provides consulting, coaching and customized training for Project Management Offices, Project Leaders and Project Teams on managing projects, creating project plans, conducting project audits and undertaking project risk assessments. As a Scrum Master he uses his expertise in the Waterfall and Agile processes to create unique approaches to continued project success.
As a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) Michael loves to share his business secrets for operational success with business audiences around the world. Michael involves audiences in understanding and managing change and business leaders in getting to the root cause of their business problems and generating effective solutions.
Bill Hogg & Associates
Senior leaders at organizations like Adecco, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Pita Pit, State Farm Insurance, Toronto International Film Festival — and even governments like City of Toronto and ServiceOntario hire Bill to navigate change and influence and inspire higher performing teams that measurably improve bottom line results (exceptional customer service, higher performing teams, increased productivity and improved profits.)
INTERACTIONS HR Solutions Inc.
INTERACTIONS HR Solutions Inc. (INTERACTIONS) specializes in organizational and staff development and has over 25 years’ experience ‘Setting Organizations Up For Success!™’. We develop processes and tools designed to proactively and methodically address common workplace challenges. Our highly effective, straight-forward easy-to-use management and human resources tools can be readily implemented and customized.
Roxane Gray, CEO and Founder of INTERACTIONS , is known for her work on accountability and competency as well as her ability to operationalize legislative requirements, core services and strategic initiatives. Roxane has spent the last 14 years dedicated to researching the organizational development and human resource management needs of local government organizations of all types and sizes, including: Villages, Towns, Cities, Counties, Regional Districts, and First Nations. INTERACTIONS’ Organizational Enhancement Toolkit™ – Local Government Edition (Toolkit) series is based on Roxane’s research and product development and reflects an immense knowledge transfer from numerous partnering municipalities.
The Toolkit is a blueprint for operational excellence, capturing the valuable day-to-day work required by municipal personnel; thus providing tremendous role clarity for Councils/Boards, CAOs, management, and staff. This industry-specific organizational system spans across all core functional service areas and exemplifies a model municipal organization.
Institute on Governance
The Institute on Governance is an independent, Canada-based, not-for-profit public interest institution with its head office in Ottawa and an office in Toronto. Our mission is ‘advancing better governance in the public interest,’ which we accomplish by exploring, developing and promoting the principles, standards and practices which underlie good governance in the public sphere.
The IOG offers the people and organizations with whom we work:
1) A systems approach taking into account the interaction of complex systems and decision-making
2) A neutral, impartial, independent and confidential working environment for clients addressing real-time governance challenges
3) Access to a network of leading thinkers on governance, with domestic and global expertise in the government, private and non-profit sectors, as well as Indigenous and other governance areas
4) A documentation centre and access to research and development resources to enable clients to apply leading-edge practice.
buildABILITY Corporation
At buildABILITY we care about those places. Those places that encompass experiences and those places that impact physical, mental and emotional health. We care about the buildings and spaces that people live in. buildABILITY enables organizations to build better buildings so people can live better. buildABILITY exists at the intersection between the built environment and the organizations that create it. We believe that we have a responsibility to create buildings that better serve people and we help organizations repare themselves to do this effectively. Services Offered: 1. Market Research and Consulting research, literature review, focus group, gap analysis, competitive analysis, environmental scans, economic/cost-benefit analysis, strategic planning, energy efficiency consulting, building science consulting, audience analysis 2. Program Development, Management, and Delivery facilitation/stakeholdering, program development, program management, program delivery, innovation mentoring, demonstration planning and coordination 3. Publication Development technical writing, graphic development, layout design, usability testing, user interface design, web applications, print media delivery/packaging, video development and editing 4. Curriculum Development and Training Delivery curriculum development, training, event coordination Areas of Expertise: Energy Efficiency Building Defects Product Knowledge Construction Materials/Components
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