Helen works with leaders and teams to build on their strengths, tackle any potential unconstructive behaviours, practices ,or ‘fatal flaws’ to enable them to bring their best selves to their organizations every day, and to hold themselves accountable for doing so.

Helen has over 25 years of business experience which she draws upon to support her executive coaching and consulting practice. Helen considers herself first and foremost a businessperson. Her deep knowledge and experience enable her to understand and appreciate the context leaders are working in, and to support them to generate practical solutions and approaches that work for them in achieving business goals.

Helen is known for establishing high-trust relationships that support leaders to confidently and consistently bring their best selves to their teams and organizations. She works with them to heighten their self-awareness, to understand what drives them as well as what gets in their way, to identify their unique strengths and challenges, and to generate possibilities, tactics and actions to realize their goals.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT ENGAGEMENTS

• Coached SVP Operations to build trust-based relationships with direct reports and peers to enable effective delegation, empowerment, accountability, collaboration and results.
• Coached VP Finance and Treasury to increase self-awareness and self-management, leading to stronger relationships with direct reports, peers and internal customers, and increased team productivity.
• Coached Regional VP to support change implementation including new roles and new practices and processes, leading to enhanced communication, clarity of direction and accountabilities, and improved cross-functional collaboration and performance.
• Coached VP Real Estate to support identifying career goals and determine priorities in order to achieve greater work-life balance.
• Coached newly appointed leaders to effect a smooth transition into their roles. Coached their teams to enhance team alignment, effectiveness and performance.

Professional/Corporate Experience

• AVP, Integrated HR Solutions, Canadian Tire Financial Services
• AVP, Leadership Development, Learning and Organizational Development, Canadian Tire Financial Services
• AVP, Leadership Development, Canadian Tire Corporation
• Senior Director, Leadership Development Programs and Processes, Maple Leaf Foods
• Director, Leadership Programs and Client Relationship Management, CIBC Leadership Centre

Education

• MBA, Human Resource Management and Marketing, McGill University and the London Business School., BA with Distinction, Organizational Psychology, McGill University.