Angie believes that engaging people in their working life is the key to providing organizations with the highest return on their investment.
Services include: career development and transition, talent acquisition/selection, on-boarding, leadership development, talent management and employee engagement, relationship coaching and career management, mentoring, training and facilitation, team building and cultural understanding in diverse environments.
Focus: Business or Education Services, Business, Government, Not-for-Profit, Manufacturing, Retail, Distribution or Management Search organizations.
Muir Tapes & Adhesives, CareerCycles, Drake International, Canadian Management Centre, Everest Colleges Canada Inc., triOS College, Academy of Learning, PTC/Willis College, Salon & Spa Career College/Champlain Institutes Ltd., Canada Health Infoway (CHI), Kelly Services, Family Day Care Services, Kathbern Management and Knightsbridge. Successes: reduced turnover of key personnel by 40%, sick time reduction by over $60K, career coaching a CMA candidate to land an analyst role and progress to a management level within the first eight months, surpassed 92% placement rate for Ontario graduates and introduced user-friendly recruitment tools and processes nationally to reduce costs by 25% in the first year.
Whether you are hiring or restructuring, developing your people or seeking innovative ways to engage / retain and develop your talent OR are a career changer ready to clarify and intentionally explore your next career step, we can help. We are excited to provide training solutions through our strategic partners. Doug and Maureen are among our partners. We collaborate with a variety of experts and value the opportunity to work with you.
Maureen Brown, Founder and Director - Rock Diversity Inc. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureenbrowndiversity/
https://rockdiversity.ca/about-us/
Douglas Shimada, MBA:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-shimada-a402753/
Workshop Leader
Doug Shimada has enjoyed a career that has included work in telecommunications and computer sectors as well as private vocational, executive and higher education. His roles have included business development, sales education, total quality, human resources. Doug began his career in sales but moved into a variety of HR and Learning and Development roles before being recruited as VP HR for a large publicly traded vocational college and executive education provider.
Throughout his career, Doug has been regarded as being able to identify high performing employees as well "grow teams". He has championed a number of initiatives surrounding leadership and talent management to help attract, retain and motivate the "best and brightest".
Human Resources & Career Transition Speaking Engagements:
Some organizations that Doug has been invited to speak with:
Presentation/discussion topics have included,