Strategic Planning

A powerful strategic planning workshop designed for teams between 6 and 24 people.

Follow-up from the workshop includes stakeholder consultations with:

Employee groups, students, the Board, industry partners, community partners, government, research collaborators, and Ministry officials.

“I’ve been part of planning workshops throughout my career, but nothing has ever come close to the powerful exploration of our own Keys to our Success, with, by and for our people. This workshop was truly transformative for us.”

J. Abbott

Utilizing a combination of appreciative inquiry, design thinking, and generativity, the workshop sets the foundation for outstanding strategic plans.

Leader Development & Coaching

Personal and Team building, specializing in Psychodynamic Performance Assessment.

Utilizing a triangulated profiling approach, help your teams better understand each others’ capabilities, capacities, and performance styles to improve team dynamics and institutional performance.

“Ben’s coaching helped me better understand myself, and how to more effectively work with my team. Super powerful and incredibly insightful. He found the real me.”

S. Chen

Financial Sustainability & Recovery

This is the tough stuff. It’s not flashy; it’s not pretty - but it can be done. And now, more than ever, institutions need to address their financial sustainability. A specialty of Ben’s, he has a proven track record of helping institutions turn the financial corner, improve the budget, and maintain the highest ethical and academic standards in alignment with “the Purpose.”

“Over 1/4 of all institutions in 2024/25 are in some form of financial crisis, and that number is going to increase to 1/3 in 2025/26.”

A.Usher

Board Governance

Good governance allows an institution to shine. Clarity of roles, clarity of purpose, alignment of values - all with an understanding of how Boards guide institutions, support the President, and set the foundation for institutional excellence.

New Board member orientation, Board policy development, Board retreats/workshops, Board advocacy, and Board-Institution relationships - all to ensure your institution’s continued success with the right balance of oversight and autonomy.

Interim Executive Support

Finding talent in a competitive market is challenging. Sometimes it takes time to find the right person with the right fit for your organization.

If you require an executive role to be filled in the interim while you find that right person, Ben’s extensive experience from faculty to President, and almost every position in between, provides your organization with “a steady hand on the controls” and a roll-up-the-sleeves attitude to help you and your organization.