PLANNING CLIENTS

The link will take you to a list of some of my planning clients. I have been able to get to the table when some very important strategic decisions were made. My experience as a planning facilitator is called upon by some of our most important institutions. I was there when the decision was made to breathe new life into the Winnipeg Stock Exchange. The Manitoba government called on us to pioneer client-focussed strategic planning in the Highways department. We shepherded three financial institutions through a recent merger. And we led the meetings that initiated a turnaround in a major arts organization. Professional associations of dentists, accountants, trainers, property appraisers,  public health officials, community developers, retirement planners, chiropracters and others have used our help to set new, long term directions.

I have had the privilge of working with some of our biggest and most successful private corporations to help them assess themselves against critical success factors in their sector, develop new visions, identify strategic alternatives, select the best strategy, and develop implementation plans. I work with retailers, software developers, television networks, financial service providers, printers, communications providers,  insurers, law firms, manufacturers, professional service providers, biotechnology companies, car dealerships, and other bottomline-oriented clients.

Health care, education and social service organizations face many, serious challenges today. I have been on the inside when boards and management get together to develop their response to a world that is changing around them.  Our clients include some of  our major hospitals,  health authorities, our universities, our social service agencies, and education boards. In the world of sports and recreation, we have been there when the Canada Games faced major challenges, when the PanAm games conducted a progress review, and when the Royal Winter Fair built a new governance structure. We have done the same for museums, theatres, aboriginal groups,  festivals,  religious organizations,  and even entire communities. 

Within the past few years I have helped develop strategic plans for...

PRIVATE SECTOR: Rice Financial, Wawanesa, Puratone, Acsion, OMT, Infocorp, Videon, the Women's Television Network, Great West Life, CN Rail, IDEA Marketing, SAAN Stores, The Aboriginal People's Television Network, Swan Valley Cabinets, Scurfield Tapper & Cuddy, Myers Weinberg, MTS-Allstream, Transcontinental-LGM Graphics, and Wasaya Airlines.
 

COOPERATIVE SECTOR: Credit Union Centrals of Manitoba-Saskatchewan-Alberta, Hyline Credit Union, Battlefords Credit Union/BCU Financial, Westman Media, Westoba Credit Union, Teachers Credit Union, Assiniboine Credit Union, Melville Credit Union, Kilarney Credit Union, Credit Union Stabilization Fund.

PUBLIC SECTOR: The Department of Family Services and Housing, The Department of Competitiveness Training and Trade, Manitoba Agriculture and Food, Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food, the Workers Compensation Board, the Canadian Wheat Board, Workforce 2000, CARICOM, Rural Team Manitoba, Teachers' Retirement Allowances Fund, Legal Aid Manitoba, Small Enterprise Development Corporation of Zimbabwe, Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council, Manitoba Highways and Transportation, Child and Family Services agencies etc.

HEALTH CARE: Riverview Health Centre, Interlake Regional Health Authority, Manitoba Community Long Term Care Authority, St. Boniface Clinic, Brandon General Hospital, Assiniboine Regional Health Authority, Central Regional Health Authority.

NON-PROFITS: YM-YWCA, the Canadian Food Grains Bank, South East Child and Family Services, Marymound, the Drug and Alcohol Foundations of both Manitoba and Bermuda, Kitayan Community Futures, Westarc, Red River Exhibition, New Directions, Hope Centre, Brandon Fair, Canada Games, PanAm Games, Manitoba Law Foundation, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Fred Douglas Lodge and Prairie Debut.

ASSOCIATIONS: the Pulse Growers, the Canola Growers, Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, HCPAM/Life Sciences Association, Canadian Paraplegic Association, The Human Resource Management Association of Manitoba, Community Future Partners of Manitoba, Canadian Association of Pre-retirement Planners, KAP, The Manitoba Child Care Association, SNOMAN, the Manitoba Forestry Association and others

 
COMMUNITIES: The Rural Municipality of St. Laurent, Town of Teulon, Town of Altona, City of Winnipeg Committee for Safety, Kenora and District Community Plan, City of Thunder Bay and Tourism Winnipeg

EDUCATION: Winnipeg Mennonite Elementary Schools, Canadian Association of Public Schools International, Brandon University, University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg, Kenora Board of Education, Interlake School Division, Westgate Mennonite Collegiate, Aboriginal Head Start and Brandon School Division.