Leadership Development Program (LDP)®
Program Facilitators
Nicole Béïque
Ms Béïque is an Organization Development practitioner
with over 30 years of experience in the fields of Human Resources Planning
& Development, Management & Leadership Development, Change Management, and
Adult Education.
After graduating from the Université de Montréal with
degrees in Philosophy and Adult Education, Nicole started her career teaching
Ethics. She then joined the Federal Government and worked as a Human Resources
consultant and manager for 10 years. She also spent 10 years in the private
sector as an internal consultant and director of OD and Management Development
functions in different industries such as the electronic, transportation
and aerospace industries.
Her work allowed her to experience and appreciate
a variety of leadership styles and of organizational structures that are
conducive to productivity and satisfaction. Her fascination for organizations
led her to study OD (Organization Development) at Pepperdine University
in California.
Nicole has been involved with the Niagara Institute
since 1989, as a Senior Associate and also as Director for the Québec region,
working with a variety of instrumented leadership development programs in
either French or English for managers and executives in organizations across
Canada.
Nicole’s work values and professional goals are to
improve the productivity and satisfaction of employees within organizations
through more effective management of human assets, through applied behavioural
sciences and through improved leadership and management practices.
Ms. Béïque is based in the greater Montréal region.
Maureen Brown
Maureen has worked and consulted in the area of human
resource management and development for over twenty-five years. For the
first ten years of her career, she provided leadership to human resource
functions in unionized and non-unionized environments, in both public and
private sector organizations. Her last corporate position was Director of
Employee Relations and Communications at American Express Canada.
Since 1990, she has managed an independent consulting
practice specializing in organization and human resource development. Her
consulting assignments range from the design and delivery of teamwork, change
management and leadership development training programmes, to ongoing facilitation/coaching
of executive and project teams. She has directed large-scale research and
development projects to help her clients understand the cultural workplace
dynamics critical to success in mergers, acquisitions and other dramatic
organizational changes.
Maureen's clients include Noranda Inc., Enbridge Consumers
Gas, the Bank of Montreal, Rogers AT&T and St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.
She has considerable experience within the education sector and has consulted
to the University of Toronto, Ryerson University, Brock University, the
York and East York Boards of Education, St. Joseph's College and Humber
College.
She received her honours undergraduate degree in psychology
at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She then completed her master's
degree in Applied Social Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan. Maureen
is certified by ODR Inc. to deliver the Optimizing Change program.
Maureen is a competitive bagpiper, and an avid downhill
skier and cottager.
Michel Lemieux
For the last twenty five years, Michel Lemieux has
been involved in the Human Resources Management field.
He has held various positions in the Human Resources
Department at Esso Canada, Domtar, and most recently as Vice President of
Human Resources for Wire Rope Industries Ltd. in Pointe-Claire, Québec.
He was also “Directeur d’Études” at Caron, Bélanger, Woods Gordon, Management
Consultants, in the “Productivité et Efficience Organisationnelle” group.
Michel is now an independent consultant in Organizational
Development and Human Resources Management.
His main field of interest focuses on organizational
change and employee involvement in a continuous improvement orientation.
In this context, his interventions are at the senior management team level
in developing the vision, values and structures to implement and support
change, as well as in the training and development of employees at all levels
to become more autonomous and involved in reaching the organization’s goal.
He obtained his Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia
University, Loyola Campus, and also obtained a Certificate in Industrial
Relations from the Université de Montréal. He completed specialized training
in Organizational Development with National Training Laboratories (N.T.L.)
and the Executive Business Program at Queen’s University.
He is a member of the O.D. Network and of the Association
for Psychological Type.
Peter D. Noble
Peter Noble has spent over thirty years as a manager,
consultant, trainer and human resources development specialist. His independent
practice serves the developmental needs of a broad range of organizations
by focusing on leadership skill building and establishing conditions in
which teamwork and collaboration are highly effective in meeting the continuous
improvement needs of the organization.
As a trainer and lecturer, Peter has designed and
delivered a wide range of high quality learning experiences for professionals
and organizational leaders, with an emphasis on self-awareness and the development
of personal skills as a basis for improving effectiveness in working with
others.
He holds a B.A. from Concordia University, and a Masters
Degree in Adult Education from the University of Toronto. Peter recently
served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Psychological
Type.
Those who have worked with Peter and participated
in his sessions have frequently commented on the high level of energy, strong
commitment, and professional and friendly manner he brings to the learning
and working setting.
Donna R. D. Porter
Donna Porter is an organization development specialist
focused on helping organizations work effectively with and through their
people to translate business strategy into successful outcomes.
Prior to entering the consulting field in 1994, Donna
held senior human resources positions within the financial services and
accounting sectors, working with Royal Trust, North American Trust, and
Deloitte & Touche. Her consulting experience has included assignments with
three of Canada’s major financial institutions, manufacturers, food products
companies, several health regulatory Colleges, a major Canadian hospital,
three major insurers, several professional services firms, the public sector
(federal and provincial), and small business. These assignments have focused
on leadership and team development, succession planning, performance management,
training program design and general human resources consulting. A further
area of concentration is assisting organizations with the human side of
mergers and acquisitions.
A Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Donna is
a graduate of the University of Western Ontario MBA program. She holds an
undergraduate degree in Honours History from the University of Toronto.
Arthur Ridgeway
Arthur Ridgeway, Ph.D., is a registered psychologist
who works as a consultant and facilitator for various client organizations,
government agencies, and educational institutions. Arthur specializes in
the design and implementation of strategic process interventions aimed at
effecting personal, professional and organizational change.
In addition to his consulting practice, he leads public
seminars and in-house programs on a wide range of topics including communication,
team effectiveness, leadership development and conflict resolution. He works
in the field of dispute resolution as a mediator/facilitator/trainer specializing
in resolving workplace conflicts and designing resolution systems.
Arthur is a senior associate with the Niagara Institute
and a senior trainer with the Justice Institute of B.C., Centre for Conflict
Resolution. He has worked as a co-chair/facilitator on the Union – Management
Partnering Best Practices Study Tour and the Performance Management Program
for the Conference Board of Canada.
Internationally, he is working as the expert representing
Canada at the APEC Alternative Dispute Resolution Executive Education Project
in Bangkok, Thailand and Mexico City, Mexico. In addition, he was a facilitator
in the Pacific Public Management Executive Program in Australia for the
Asia Development Bank Institute.
Arthur’s work is based on the premise that effective
change does not result from single events or quick fix solutions, but rather
on a planned approach toward professional and organizational development.
His work with groups is aimed at increasing individual understanding, altering
behavioural and organizational patterns, and developing commitment to implementing
lasting change.
His unique blend of skill, combined with the use of
practical life examples and humour, makes him a particularly effective leader
of professional and organizational development.
Marc Wilson
Marc Wilson is a founding partner of WilsonBrooks,
a consulting practice that focuses on leadership development, organization
design, change management and executive coaching.
Marc has worked for over 25 years as a consultant,
executive and trainer. He has developed and facilitated programs for companies
in manufacturing, telecommunications, real estate development, finance,
broadcasting, energy and gas distribution as well as for unions, the Canadian
Armed Forces, and government. He has facilitated search conferences, strategy
workshops, project start-ups and close-outs, problem solving and conflict
resolution sessions, and a broad range of training programs.
Marc holds a Masters of Science in Organization Development
from Pepperdine University, a certificate in Organizational Systems Design
from McGill, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Ottawa. He
has studied and worked with leading practitioners in organization design,
strategy and leadership development including Jay Galbraith, Peter Koestenbaum,
Henry Mintzberg and Edgar Schein. He has written numerous articles and papers
for various clients, and has authored training manuals on quality, management
skills and instructional techniques.
Marc is a Senior Associate of the Niagara Institute.
People who work with Marc comment on his humour, his infectious energy,
and his knack for engaging them in listening to each other and inventing
change strategies that work.
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