Learning is a journey, and our learning and development programs provide the roadmap and direction to make that journey meaningful.
Your People Are the Most Important Part of Your Organization, Yet it is Challenging
to Navigate
the Complex Landscape of Human Resources.
We create immersive learning experiences that foster active dialogue, engagement, and critical reflection. Focusing on topics in HR, EDI and Reconciliation, we equip organizations to recognize the unique needs of each person and provide tools and guidance needed for equity and inclusion. Through our learning approach, you’ll foster a resilient, innovative and inclusive culture that values the diverse strengths of team members, advancing change and growth.
Engaging the thought-provoking sessions with knowledgeable facilitators who embrace discomfort and support growth through every conversation.
Our Team is Led by Gillian Hynes
who has decades of experience leading organizational learning and development teams, crafting tailored learning solutions, and services as an Assistant Professor developing and teaching University level courses.
This knowledge is shared with our team, and we have facilitated hundreds of sessions, reaching thousands of participants on topics including HR, EDI and Reconciliation.
Our expert facilitators create supportive learning environments, leaning into challenging conversations, and ultimately maximizing individual and organizational growth through a human-centered approach.
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Navigating Humanity in the Workplace Requires Empathetic Responses to Difficult or Uncomfortable Conversations, Balancing Empathy and Accountability to Increase Trust.
Sustaining action after the initial learning session is over can be difficult, and without ongoing support, the long-term impacts of learning are limited.
Organizations often do not have the knowledge or tools needed to integrate HR, EDI and Reconciliation into daily practices. It can also be challenging to foster a culture of continuous learning.
Our Learning Programs Equip Individuals
and Leaders
Partnering with us support your organization and people to move beyond awareness into meaningful, lasting action. A strong learning culture leads to higher employee satisfaction and retention, while creating a workplace where people feel valued and included.
with the skills and frameworks they need to embed HR practices, EDI and Reconciliation into daily practices, ensuring that change is happening in people’s roles in the workplace
Our HR, EDI and Reconciliation programs are tried and true, with a focus on actions and key takeaways. Each session begins with a needs assessment, using qualitative and/or quantitative data, to understand your organization’s knowledge levels and ensure that people feel supported at the right level of learning.
We offer multiple modalities to best suit our participants, including in-person sessions, live online sessions and on-demand content for anytime access.
Designed with Universal Design Principles, our programs include:
Our learning sessions are designed as standalone, bite-sized offerings that provide scalable learning opportunities. Depending on the session we include facilitator-led discussions to introduce key concepts and wise practices, real-world examples that stimulate critical thinking and discussion, group activities and other interactive activities that increase collaboration and engagement, and hands-on learning activities to increase retention of knowledge and application of skills.
Standalone Learning Session
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When you need more than an individual session, we offer comprehensive suites of learning sessions tailored to your organization’s needs. Each program combines various learning formats and styles to create an engaging and cohesive experience. We start with a foundational topic, then shift to increasingly more complex and challenging topics in the same arena. This allows you to go deep into an area of knowledge, supported by coaching throughout the program. Participants walk away from a full learning program with a holistic learning experience and actionable insights for skill development.
When you need more than an individual session, we offer comprehensive suites of learning sessions tailored to your organization’s needs. Each program combines various learning formats and styles to create an engaging and cohesive experience. We start with a foundational topic, then shift to increasingly more complex and challenging topics in the same arena. This allows you to go deep into an area of knowledge, supported by coaching throughout the program. Participants experience holistic learning and gain actionable insights for skill development.
Learning and development program
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To ensure sustainability of knowledge and skills gained during our learning session, we created customized resources, reflection questions, discussion questions and other resources to help participants apply their learning on the job. These materials serve as continual reference points for participants to implement what they learnt. They also help in the creation of a Community of Practice, with prompting questions to be discussed amongst groups of colleagues to continue to develop new skills and insights.
The success of your organization depends on your ability to unlock the potential of your people. Our Talent Management and Development solutions focuses on optimizing your organization's talent processes including recruitment strategies, performance management, enterprise learning and development, succession planning, and high potential identification. We work with you to design, implement, and refine talent systems that align with your strategic goals and promote continuous improvement.
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We believe in measuring the impact of our learning sessions to ensure effectiveness and support continuous growth of people. We work with you to determine if both a pre and post assessment is needed, with a pre-assessment used to identify knowledge gaps and establish a baseline for participant learning. A post-session assessment measures knowledge retention and propensity for behavioural change. Evaluations provide data for your understanding of development needs and we use it as continuous feedback to adjust future sessions to better meet participant needs.
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Our Process
We empower your team with the skills, knowledge, and tools needed to drive organizational success
Our customized learning offerings empower leaders and people to embed HR, EDI and Reconciliation practices into their daily work, fostering an inclusive culture and engaged workforce.
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Needs Assessment
- What does the data tell us?
- How can we use that to make a difference?
- What are the implications of the data on the learning session design and implementation?
- Are there any unexpected or surprising findings?
- How can we track progress and measure impact over time?
Step 1
Curriculum Development
Based on the feedback and data analysis from the needs assessment, we will develop the curriculum using adult learning principles and universal design learning to ensure accessibility and relevance for all participants.. The design will focus on drafting out all learning content, along with the pre-read and post-session curated materials and work. At this time, program success criteria will also be identified and designed, to utilize in the post-program evaluation.
Step 2
Course Delivery
Our learning session launches, and has been designed considering the participants' needs. Each session is supported with curated content for pre-read and post-session learning needs. If we are training multiple teams or your organization broadly, we determine an appropriate roll-out plan that starts with senior leaders and board members, and then shift to people leaders, providing them with the necessary resources to guide their teams effectively. We end by providing the session to all employees, ensuring alignment and buy-in across the organization.
Step 3
Post Session Evaluation
Following the learning session, we administer a post-training survey to assess participant satisfaction, session impact and overall effectiveness. We provide you with a summary in a review meeting, where we share a summary of the participants’ experience and insights. We also offer recommendations to help your organization evaluate how the newly required knowledge and skills gained are used on the job.
Step 4
Have questions? We’ve got you covered!
Your Frequently Asked Questions
We know that navigating people-centric solutions can spark plenty of questions. We’ve crafted answers to some of the most common questions we receive, to help you better understand how we can support your organization. These FAQs cover a range of our services and approaches, but if there’s something we didn’t answer about your unique needs, please reach out. We’re here to help!
We tailor our Learning and Development programs based on an analysis of your organization's learning gaps and opportunities. Depending on what makes sense for your business, this could be administering a survey, holding qualitative conversations with team members, or analyzing existing data (i.e. engagement surveys). By understanding the specific needs of your employees, we create engaging and relevant sessions that foster skill development and promote a culture of continuous learning.
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Awareness
- Indigenous Awareness
- Advancing Reconciliation
- Decolonizing Human Resources
- Inclusive Human Resource
- Unconscious Bias and Microaggressions
- Inclusive Boards
- Inclusive Leadership
- Inclusive Language and Communication
- Energy Poverty and Energy Equity
- Indigenous and Colonial History
- Implementing and Sustaining EDI
- Reconciliation and Sustainability
- Wise Practices in Indigenous Workplace Engagement
- Advancing EDI in Multinational Organizations
- Being a Parent at Work
- Creating a Culture of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Digital Transformation in the Workplace
- From Doing Digital to Being Digital
- Future of Work in HR
- How to Build Future Proof Capabilities and Skills in an Organization
- Indigenous Business: Its Role in Canada’s Economy
- Indigenous Inclusion- What HR Can Do
- Organization Charts at the Speed of Business
- S in ESG
- The Integration of Reconciliation and Inclusive Leadership.
We Specialize in Empowering Organizations through Customized HR, EDI and Reconciliation Learning Solutions
Together, we can amplify your people-centric approach in your workplace as we share knowledge, create dialogue and support participants to gain essential skills that help shift your culture
We are your valued learning specialists who are committed to equip participants with learning experiences that can increase meaningful change in your business. Together, we can foster an inclusive environment that supports organizational and individual growth.
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Gillian on your team makes your whole team better.
Gillian’s excellence in HR shows up in every team, every organization, every meeting everywhere.
Kelley Lang
I Was Thoroughly Impressed.
Gillian was effective in understanding the First Nations’ needs and she was dedicated to delivering high-quality results.
Desiree Gervais
Gillian Hynes' work has been truly transformative.
Her generosity with her time and guidance in seeking the right perspectives were invaluable.
Nancy Cherniwchan
Gillian is an exceptional visionary leader.
Gillian’s fierce desire to see DEIB a reality gives her clients an edge to be ahead of the curve. I highly recommend Gillian.
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