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Natalie and Jacque have a quality of partnership not found in many external consultants. They felt like an extension of our team, with a high willingness to collaborate on everything from planning to problem-solving. They quickly picked up on business nuances and created learning experiences that really resonated with our leaders. Natalie and Jacque knew when to work together, and when to take the lead. Working with them was effortless and has left a lasting impact on our organization.
Lara Root
Chief Human Resources Officer, CBI Health (former), now Senior Vice President, and Head of Human Resources for U.S. Markets and Global Solutions, TransUnion
Our executive team is still buzzing after our program. It’s only been a week and we already see positive impacts. The experience exceeded all my expectations; frankly, it was transformational. I have highly recommended this program to the other seven schools within our College. This experiential leadership program was world-class.
Joe Baker
Dean, School of Hospitality, Resort Management and Culinary Arts, Centennial College
Working with Natalie and Jacque helped build a foundation of leadership practice at CBI Health, resulting in increases of our leadership engagement metrics and a stronger leadership community. An unexpected benefit of working with Natalie and Jacque was the contribution they made to the development of our internal Human Resources team. The work that started with the Spark leadership development program continues to be leveraged by our department.
Anjana Moitra-Ohri
Vice President, HR Programs and Services, Corporate Services, CBI Health
Natalie has the trifecta of strong business acumen, excellent coaching skills and a knowledge base in positive psychology. This means that she’s pragmatic, knows the difference between telling, teaching and asking and she’s got a theory base that informs her practice. As much as people and organizational need help to push off of the status quo, they also need to know that the time and money they invest will yield a strong return-on-investment.
In a sea of practitioners, Natalie stands out as a wise investment who is incredibly good fun to work with.
If you are looking for a coach, teacher or facilitator to open your mind to possibilities, engage your creativity and inspire you to action, Natalie is your professional.
Gretchen Pisano
Co-Founder of Plink Leadership, Executive Coach and Strategy Consultant
I would recommend Natalie and Jacque because of their deep subject matter expert and strengths in learning experience design and delivery. They are candid and courageous and solutions-focused which is critical when building effective relationships.
Tina Kong
National Director, Organizational Development, CPHR, Human Resources, Corporate Services, CBI Health
As a director of a large team, this leadership program gave me the practical tools and insights to build better teams and motivate my group to do their best work. As a result, I’ve increased my leadership knowledge, developed new skills, and gained a better understanding of what kind of leader I am based on my values and how that effects my team’s capacity to succeed. I recommend this program to any level of leader at any stage of their leadership journey.
I’ve participated in a few leadership programs over the past five years. This program was the one that ‘stuck’ the best. What an amazing job!! Thank you so much.
National Director, Healthcare Organization
Thank you so much for working with our department. Thank you for sharing your wonderful approach to learning with us. The team is more confident negotiating with colleagues than I ever could have anticipated.
Ulrike Kuprath
Director of Medical Affairs, Janssen-Ortho, a division of Johnson and Johnson Inc.
Exhibit Change was founded five years ago and in that time, we tried to facilitate our own strategic planning process. We’ve recognized that we needed a professional outside facilitator if we were going to get to the next level. Natalie was warm and generous with her time. She took our rambunctious group and challenged us to make the most of our 90-day action plan, while developing our long-term vision. She encouraged us to know when to stretch our goals and when to scale back appropriately.
Truly, without Natalie’s facilitation and coaching, we would not be where we are today.
Jennifer Chan
Founder, Exhibit Change
I’ve had the good fortune to work with Natalie in bringing strength-based coaching to our managers and directors. Prior to Natalie coming in, many of us struggled with understanding the role that strengths play in both our performance as well as the performance of our teams.
Following Natalie’s workshops, our managers take their learning and immediately applied it with their teams. As a result, we’ve seen great success in leaders managing staff with a focus on strengths as opposed to weaknesses. So much so that we’ve even incorporated a strength-based approach into our performance evaluation.
Natalie’s work was engaging, relevant and customized to meet the needs of our groups.
It’s been a pleasure to not only work with Natalie, but also to be able to connect with her as a mentor and guide. Her knowledge and experience in the learning and development realm is vast. I always leave our conversations motivated and with great ideas that I’m inspired to turn into action immediately.
Matt Tod
Associate Director, Training & Development, Free The Children
Thank you for your stellar contribution to our program. You curated a safe and positive space for entrepreneurs to share their stories. Your facilitation enriched our members’ program experience.
Elmira Reisi
Engineers without Borders Conference Committee Member
I invited Natalie to visit my Executive Coaching course at York University as a guest speaker. I felt her coaching experiences would be valuable to share with my students. Natalie’s visit was engaging, honest and insightful and I could tell that she had seriously thought about her session preparation. Her visit was thoroughly enjoyed by the class and when I asked them, “Should I invite Natalie back in the future as a speaker?” the class shouted back with a unanimous YES! I would recommend Natalie for any coaching, training or speaking engagement, as she is highly engaging and authentic. I will definitely be inviting Natalie back to speak in the future.
Lisa Viola
Faculty, Professor, Executive Coaching, York University
We brought Natalie in to help our members enhance their presentation skills. Little did we know we would walk away with not only a new set of skills but also an entirely new way to approach the learning process. Natalie demonstrated how dynamic, fun and rewarding a learning environment can be. Our members can’t stop raving about this program.
Thank you again!
Jill Mayer
Director of Continuing Professional Development, Ontario Bar Association
A big THANK YOU for all your incredible facilitation support during the leadership program. I feel very fortunate to have been part of this once-in-a-lifetime experience. I learned a lot about how I can better lead my team through a variety of significant corporate change initiatives and subsequently how and I address conflict on my team.
The process has been nothing short of transformative!
Thank you for your energy, compassion, and empowering approach.
Senior Director, Canadian High Technology Organization
Natalie is a humble instructor who is always doing her best to deliver meaningful content to adult learners. She was also extremely respectful, knowledgeable, and above all, truly focused on providing an educational environment that is highly productive. I would highly recommend Natalie to any organization. Without a doubt, Natalie is one of the best instructors I’ve ever had.
Ramon Pergidao
Associate Partner, Adonis Partners
Natalie transformed our three-day module on adult education into what is now our flagship educational offering. Her teaching and facilitation methods are extraordinary and learners walk away with a robust toolkit.
Natalie consistency receives high praise and the highest scores from learners. Because of this highly positive feedback and observed behaviour in our students, we now recommend that everyone takes Natalie’s module first because it is foundational to our certificate program.
What can I say, Natalie is a pro!
Barbara Bodkin
Executive Director, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
I’ve seen Natalie in action and her leadership and facilitation skills are remarkable. She engages workshop participants in a way few can. Her content and delivery are top-notch.
Val Willets
President and CEO, ASKA Research
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Natalie on several projects. Most recently, I hired her to help me lead my new team. Natalie is an absolute joy to work with. Her insights and coaching helped me see both the big picture and make the tactical changes necessary to lead my new and growing team. The response from my group based on my new leadership approach has been incredible! Team morale and productivity have never been better.
I highly recommend Natalie for her leadership development and team-development work.
Julie Berlin
Director Workforce Development, St. Anthony Foundation
Story Angles
- Experiential leadership development
- Immersive leadership development
- Organizational and team culture development
- Experiential team development
- Immersive team development
Interview Questions
Experiential and Immersive Learning
- What is the difference between experiential and immersive leadership development?
- What are the benefits of experiential and immersive leadership development programs?
- What are the benefits of experiential and immersive team-development programs?
- Is it possible to create experiential virtual programs?
- What does neuroscience say about the role of play and play-based learning in professional development?
- What impact does the workshop environment have on learning?
- How can you apply game and escape room-type mechanics in professional development?
Leadership
- What makes for a successful leadership development program?
- What is the difference between experiential and immersive leadership development?
- What are the benefits of experiential and immersive leadership development?
- What are the skills leaders need to develop to thrive?
- What is organizational and team culture?
- What is the role a leader plays in team and organizational culture?
- What specific skills are needed to lead remote, hybrid and/or co-localized teams?
- What are the strengths-based interpersonal skills that all leaders should have?
- What is the difference between team building and team development?
- What are the core skills needed for high-performance teams?
- How can we engage remote or hybrid work teams?
For immediate inquiries call or text Natalie at 416-716-9819
Press Mentions
- How to Spark Innovative Thinking. Verity Club 2019
- 24 Golden Rules to Being a Great Boss. Reader’s Digest, 2018
- 11 Habits That Can Make You Seem Meaner Than You Actually Are. Bustle, 2017
- Business Models for Teams. See How Your Organization Really Works and How Each Person Fits In (Contributor). Tim Clark and Bruce Hazen, Portfolio/Penguin, 2017
- Sharp Heels: Fear of Public Speaking: Eights Ways To Move Beyond It and Claim Your Power, 2015
- Sharp Heels: When Work Isn’t Fun Anymore: Six Strategies to Bring the Zing Back to Your 9-5 Role and Bolster Your Role in the Office. 2015
Speaking Engagements (partial list)
- South-by-Southwest Interactive Festival
- South-by-Southwest V2V Conference
- Park Avenue Presentations
- Canadian Society for Training and Development
- Georgian College
- The Society of Clinical Research Associates
- York University
- The American Clinical Research Professionals
- Mindcamp
- Centre for Social Innovation
- Your Workplace Conference
- ArCompany
- Insight Coaching
- Ottawa General Hospital
- Centennial College
- University Health Network/Princess Margaret Hospital