Chad Hayward is a management consultant with over 10 years of experience in helping organizations source, select, develop and retain top talent.
Throughout his career, Chad has held associate positions with many leading management consulting firms and has worked with clients of all sizes, from three-person start-ups to large multinational corporations. His primary role as a consultant has been to help clients improve their approach to selecting, developing and engaging successful employees, and has typically included the following services:
- Building complete customized employee sourcing, screening and evaluation programs.
- Analyzing jobs and developing competency models.
- Choosing, administering and interpreting best-practice psychometric instruments.
- Conducting structured interviews and reference checks.
- Administering 360-degree feedback programs.
- Coaching and developing executives, managers and professionals.
- Designing and administering assessment centres for hiring, development and succession planning.
- Providing feedback and assessment reports to decision-makers.
Chad obtained his Masters of Applied Science degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Waterloo and holds an Honours Bachelor of Science degree from Acadia University. He has published in both academic journals and mainstream media, provided numerous interviews on the subject of employee assessment, and is active in regional, national and international professional associations.
Dr. Laura Hambley is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist based in Calgary, Alberta. Laura has over 10 years of experience providing organizational consulting to public and private organizations in Canada, as well as internationally. She has gained experience both through internal roles and as an external consultant in a wide range of organizational settings.
Her consulting work has included leadership development and selection assessments, team building, career planning, training, conflict management, development planning, leadership coaching, virtual leadership and telework consulting, competency modeling and organization surveys/studies. She takes the time to understand each organization’s unique culture and needs, and enjoys forming collaborative working relationships with her clients. Her combined understanding of people, along with business needs and drivers, allows her to provide practical solutions to her clients’ HR challenges.
Laura completed a Master’s in Counselling Psychology (1999) and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (2005) at the University of Calgary. She enjoys teaching as a sessional professor in the Department of Psychology and the Faculty of Continuing Education at the University of Calgary.
Eloise is an organizational behaviour specialist who has been helping companies with their strategic organizational development initiatives for over 8 years. Both as an internal human resources professional and as an external consultant, Eloise has provided expertise in the following areas:
- Recruitment, selection, and the optimization of person-job fit through assessment.
- Organizational climate assessment.
- Customized employee surveys.
- Strategic change management.
- Employee engagement.
- Management and supervisory skills training.
- Customized group workshops to meet organizational needs.
- Communication skills and social styles training.
She has also conducted primary and secondary research in the areas of: work teams; strategic change; performance management; design and use of focus groups; personality psychology; organizational culture; retention management; and leadership development.
Eloise received her Master of Arts degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Western Ontario. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Calgary. Eloise is a member of the Human Resources Association of Calgary, Human Resources Institute of Alberta and the Calgary Industrial and Organizational Psychology Group.
Alexis Collins is an Organizational Psychology Consultant with over 6 years of experience working in consulting firms. Registered as an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist in Australia, Alexis has worked in partnership with a range of managers across various industries to identify business needs, and design and implement pragmatic HR and OD solutions that enhance process and aid companies in meeting their longer-term people and business objectives.
Throughout her consulting career, Alexis has successfully coached and advised many executives, managers and professionals to facilitate their development and assist them to overcome challenges, while promoting best practice techniques. With a background in comprehensive assessment, Alexis has had extensive experience assessing employees for selection, leadership and sales development, identifying talent and highlighting employee and leadership strengths and development opportunities.
As an organizational consultant, Alexis’ services typically include:
- Designing customized development solutions such as leadership development, sales assessment, organizational surveys and in-house education programs.
- Conducting assessments, interpreting data and writing comprehensive reports.
- Providing feedback and coaching executives, managers and professionals.
- Developing methods for how to manage and motivate employees.
- Designing comprehensive employee induction and development plans and advising managers on how to develop and coach team members.
- Developing competency models.
- Analyzing jobs and generating competency profiles and position descriptions.
- Developing and facilitating Assessment Centres.
- Generating behavioural interview questions and conducting structured interviews.
- Designing, implementing and reporting on surveys, including 360 Degree Feedback and Culture Surveys.
- Design of various training programs including performance management, team building, selection skills, 360 degree feedback, coaching and leadership development.
Alexis is currently completing a Master of Organizational Development and Strategic Human Resource Management at the University of New England in Australia, studied via distance education.
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