EMERGING PEOPLE PRACTICES
Bringing context, perspective and insights to your workforce challenges
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About Us
Emerging People Practices is a collective of experienced consultants, researchers, facilitators, and trainers who have a common purpose - we help Canadian organizations thrive. We believe that successful, resilient organizations can lead our communities to thrive in the changing economic landscape.
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We strive to make a difference each day. Our goal? Provide a fresh perspective, clarity, and confidence in moments of change by effectively using evidence-based tools and approaches designed for today’s business environment.
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The way businesses must operate in the current economic climate is changing. We can help you adjust traditional business, workflows, workforce and workplace practices to deliver needed results. We will work with you to assess your requirements and develop an approach that addresses your specific needs, and fits within your budget.
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Our areas of expertise include consulting, business coaching, research, project management, co-development and facilitation, agile and traditional change strategy, facilitation & management, operational effectiveness, performance measurement, workforce planning and organizational design, people & culture strategy, strategic planning, and more.
About Me
Shannon Jackson
Founder and Principal
Shannon is a business leader and advisor with over 25 years of experience advising local and national organizations across a variety of industries and sectors. Her career has been focused on collaborating with public and private sector clients specializing in organizational change, workforce optimization strategies, and effective operational business workflows. Shannon helps leaders and teams achieve targeted organizational performance goals in times of start-up, scaling the business, technology transformation, M&A activity, culture shift and reorganization.
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Shannon’s areas of expertise include:
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People-Related Strategy Development, Planning and Execution. Specifically Human Capital (workforce), Human Resources (function), Workforce Planning, Organizational Design and Development.
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Business Objectives, Employee Engagement & Cultural Alignment
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Organizational & Culture Change
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Technology Adoption
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Team Effectiveness (Leadership & Line)
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Changing Nature of Work Research and practices
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Performance Management and Measurement
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Her qualifications include:
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Masters' of Industrial Relations
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Bachelor of Business Administration
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Certified Change Management Leader and Facilitator - APMG, ADKAR/ProSci
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PMP
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