About Us
Looking for an HR consulting firm that prioritizes your unique needs? We excel at personalized solutions, focusing first on understanding your pain points. We strategize to create vibrant teams that align with your goals, offering custom strategies for recruitment, retention, and leadership development. Let's start building a lasting relationship today - we're here to help you succeed!
Our Team
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Ingrid Vaughan
Ingrid Vaughan, ML, CRP
Role:
Founder and HR Architect, Leadership Developer
Super power:
Being a trusted advisor to organizational leaders
Passion:
Facilitating leadership transformations
My favorite things:
- Wine, coffee and chocolate (not necessarily in that order)
- Any time I can spend time with my family
- Throw in some Canadian football and it’s a perfect day!
Sheena Badr
Sheena Badr
Role:
Administrative Associate
Super power:
Organization and details
Passion:
Making a positive impact in the community
My favorite things:
- The warmth of the sun
- Seeing beauty in my surroundings
- Lebanese food!
Karen Borthistle
Karen Borthistle
Role:
HR Associate
Super power:
Considering all angles, finding thoughtful solutions
Passion:
Helping people thrive
My favorite things:
- Time with family
- The arts – sewing, gallery visits, crafts with my nieces + nephews
- Finding humour in everyday life
Tracy Pheiffer
Tracy Pheiffer
Role:
HR Associate
Super power:
HR and people strategies
Passion:
Setting people up for success
My favorite things:
- Escaping into a great novel, even better with a glass of wine
- Family time
- Football, especially under the lights
Dawn Robson
Dawn Robson
Role:
HR Associate
Super power:
Optimism – looking for the best in people
Passion:
Supporting people in their passions/endeavors
My favorite things:
- Family and friends time – real connections
- Kayaking, biking, hiking
- Our cabin getaway
Linda Morrison
Linda Morrison
Role:
HR Associate
Super power:
Connecting with clients and building and maintaining trust
Passion:
Conducting investigations and making OH&S easy for clients so that they can improve their working environments
My favorite things:
- My nieces, great nieces, and great nephews
- Reading mostly books, but newspapers, flyers, bulletin boards, and social media. I read because I want to learn
- I am a dedicated lifelong learner with plans to complete an adult learning diploma
Strategic Collaborators
Occasionally, our clients face HR challenges or have specific needs that call for expertise in particular areas. We've cultivated partnerships with skilled professionals who specialize in various HR fields. If your business requires support in any of these areas, we'd be happy to connect you with our strategic collaborators. Rest assured, each one holds the My Smart HR stamp of approval and has received glowing reviews from our clients. With this talented network, we're well-equipped to provide top-notch HR services across the board.
Shelley Quinte
Shelley is an investment in integrity, trust and peace of mind when legal advice and representation are needed most. She is a management-side labour and employment lawyer with a practice emphasis on human rights matters. She achieves success through forging relationships, overcoming obstacles and pre-emptive planning in a variety of workplace environments and legal situations.
Kathryn Dafos
Kathryn works with individuals and organizations to drive sustainable improvement in bottom-line performance and profitability. She joins the Smart Leadership Academy team to deliver the Lumina Spark Assessment. Lumina Spark inspires people to develop skills most needed in the workplace – adaptability, agility, growth mind-set, partnering, authenticity and the ability to lead self and others.
Dawna Day
Dawna is a seasoned and trusted Workplace Investigator, Culture Advisor, Trainer, and Occupational Health and Safety Advisor. Her work is founded on principles of fairness and objectivity, effective listening, and respect for the process, people, and organizations. She appreciates the negative impact difficult HR matters have in the workplace and knows that with the right supports, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Julia Balabanowicz
Julia helps businesses to resolve workplace conflict and restore cohesion through conflict coaching, mediation, facilitation, and high value workshops. She expertly grows the capacity of leaders, and their teams, to transform thorny dynamics that impeded effective decision making, collaboration, team moral, and talent retention. Julia understands business and how conflict in the workplace impacts a company’s bottom line.