Wendy Sage-Hayward, MA

Professional Summary

Wendy has 19 years of experience in organizational change and leadership development. She works with clients to drive operational excellence by enhancing their leadership presence and impact. Her focus is to create positive change in business results, team cohesion and personal satisfaction.

Wendy earned a Masters in Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She is also an ontological coach trained from the Newfield Network Institute. Wendy teaches in Director's Education Program at The University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management. She is also an instructor at UBC's Sauder School of Business, Executive Education where she co-leads two senior management training programs in facilitation and coaching.

Wendy is certified in Insights Discovery™, the BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i)™, and Ethical Fitness™. She has been a speaker at several conferences across Canada and in the US including most recently at the Crown Counsel Leadership Conference 2006. Wendy works in a variety of public and private sector industries.

Her client list includes:

• Accenture
• Electronic Arts
• Hyatt Regency Hotel
• Nintendo
• VanCity Savings and Credit Union

Key Accomplishments

• Sit as an adjunct professor at 3 Canadian universities in Canada;
• Co-chaired the International Executive Coaching Summit in 2002/03 and 2003/04; an event gathering of 70 thought-leaders from around the world identifying emerging leadership issues and establishing best practices for the executive coaching profession;
• Successful 20 year marriage and mother of two delightful young boys.

Experience

• Provides leadership coaching to directors, executives & senior leaders.
• Delivers "leadership roundtables" (guided discussions) on subjects such as generating trust, valuing conflict, downsizing, and increasing accountability.

• Develops governance infrastructure and culture for boards of directors.
• Specializes in leadership effectiveness, organizational change, governance, and strategic planning.