Change Management
Create an innovative, purpose-driven and aligned team for sustainable long-term change.
My innovative approach to managing change will keep your team motivated and inspired.
Leadership and Team Development
1:1 Executive Coaching and team retreats to reach your leadership, business, and personal goals.
Together we can build on the strength of your leadership skills and contribute significantly and meaningfully to the health and success of your organization.
In-Depth Consulting
Comprehensive, tailored consulting to solve your unique workplace challenges
Whether you are in a crisis or want to avoid one, I provide in-depth consulting and training to pull you and your team back on track.
Governance, Policy & Planning
Good governance, policies, and planning really do make a difference.
While these topics might sound as boring as a straight road in the flatlands, they can actually bring excitement, vision, and a solid foundation to your work.
Change Management
- Create team alignment from top to bottom
- Work in off-site retreats and in-office meeting settings
- In-depth work with team leaders
- Training and coaching for teams
- Optimizing and connecting individual and team behaviours to desired business results
Leadership Development
- Improve leadership and management skills
- Develop your team while developing yourself
- Connect your leadership vision to business imperatives
- Improve your mental fitness through the cutting-edge neuroscience of the Positive Intelligence operating system
- 1:1 Executive coaching
- Training and coaching for leaders, teams, and entire organizations
In-Depth Consulting
- Streamline systems and processes while sustainably maximizing resources
- Get to the bottom of leadership and team dilemmas and solve them for the long haul
- Connect cultural change to business results
- Increase individual and team accountability
- Improve communication and relationships throughout your company or team
Governance, Policy and Planning
- Have fun while innovating and planning for the future
- Apply a structured best-practice approach to policy and strategy development
- Develop policies that match your values
- Clearly define your governance and decision-making
- Improve teamwork through innovative planning processes
Every Journey Needs a Guide.
Being a leader is a tough job, no matter the situation or sector. The path to making your company a better place to work, or your community a better place to live, can seem endless, difficult to follow, and full of hazards and roadblocks you didn’t anticipate.
Let me guide you and your team through the challenges of working together. I can help you navigate conflict and change, see through the fog to your next decision-making steps, and overcome leadership challenges that seem insurmountable.
With my guidance, you will reach your goals with greater ease. Communication and team relationships will be more nourishing and less draining. Meetings will be more interesting and productive. You and your team will thrive as you stop wasting energy and avoid the stress and burnout experienced by so many leaders and their teams.
About Alison Sayers
Alison Kennedy Sayers is a behavioural scientist with over 20 years experience guiding leaders and teams through the wilderness of working together. A former outdoor educator and wilderness guide, local government politician, and commercial farmer, Alison brings a wide breadth of experience, knowledge, and creativity to every client and project.
Latest Blog Posts
The Myth of the Open Door Policy
April 19, 2024
My husband and I owned and operated a commercial farm for thirteen years, and we had an “open door policy”. There are a hundred different ways to die on a farm, so we insisted and relied on our workers to tell us when anything, ANYTHING, was out of place,…
Emotions, Attachment, and Change Management
March 22, 2022
I pulled this shirt out of the dryer this morning. I’ve had it for exactly 30 years. First of all, shout out to #patagonia for making high quality clothing that lasts for decades. Second, I was overwhelmed with memories and emotions when I looked at it. It’s…
Early Adopters: Your Friends in Change Management
March 22, 2022
My husband and I recently bought a 100% electric car. Meet Eva. That's us in the photo: me showing her some love in a snowstorm. As is typical for me and my husband, we took on the adventure of electric car ownership before we were completely set up to own…
An Iris In a Dark Forest
January 12, 2021
It's a Sunday today, and I am busy. I'm working, even though I really try hard not to work on weekends. All I see for the month of January is endless Zoom meetings, and I’m trying to get some paperwork done before I don’t have any time to do it. I sat at my…
Leadership and Rest
September 14, 2019
Leaders are always in the hot seat. Whether you are an owner, manager, politician, or executive director, you owe it to your team and your community to be a solid and consistent leader. But continually being in the spotlight can be exhausting. I was an…
Discipline: Your Enemy or Your Friend?
September 14, 2019
I recently attended a writing workshop during which we were asked to write about discipline: What does it mean to you? Is it an ally for you or an antagonist? As entrepreneurs and leaders of organizations, it can be critical to be disciplined in our approach…
Client Testimonials
Alison was the facilitator of our Annual General Meeting. She did a superb job of managing a very difficult meeting. She handled contentious issues with great skill, focus, and clarity. We were fortunate to have her valuable expertise and skills to help us achieve a successful outcome.Vita Luthmers, Board Member, West Kootenay Women’s Association, Nelson, B.C.
Alison facilitated our management team year-end debrief and planning. We walked away with numerous ideas on guidelines and structure for future meetings, and increased awareness of interpersonal communication…we all learned new skills and developed more self-confidence in approaching other managers and our employees with difficult issues.Trevor H., Executive Assistant (former), Global Expeditions, Inc.
The work of Alison Kennedy-Sayers proved invaluable to our organization. Her thoughtful processes guided us towards greater clarity and organizational insight...just what we were looking for. In addition, her training better prepared us to handle change, conflict, and growth as individuals and an organization. We were able to work out difficult answers, but more importantly, we better know how to phrase the important questions. She is a master of her art.Bruce Hucko, Chair (former), Moab Arts Council
Working with Alison is an absolute pleasure. She is a skilled and objective consultant who makes her clients feel comfortable while encouraging them to think in new and creative ways. She brings with her a wealth of experience on a wide variety of issues, is always incredibly prepared, pays attention to the details, and is able to thoroughly grasp the big picture of the situation.Laurie Schneider, Project Director, Rocky Mountain Center for Health Promotion and Education
Ms. Sayers is an outstanding facilitator. She helped our Medical Staff Association Board develop a workable strategic plan, and helped us to become more effective in engaging physicians and allied professionals. She quickly identified ways for us to be focussed, deliberate, and task-oriented. Moreover, she helped us work better as a group. As a surgeon at Vancouver General Hospital, an educator at University of British Columbia, and an administrator at Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, I am pleased to provide Ms. Sayers with my highest endorsement and recommendation. Ms. Sayers earned our trust quickly. She has incredible people skills, and I look forward to working with her again.Dr. Alexander L. Lee, Board Member & Treasurer, Vancouver Medical and Dental Staff Association, Vancouver Physician Staff Association
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