Executive Coaches in Sherwood Park, Alberta

Dr. Joel M. Rothaizer, MCC, is an executive coach and organizational consultant with extensive training and over 30 years’ experience in understanding the functioning of both organizations and the people within them. His focus is on leadership development, executive coaching and team/organizational effectiveness. He assists leaders in finding versatile styles that are more successful, authentic, and energizing. He assists teams and organizations in creating optimized results-oriented cultures vitalized by collaboration and partnership, incorporating the alignment of clear hierarchy with the engagement and productivity of self-governing teams.

He is a Licensed Psychologist and Board Certified in Organizational & Business Consulting Psychology. An Official Member of the Forbes Coaches Council, the International Coach Federation has designated him a Master Certified Coach, their highest credential. A Certified Business Coach, he is also on the faculty of the University of Miami Certified Professional Coach Program and Corporate Coach University, as well as a Certified Enneagram Teacher and Lectica Coach. Underpinnings of his work with his partner include Contextual Thinking (understanding behavior by first looking outside the person, rather than inside), Developmental Models (the different leadership “operating systems” that are increasingly more effective in times of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity (VUCA) and rapid change), Complexity Theory, Polarity Management, Leadership Versatility, Practical Neuroscience, and Mindfulness.

Joel assists his clients in focusing on root causes rather than on energy-sapping symptoms, and in discovering unique and elegant solutions to seemingly complex problems. His clients have included Exxon-Mobil, Google, General Electric, AT&T Bell Laboratories, BNY Mellon, IBM, Enbridge, ADP, Canadian National Railway (CN), Broadridge, Ferrellgas, Grainger, Royal Bank of Canada, PeopleSoft, National Bank of Canada, StorageTek, Wide Open West, Ledcor, HSBC, PCL, Government of Alberta, Dialog, Go Auto, Alberta Health Services, Sanofi-Aventis, Edmonton Police Service, Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM), ATCO Structures & Logistics, University of Calgary, Rehrig Pacific, Nexstar Pharmaceuticals, New Belgium Brewing, Hagemeyer, STV, Proligo, Italian Centre Shop, University of Washington, HYL Architects, National Fire Safety, Yellow Pencil, Government of Canada, Government of British Columbia, Strathcona County, The Nature Conservancy and Los Alamos National Labs. He and his partner, Sandra Hill, designed and for more than five years delivered the leadership effectiveness training for the top 800 leaders in the City of Edmonton. This program has some of the strongest outcome data in the world.... See More

I work with surgeons and allied health care professionals who work in the operating room. I know the stress and system frustrations that are present in the OR and believe that coaching can help individuals to work in a more authentic way that will improve team dynamics and lead to better care and outcomes.... See More

As an executive coach and organizational consultant, Dr. Sandra Hill has spent more than 30 years assisting thousands of leaders and their direct reports in enhancing organizational capabilities. For 11 years, as senior lead organizational consultant in a Fortune 50 company with over sixty consultants and trainers reporting to her, she was responsible for developing and then providing a full range of organizational development consulting services including executive coaching, leadership development, team building, performance management and strategic planning.

She has developed a proven track record of success and trusted, long-term client relationships. A master at organizational assessment, she’s a catalyst for her clients developing results-oriented cultures vitalized by collaboration and partnership, incorporating the alignment of clear hierarchy with the engagement and productivity of self-governing teams.

An executive coach long before it was popular to be a coach, she is widely known for her pioneering work with leadership and team development and for her innovation and creativity. Underpinnings of her work with her partner include Contextual Thinking (understanding behavior by first looking outside the person, rather than inside), Developmental Thinking (the different leadership “operating systems” that are increasingly more effective in times of complexity, ambiguity, and rapid change), Complexity, Polarity Management, Leadership Versatility, and Living Systems. She is a Certified Enneagram Teacher, Myers Briggs Consultant and Lectica Coach.

Her clients have included the Government of Canada, Lucent Technologies, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Province of Alberta, Cisco Systems, Italian Centre Shop, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton Police Service, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, IBM, Mellon, the World Bank, NeXstar Pharmaceuticals, Wide Open West, Natural Conservancy, Keystone Center and StorageTek. She and her partner, Joel Rothaizer, are currently providing leadership effectiveness training for the top 800 leaders in the City of Edmonton. Their outcome data are some of the strongest results ever found in a leadership program.... See More