Corporate Learning & Development

Learning and Development for performance, to build community, attract and retain talent, and enhance the Employee Experience!

My 20 years as a Learning & Development Professional leading, designing, and delivering workplace competencies for dynamic audiences taught me that the key to talent and learning retention, is prioritizing the employee experience.

“Wendy led the design of a key learning initiative for Rogers B2B sales professionals. She was able to lead and organize a diverse, cross-functional stakeholder group and make recommendations on learning strategy to achieve an excellent end-product. Wendy always takes ownership of the project and isn’t phased my ambiguity or complexity. I’d wholeheartedly recommend her to lead learning design initiatives and would be confident of her ability to exceed expectations.”

— Ben Hall, HR Lead at Rogers Communications

“I have had the opportunity to partner with Wendy on a number of key projects and initiatives for the Scotiabank Retail Banking Team. With each interaction, Wendy comes to the table as a true partner and learning professional. She builds amazing rapport with the teams, and takes the time to truly understand their teams and businesses. Only once she is confident with uncovering the need, she recommends unique and thoughtful solutions.”

— Richelle Roth, Senior Manager, Consumer Protection at Scotiabank

I have proven success in managing complex learning programs and client portfolios, driving business goals, and increasing retention through creative strategy & design, influential consulting, and engaging facilitation.

Learning and Development that takes the Employee Experience to the next level.

Industries

  • Retail
  • Health care
  • Construction
  • Manufactoring
  • Food & hospitality
  • Non-profit
  • Financial
  • Beauty & fashion
  • HR / Talent
  • Education
  • Real estate
  • Public service
  • Transportation

Key Topics

  • Onboarding & employee experience
  • Total rewards and compensation
  • Health and wellness
  • Performance and behaviour
  • Sales practices
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Digital competencies
  • Communication
  • Customer experience
  • Leadership competencies
  • Policy and procedure
  • Change management
  • Equity, diversity and inclusion

Over the course of the past year, Wendy has been instrumental in the revamp of our BluePrint Leadership Program. Her keen eye for design and her focus on a wholistic learner experience has resulted in a revitalized program that will continue to support the development of Aecon leaders for years to come. In addition to BluePrint, Wendy has led our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion portfolio with her signature innovation and creativity.”

Susan Wallace, Manager, Learning, Aecon Group

I design and facilitate modern and innovative solutions that expose learners to these core components to ensure “sticky” learning.


Overall Strategy

  • Defining performance & behaviour outcomes
  • Success criteria
  • Key stakeholders relationships
  • Vendor management
  • Evaluation strategy
  • Implementation strategy
  • Budget & schedule
  • Needs analysis
  • Ideation
  • Team building
  • Content gathering
  • Proof of concept / style guides

Learning Experience Design

  • Instructor & virtual led training
  • Presentation decks and facilitator guides
  • Participant materials
  • Job aids
  • Pre-work & sustainment
  • Web-based training
  • Micro-learning
  • Blended learning
  • Coaching toolkits
  • Motion graphic videos
  • Social media learning
  • Team huddle toolkits

Program & Curriculum Innovation

  • Holistic program re-direction
  • Modernization and innovation of existing training
  • Streamlining or simplifying existing training
  • Adding cohesion to siloed training
  • Creating a program or curriculum from existing assets

Marketing for Learning

  • Communication strategies
  • Social media templates
  • Webpages assets
  • Marketing campaigns
  • Promo & kick-off videos
  • Testimonial videas
  • Success cases
  • Evaluation data as a story


Wendy is a force to be reckoned with. She not only has a great talent of facilitation in the classroom and virtually but she also has development and design experience and a whole portfolio of other talents. Wendy and I have been working on creating an Everything DiSC culture at Aecon and she is gifted at creating a learning culture.”

Frank Teravich, Leadership Development, Founder of Inspired Results Inc.


When it comes to training, Wendy has a flair for the dramatic – in the best way possible! Her natural gifts as an engaging facilitator are a huge complement to her expertise as a learning designer. Working alongside Wendy, I’ve seen her put in the hard work to hone her facilitation practice, especially in a virtual classroom environment.”

Moe Poirier, Founder, Shift Facilitation


Wendy facilitated a pilot session of Leadership Presence and Branding workshop for our team. Her facilitation style was friendly and relaxed which ensured that the participants remained highly engaged. Thank you Wendy, It was great to experience your passion and enthusiasm for facilitation.

Perviz Thaver, Learning, Leadership and Executive Development

Some of the design and collaborative tools I use include:

  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Articulate Rise & Storyline
  • Garage Band, iMovie
  • Voiceflow
  • Storyset
  • Powtoon
  • Camtasia
  • Canva
  • WordPress
  • Sharepoint
  • Microsoft Office
  • Asana
  • G Suite
  • WebEx, Adobe Connect, Zoom, MS Teams
  • Figma
  • Wooclap
  • SAP SuccessFactors
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