Coaching Profile

Janis Ryder has over 20 years experience leading high performance teams in the not-for-profit, retail banking and public health sectors. She also has consulting and project management experience with not-for-profit, health care, financial services, building construction and educational organizations. Described as a strategic, creative, and highly results-oriented change agent, Janis is a versatile professional who focuses on building organizational effectiveness while building the capability and potential of the people within and related to those organizations.

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As a Coach, Janis aims to be a catalyst for growth…helping leaders

• identify areas (both personal and professional) where they need and want to become more effective;
• develop strategies and plans to make positive changes; and
• focus on achieving their goals and reaching their full potential…for themselves,
  their families, and the organizations they lead

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Presently: Executive Director of Human Resources, Trinity Western University, Langley, BC
• President, Ryder Consulting (strategic organizational and leadership development, executive coaching)
• Executive Director, Prison Fellowship Canada
• Director, Employee Programs (Retail Banking), CIBC
• Executive Resources Consultant, Human Resources, CIBC
• Executive Director, The Friends, Parry Sound and Muskoka (non-profit health care org.)
• Project Manager, George Ryder Construction Ltd., Parry Sound
• Executive Development & H.R. Consultant, CIBC, Toronto
• Progressive positions, City of Toronto (Program Consultant and Supervisor, Public Health;
  Training Coordinator, Management Services)
• Program Coordinator, Alcohol & Drug Concerns, Toronto
• Teacher, Frontenac Board of Education, Kingston

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

• B.A. (Sociology) McMaster University, Hamilton
• B.Ed. (Health Specialty) Queens University, Kingston
• M.Ed. (H.R. Development) University of Toronto, Toronto
• D. Min. (in progress) Tyndale Seminary, Toronto

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:

• Mission Aviation Fellowship Canada: Board Member
• Arrow Leadership: former Leadership Coach, Executive Leader Program
• Women Alive: Board member
• NextLEVEL Leadership Mentor
• Verity: Member
• Festival of the Sound: Member, former Board Chairperson