My careers so far - in brief

GOAL

Use my skills and experience to meet organisational challenges

PROFILE

Visionary and versatile leader, mentor and achiever.

SKILLS  (Condensed)                                                                       

LEADER

·        Lead colleagues, subordinates and citizens in many roles. Launch corporate and social initiatives in many contexts. 

·        Act as mentor, motivator, coach and change agent to found, build, revive or reform organizations. Ensure organizations and projects utilize all relevant available information, skills and resources.

COMMUNICATOR

·        Communicate messages and decisions to all target audiences. Evaluate, select and define media, methods & techniques.

·        Ensure stakeholders’ full understanding of and commitment to selected courses of action. Lobby, advocate and negotiate for desired outcomes in a wide variety of situations.

PROJECT MANAGER

·        Organise teams, ensure effective work division and assignments. 

·        Allocate resources and staff within and between projects. Ensure effectiveness, consistency and quality of all project activities. Document and track progress: re-assign as required.

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER 

·        Design, evaluate and staff organisations.

      ·        Recruit, upgrade, evaluate, mentor & discipline staff.

·        Mentor, direct, guide and evaluate peers, managers and colleagues. 

FINANCE MANAGER

·        Prepare, review and analyse large budgets and audits. Develop financial policies, procedures, recovery plans.

BUSINESS PLANNER

·        Formulate, review & evaluate business plans and proposals. Plan initiatives and projects in most areas of endeavour. Prescribe upgrading of hardware, management systems and workflow. Analyse, evaluate and integrate unit and team plans into strategic plans. 

NEGOTIATOR

·        Apply empathy, sensitivity and skills to design solutions.

·        Develop common information bases, shared values and understanding. Negotiate across physical, ethnic,cultural and linguistic boundaries. 

TRAINER/PRODUCER

·        Train staff for employers, clients, task forces and my own businesses. Script, direct, edit and produce training videos.

·        Use gap and output analyses to identify training needs for teams & staff

ORGANISATION DEVELOPER 

·        Align organisation with changing goals and society

CONSULTANT

·        Apply expertise, skills and training to diverse projects. Analyse, investigate, summarise and recommend solutions.

POLICY ARCHITECT

·        Lead policy development, in any organisation. Develop strategic directions, design policies.

COMMUNITY  DEVELOPER

·        Design, implement public consultations, analyze results. 

·        Organize groups on issues; define & achieve goals.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration,

·        University of Western Ontario.

·        Certified Management Consultant, CMC, (final examination outstanding).

·        Highly computer-literate: expert in Internet use and procedures.

·        Fluently bilingual, full (federal) exemptions: used to working in French. ‘Secret’  clearance.

Full CVs on request - skills, project, chrono, community activities. Recent projects; networks, goals, partnerships & references discussed at interview.

johnparry@shaw.ca 306.664.3698  

version francaise sur demande 

December 2008