Corporate

How do we help with your projects?

We work with any size corporation on projects from inception through execution. Most businesses add projects onto daily work activities which can cause delays and unfinished executions because people have full time work tasks already filling their day. That is where we come in – we have the subject matter experts and resources to attack any size project for any size organization. We work across multiple functional areas and have substantial training in Six Sigma and project management.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
-Napoleon Hill

Shilo Military Family Resource Centre (MFRC)

Client Bio

Military Family Resource Centres are committed to enriching the lives of individuals and families in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) communities through positive action, education and support.

Scope of Work

Deliver a systematic approach for a workplace assessment utilizing a professional online assessment survey and 1-1 interviews to provide a multi-source feedback loop for the Board of Directors. We supplied the organization with recommendations to support the evolution of their internal culture and other strategic goals. Follow-up presentations were given to each department and the Board of Directors.

Timeline

2014

Biggest Challenge

Working to ensure that all 60 team members across multiple service lines felt like their voice mattered and that good changes were possible.

Biggest Win

Moving into a coaching relationship with the Executive Director as a result of the recommendations.

  • As Dow started its Olympic TOP partnership, Tanya, did a great job teaching our global team about the “Look of the Games”. She took a very deep and complicated category and made it easy for us to understand.

    Amy Millslagle, Former VP Marketing, Dow Olympic Operations

  • Tanya was a pleasure to work with and has excellent skills in project management. I would recommend her skills to businesses.

    Erin Buckland, VP, IFR Workwear Inc.

  • Tanya helped us navigate some internal challenges with an Organizational Assessment. She was forthright, professional, and caring. LaBuick & Co, without question, had our organization, and our team’s, best interest at heart.

    Kevin Groff, Chair, Board of Directors, Career Connections Inc.

  • It was Tanya’s patience and sense of humour that kept everything on track. The Brandon Area Planning District and ultimately our residents benefited immensely from her professional skills.

    Shari Decter-Hirst, City of Brandon Mayor (2010-2014)

Brandon & Area Planning District (BAPD)

Client Bio

BAPD is a partnership between the City of Brandon, the Rural Municipality of Cornwallis, and the Rural Municipality of Elton which provides an increased level of coordination and cooperation among the participating municipalities, primarily with regard to land use and land development issues.

Scope of Work

Provided an organizational assessment report and action plan including job descriptions and pay scales for employees recommended to be employed by the District; included recommendations for future procedure and policy development. Gathered historical data by reviewing internal functions, supporting organizational information, and existing policies and procedures. Finally, created a comprehensive Service Delivery Agreement identifying all services to be performed by which partner; and the metrics associated with an equitable partnership.

Timeline

2013 – 2014

Biggest Challenge

Ensuring all three stakeholders felt heard and treated fairly with the final recommendations and legal agreement.

Biggest Win

Learning more about the BAPD and seeing how well our three leaders worked together. They set a very good example.

  • Tanya was a pleasure to work with and has excellent skills in project management. I would recommend her skills to businesses.

    Erin Buckland, VP, IFR Workwear Inc.

  • As Dow started its Olympic TOP partnership, Tanya, did a great job teaching our global team about the “Look of the Games”. She took a very deep and complicated category and made it easy for us to understand.

    Amy Millslagle, Former VP Marketing, Dow Olympic Operations

  • It was Tanya’s patience and sense of humour that kept everything on track. The Brandon Area Planning District and ultimately our residents benefited immensely from her professional skills.

    Shari Decter-Hirst, City of Brandon Mayor (2010-2014)

  • Tanya helped us navigate some internal challenges with an Organizational Assessment. She was forthright, professional, and caring. LaBuick & Co, without question, had our organization, and our team’s, best interest at heart.

    Kevin Groff, Chair, Board of Directors, Career Connections Inc.

IFR Workwear Inc.

Client Bio

IFR Workwear Inc. is a Red Deer, Alberta, Canada company that manufactures fire resistant workwear.

Scope of Work

eCommerce Implementation & Company Brand Update -remotely managed the redesign of the company website; including the ecommerce business-to-business (B2B) platform. We focused our efforts on content development in concert with managing the two key suppliers for software and site architecture, along with the financial interface. In conjunction, assisted in the redevelopment of the official mark for the company, which is also featured on the new site.

Timeline

2013 – 2014

Biggest Challenge

Working on aggressive project timelines that directly competed with the corporations busiest season.

Biggest Win

Learning how to write basic HTML and process mapping their shipping procedures (Tanya loves process mapping).

  • It was Tanya’s patience and sense of humour that kept everything on track. The Brandon Area Planning District and ultimately our residents benefited immensely from her professional skills.

    Shari Decter-Hirst, City of Brandon Mayor (2010-2014)

  • Tanya helped us navigate some internal challenges with an Organizational Assessment. She was forthright, professional, and caring. LaBuick & Co, without question, had our organization, and our team’s, best interest at heart.

    Kevin Groff, Chair, Board of Directors, Career Connections Inc.

  • As Dow started its Olympic TOP partnership, Tanya, did a great job teaching our global team about the “Look of the Games”. She took a very deep and complicated category and made it easy for us to understand.

    Amy Millslagle, Former VP Marketing, Dow Olympic Operations

  • Tanya was a pleasure to work with and has excellent skills in project management. I would recommend her skills to businesses.

    Erin Buckland, VP, IFR Workwear Inc.

Career Connections Inc.

Client Bio

Career Connections Inc. is a professional, results driven, employment agency which specializes in working with and securing employment for individuals living with a disability.

Scope of Work

Provide turnkey project management and strategic planning expertise by administering a professional 360 Degree Organizational Assessment Survey, and performing 1-1 interviews with staff and stakeholders. Data obtained was used to provide a snapshot of the level of engagement and morale within the organization and among stakeholder groups, in concert with solution based steps or cultural evolution approaches and recommendations.

Timeline

2013 – 2014

Biggest Challenge

Corralling survey responses across three respondent groups to provide a collective and consistent voice with tangible recommendations.

Biggest Win

The Board feedback and trust – they felt the final report would help them to initiate change and that it provided tactile, useful information.