Versity (latin origin):
To adapt, to change, to grow, to be versatile
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Clients
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Morguard Investments |
North Shore Credit Union
VP, Retail Banking
Thank you for the Effective Leadership, Coaching, and recent Sales Management training. I am most delighted with the way in which you always link the materials to our customer strategy. I am convinced the training you provided to our Account Managers, coupled with the one-on-one sales coaching, will lead to significant positive changes in our performance and results. Congratulations.
BCAA
John Allen,
VP HR
Andrew's workshops and his delivery of OD programs are highly effective in that they provide participants with the leadership, coaching, and sales skills required in our customer focused business. A key strength is Andrew's ability to align the training and OD initiatives with BCAA's key customer centric strategies, creating a connection for staff and managers that increases their buy in and adoption of the new systems or learning.
Mustang Survival
Dwight Noda,
Director Human Resources
I have worked alongside Andrew Lindesay as a business colleague, and more recently as a client. He has the business acumen and passion that performance driven leaders demand. He is highly insightful and provides critical thinking during the needs analysis process and therefore is able to develop a course of action that is comprehensive and accurately addresses the required change. Andrew is able to wade through complex people issues as they relate to the business issues and he is highly effective working with leaders in the boardroom or coaching a junior employee.
As an empathic people developer with superb facilitation skills, Andrew is able to quickly identify and address an organization's and people's key learning needs and to provide highly professional training and coaching that will lead to organizational and personal improvement. He ensures his clients develop a strong sense of accountability for change and growth.
If an organization is looking to realize their people potential, Andrew's organizational insight and engaging relationship building approach provides a valuable management resource.
Canfor Corporation
Rob Stewart. VP HR
Canfor has utilized the services of Andrew and Versity for the past three years. During this time, Andrew and his colleagues have provided Canfor with exceptional service involving corporate strategic facilitation and leadership development. Most recently, Andrew successfully facilitated the internal review of Canfor's corporate strategy.
The exercises involved a large group, consisting of the executive team and senior managers. Canfor's experience with Versity has been very positive. Their team work well with all levels of management within Canfor. I would not hesitate in recommending their services to companies requiring facilitation, corporate strategy counsel, and leadership development.
North Vancouver Museum & Archives
Nancy Kirkpatrick, Director
I really enjoyed Saturday’s (business planning) session and want to thank you for having done such a splendid job of facilitation. We accomplished more in one day of working with you than we have in multiple meetings with other consultants.
North Shore Credit Union
Chris Catliff President and CEO
Andrew has facilitated many strategic planning sessions for us, during which he has demonstrated superb facilitation skills and remarkable insight. I have been particularly impressed with Andrew's focus on organizational alignment by integrating NSCU's strategy and goals into every project, thus ensuring maximum effectiveness and return on our investment.
Over the many years we have worked with Andrew, we have benefited immensely from his abilities and insights. He has worked as a partner with us to move our organization forward and has had a profoundly positive effect on our performance and results. I cannot recommend Andrew highly enough.
Justin Webb
Vice President, Olympic Services and Operations
Bell Canada
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Fraser Surrey Docks
Peter Jaskiewicz CEO
VERSITY has helped us develop the leadership potential of our entire management group. We participated in 360° assessments of our leadership and management performance followed by two outstanding leadership development workshops – which provided us with the critical skills needed by our management group as we build relationships with our Foremen and Longshoremen. The feedback from participants and my own experience has been outstanding. Many thanks.
W.C. (Bill) Moffatt
Chief Member and Operating Officer
Island Savings Credit Union
Island Savings has worked very closely with Andrew Lindesay during the past several years. Andrew has excelled in this consultative role, assisting us to hone our focus on the various components of strategic planning and change management.
Andrew possesses the ultimate "can do" attitude with positive energy and a commitment to tangible results. His engaging personal style enables him to interact effectively with senior management and staff. Andrew is very well organized and efficiently keeps track of the details and commitments undertaken. He encourages effective teamwork and cooperation, but with a complete focus on accountability and measureable outcomes.
I volunteered to write this recommendation for Andrew because I am very grateful for his contributions to our company. I am very confident that he has the work ethic and skills to add value in any business environment. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Vancouver International Airport Authority
Mo-Jean Lai
Manager, Employee & Career Development
This is to confirm that Andrew was contracted to develop a customer service workshop for our operations department at Vancouver International Airport Authority. This particular workshop was geared towards empowering our operations center representatives to communicate effectively and with tact and skill when dealing with the issues of a wide range of callers. Participants were expected to learn the skills necessary to meet every caller’s expectation and to foster positive and sustainable relationships between our organization and the communities we serve.
It was truly my pleasure to work with Andrew and his colleague Stella. During the development of the workshop, Andrew was always available to meet, either in person or by phone. He took it upon himself to understand how an airport operations center operates and how other factors played a role in the running of our business. By taking the extra time to get to know our stakeholders, he tailored the program to meet our specific needs and produced an effective workshop. Andrew and Stella always came across as professional subject-matter experts and they worked hard to achieve the best end result.
Over the three workshops the participants provided an overall evaluation of 4.6 out of 5 and the customer service skills have been well applied on the job.