Conseils
Clarify a situation. Inform a decision. Structure the response.
The problem people name is not always the problem to address.
A retention difficulty may come down to a management practice. A cultural tension may signal a poorly defined responsibility. A request for training may point to a process that needs revisiting.
Advisory work connects the decision, the structure, the culture people live and the employee journey before recommending anything.
A decision is tested on the floor, in the roles and in daily practice.
Five levels, one organization
Our consultants work where decisions, structures, practices and people all need to move in the same direction.
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Decisions and direction
What the organization chooses to commit to.
- Strategic planning
- Strategic advice
- Clarifying priorities
- Governance
- Implementation plan
- Support for executive decisions
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Organization and the HR function
What makes a direction workable.
- Creating or restructuring an HR function
- Roles and responsibilities
- HR processes
- Management tools
- Policies and guides
- Employee journey
- Architecture of practices
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Culture and management practices
What managers do day to day.
- Organizational culture
- Leadership
- Management practices
- Consistency between values and behaviours
- Cultural intelligence
- Intercultural dynamics
- Team engagement
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Onboarding, integration and retention
What the people who arrive actually experience.
- International recruitment
- Pre-arrival welcome
- Home
- Integration
- Inclusion
- Retention
- Support for managers
- The experience of international workers
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Organizational development
What stays with the organization after the engagement.
- Training needs assessment
- Designing guides
- Training materials
- Onboarding tools
- Organizational tools
- Transfer of capability
- Implementation support
The area most often behind the engagement Strategic planning sits at the first level : it sets the direction the other four have to support.
Six ways in
Each family matches a recognizable situation. Framing tells us which one is yours.
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Strategy and planning
The executive team has to settle on a direction and confirm the organization can carry it.
What we examineThe context, the priority issues, internal capacity and cultural conditions.
What the engagement may produceA direction, priorities, a plan translated into responsibilities, and follow-up.
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Organizational audit and diagnostic
Observations pile up without anyone knowing which ones explain the situation.
What we examineThe practices, processes, responsibilities and dynamics that keep the gaps in place.
What the engagement may produceA documented diagnostic, causes told apart from symptoms, and priorities that are justified.
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HR structuring and tools
The HR function has to be created, restructured or equipped.
What we examineHow roles are distributed, the processes, the policies and the employee journey.
What the engagement may produceClarified roles, processes, policies and guides people can actually use.
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Culture, management and cultural intelligence
The stated culture and daily practice no longer tell the same story.
What we examineCultural reference points, management practices and the consistency between values and behaviours.
What the engagement may produceShared reference points, clarified management practices and better-equipped managers.
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Onboarding, integration and retention
Arrivals go badly, or departures come too soon.
What we examineThe full journey, from pre-arrival welcome to inclusion, and the preparation of the teams receiving people.
What the engagement may producePriorities, onboarding tools and an action plan that is tracked.
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Training needs assessment and materials
Training is requested, with no certainty it will settle the situation.
What we examineThe real skills gap, and what actually belongs to structure or to management.
What the engagement may produceA needs assessment and materials designed for your teams.
Situations encountered with Quebec organizations, in industry as well as in the public networks.
Four modes of engagement, four distinct needs
You don't have to choose the vocabulary of consulting. Start from the need.
You have to decide
ConseilsClarify the situation, examine the options, settle on a direction and structure the response.
You have to verify
AuditExamine practices and responsibilities against a defined framework.
You have to understand
DiagnosticIdentify the causes, tensions and dynamics that explain a situation.
You have to implement
Ongoing supportSupport adoption, adjust practices and hold the course over time.
The Intégramètre is not a fifth mode. It is the proprietary tool we bring in when an engagement concerns onboarding, integration and retention.
The Intégramètre
An online tool for diagnosing, prioritizing and steering onboarding, integration and retention. It examines practices, locates the gaps, turns them into priorities and then into an action plan whose progress can be tracked.
Its structure draws on the ISO 30415 standard, translated into concrete, observable elements.
- 01Culture
- 02Planning
- 03Strategy
- 04Launch
- 05Selection
- 06Administrative management
- 07Pre-arrival welcome
- 08Home
- 09Integration
- 10Inclusion
practices observed → gaps located → priorities → action plan → progress tracked
Access the Intégramètre
The tool is available online. Access is opened on request : tell us about your organization and we will come back with the applicable terms.
Four movements, adjusted to the engagement
Clarify the situation
Define the decision to be made, the scope and the people concerned.
Cross-reference facts and practices
Connect the data, the processes and the teams' experience.
Set the priorities
Tell the urgent from the essential and settle the decisions that commit the organization.
Design, then support
Build what is required, then support implementation.
- Diagnostic
- Recommendations
- Strategic plan
- Action plan
- Clarification of roles
- Processes
- Policies
- Onboarding guide
- Training materials
- Tracking dashboard
- Implementation priorities
No single engagement produces all of these deliverables. They are selected according to the situation and the scope agreed at framing.
Describe the situation before choosing the service.
You don't need to know whether your need calls for an audit, a diagnostic, an advisory engagement or ongoing support. Tell us what is happening, what is holding, and the decision you have to make.