About
Established in 1994 , Aurora Consulting Group has been promoting business success in York Region, the GTA and Canada for over 16 years.
We are committed to excellence in working with family business, entrepreneurs, and non-profit clients building business strategy and organizational effectiveness.
As a trusted advisor, we help clients to see the current realities of internal and external issues, lending support at whatever level is required. We energize clients to re-focus vision, markets, products, sales & services and manage “people-challenges” in a positive way.
Clients appreciate our high level of knowledge, our passion for customer service and our flexible “roll-up-the-sleeves” approach.
Jennifer Steele, Founder & Principal
As the Principal Consultant, Jennifer is personally committed to every client. Jennifer has over 20 years of experience working with family business, entrepreneurs, Boards of Directors, leadership teams, human resource professionals and employees. Jennifer has a strong background in strategic planning and management consulting with a broad perspective on business issues, especially sales and marketing. She has facilitated hundreds of strategic planning retreats and management development sessions and has worked closely with many types of businesses. Jennifer is certified in Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (Faculty of Law, University of Windsor ).
Jennifer is an active volunteer, community representative and serves on several boards of directors.
Resources
David Lewis & Associates
David is an expert in communication, behavioural management and conflict resolution. He has specialized for 25 years in the "people business", teaching and facilitating. David has deep expertise in the process of behavioural management within the complete spectrum of recruiting, selecting, training, managing and providing an environment where employees can motivate themselves.
David is a counsellor at the Clark Institute in Toronto and has worked as a lecturer at the University of Florida. He has worked extensively with entrepreneurial and family businesses as well as independent divisions of larger multinational companies.
Jennifer and David have worked in partnership serving many clients in communication, organizational behaviour and crisis management since 1994.
dglewis@rogers.com
Management and Leadership Coaching Materials
Aurora Consulting Group is the exclusive Canadian Associate for LeadingWave. This company has helped hundreds of U.S. and international organizations implement leadership, management and organizational change strategies. LeadingWave supplies Aurora Consulting Group with high quality, cost-effective management training and coaching materials that are customized for each client.
http://www.leadingwave.com
Written Communication and Editing Specialists
Dr. James Steele is an Adjunct Professor of English at Carleton University, where he also served as Managing Editor of the academic journal "English Studies in Canada". Dr. Steele has taught, published and done consulting work in the field of advanced literacy. He has assisted Aurora Consulting Group with editing reports and with special projects, including analysis of communication problems and writing skills.
Heather Steele worked for many years as a Director and Editing Consultant in the public sector, including the Canadian Centre for Management Development, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the CBC. She has often collaborated with Aurora Consulting Group by developing and editing client documents, speeches, and other communications and by providing valuable comments on their substance.
Human Resource Management
Aurora Consulting Group will recommend Associates to assist with specific, detailed HR needs such as candidate search, compensation, benefits, career outplacement and other HR issues on an as-need basis.
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