WHO WE ARE
HELPING YOU MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR DREAMS
MacKINTOSH Canada is experienced in the development and effectiveness of
PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES and ORGANIZATIONS through
CONSULTING - co-creating a winning culture
COACHING - senior staff, key teams and individuals
FACILITATING - engaging and effective programs and outcomes
MENTORING - team leaders and middle/senior management
GOVERNANCE - boards, teams and staff
Our Values
Our core values reflect global indigenous teachings and culture. They represent a transformational approach to leadership, honouring diversity and stewardship of the land and environment.
Respect – we demonstrate respect for ourselves, our colleagues, our partners and stakeholders including the land, water and air
Love – we seek to build lasting, positive relationships to build goodwill and demonstrate abundance
Bravery – we are committed to change through inclusiveness and recognizing the contributions of others
Wisdom – our learning contributes to the prosperity of all and for future generations
Humility – we act in ways that enhance, transform and grow through shared beliefs
Honesty – we act in ways that are ethical
Truth – we act and speak in accordance with the truth.
BILL COGAN
Bill Cogan is a Co-founder of MacKintosh and PeopleBest Canada and brings over 30 years of senior leadership and global consulting experience. He is a skilled consultant and an empowering coach and mentor. His journey began in Glasgow, Scotland and took him through the music business, engineering and leadership to his passion for mentoring and coaching individuals, teams, businesses and communities who are on a “quest” of transformation. This process of pausing, reflecting and re-imagining their future is energizing, creative and inspirational and is the basis of leading change in the challenges of the 21st century.
Bill brings a global perspective through living and working in multiple European countries and North America. His education reflects that journey from Stow College of Engineering, Glasgow, Scotland; global leadership at INSEAD, Paris, France and management and consulting at Northeastern University, Boston, USA
His list of clients includes governments, electronics, engineering, financial, pharmaceutical, retail, community-based organizations, education and professional sports. His work with communities focused on partnerships, rejuvenation, capacity building and sustainability. His work in the sports world included individuals and teams from mental coaching and mentoring of a Commonwealth Champion boxer to the same with Gaelic football teams that went on to win two All-Ireland Championships and another that one their provincial championship (after a 60-year drought). Bill also coached a senior women’s championship soccer team and received the coaching award.
Additional awards include the “Servant Leader Award” from the Pacific Institute, Seattle, USA and a “Thanks for all the Fun” award from ELAN Pharmaceuticals Europe.
Bill is values-driven which enables “the many” to engage and move towards a common vision through creativity, innovation and best practices
Email : bill@mackintoshconsulting.com
Phone : 780-498-6563
KAREN MACKENZIE
Karen MacKenzie is a proud Cree-Métis woman and the Co-Founder and President of MacKintosh Canada, an Indigenous owned, international consulting company. Business ownership along with academic and senior management positions has led Karen to this important crossroads in our collective societies where co-creation of the future is both important and enabling. Karen is a proven leader, a skilled consultant and an empowering coach. She is a highly respected authority on individual, team, organizational and community change; the development of strategic alliances, governance and strategic planning, as well as coaching and mentoring.
Karen brings her traditional knowledge of indigenous ways into the contemporary workplace as this wisdom and way of being reflect “wise practices of high performance organizations”. As an international professional speaker, Karen inspires audiences to find their inner passion and to move forward in the direction of their dreams. She challenges individuals to recognize their own gifts, talents and genius and to “let it all out”. Most importantly she assists individuals, teams and families, organizations and communities from moving where they are today to where they want to be.
She is passionate about supporting the dreams and aspirations of the people, organizations and communities. Karen is a member of the Edmonton Police Commission and the Circle of Elders for Edmonton Catholic Schools, heralded as a wise practice across Canada enabling greater success rates for First Nations, Métis and Inuit learners.
Email: karen@mackintoshconsulting.com
Phone : 780-908-8399