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Experienced senior consultants with complementary skills in strategic thinking, governance, organizational growth, business planning, finance, operations and performance.

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Your Confidence – Your Growth – Your Success

Bringing our expertise and experience to small and medium-sized non-profits, businesses, government bodies and partnerships to help them mobilize, grow and succeed.

Our core team brings over 70 years of experience working with Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations, governments and businesses. We have a wide network of complementary and content- related experts to draw on as needed. We are independent of government and can provide third-party advice and ongoing organizational support and development.

We collaborate together under the name The Advantage Alliance.

  • What does your organization need to grow and succeed?
  • Are you going through an important transition?
  • Could you use some help in longer-term planning, oversight, finance and operations?
  • Are you working effectively with partners and stakeholders?

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Our core services cover seven areas

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Governance Transformation Management Relationship Building Operations Performance Research and Analysis

Our Alliance can give you an Advantage in Realizing your Vision and Mission.

Now, more than ever, organizations need to be nimble and forward-thinking. The global pandemic is changing the way we operate. Are you ready?

We are here to help

In any of our core services, we can take on different roles

We can take on leadership level roles on a project or part-time basis.

If a key player in your organization has left unexpectedly, we can come take on the role on an interim or part basis until a permanent employee arrives.

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We can provide special advisory roles to the CEO or Executive Team.

We can deliver projects aimed at culture shift, growth, change management, results measurement or other files.

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We can liaise, broker and manage key rights holders and stakeholder relationships.

Relationships with other organizations and groups can either provide rich opportunities for growth and mutual benefit or get in the way of innovation.

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We can facilitate knowledge transfer and capacity building.

Successful organizations are learning organizations. Their leaders see the potential for change and growth and work with their most important asset – their people – to advance.

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We can connect organizations and businesses with specialists as required through our extensive networks.

New initiatives can get a strong start through well timed specific expertise.

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MOBILIZE. GROW. SUCCEED.

Experienced senior consultants with complementary skills in strategic thinking,
governance, organizational growth, business planning and performance.

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Basia Ruta

Founder

With a broad-based career of over 37 years, Basia has significant expertise in operations including start-ups, scale ups and major transformation, as well as in leading corporate functions in finance, performance audit, risk management, strategic planning and governance. Basia’s career choices reflect a deep passion in serving the public interest.

Dianne Kinnon

Founder

Dianne has had her own consulting practice, Kinnon Consulting, since 1987 and has worked for and with Indigenous organizations and communities since 1993. Her expertise spans research and analysis, strategic planning, group facilitation, program development and partnership brokering/management services. Her main focus has been health, social and justice issues.

“I wanted to take this opportunity to formally thank you for helping us to develop our Strategic Plan for 2021-2026. Your commitment and hard work over the course of many months and in the midst of an unprecedented global pandemic was certainly very much appreciated.”

Gary N. Wilson, President, Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies100% Satisfaction
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