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Welcome to CareerJoy!

This is your Hub for everything you'll need during your onboarding & future reference!

Take a break & watch this welcome video from our founder, Alan. 

The remainder of the content below will be both educational in your first viewing and an excellent reference spot to re-visit over the next few months.

Don't hesitate to contact your leader if you need any support.

Our People, Our Brand, Our Solutions

What We Offer & Why It Matters
Work has a profound effect on the quality of all of our lives. This is a team of great people; you will be able to contribute, be challenged, and at the same time, have a voice and input on decision-making and, more importantly, make a difference.

It’s not rocket science, but it is rare to find.

Every day we are focused on one thing: making work better for Canadian professionals. Our mission is to help every Canadian reach their full professional potential. We believe in the inherent value of the individual and are committed to supporting change, igniting growth, and providing practical wisdom for advancing our clients’ professional development.

This is based on four key drivers:
  1. Human
  2. Modern
  3. Canadian
  4. Results

What We Do
The world of work is competitive and complex. We are an award-winning National HR services firm focused on people and culture. We work with over 2000+ leading companies in Canada, including World Vision, Shopify, The United Way, Toyota Manufacturing, the City of Grand Prairie, and The Government of Canada. We have coaches from St.John’s to Victoria, extending our reach internationally to serve our clients where they are. We offer various people and culture services, including outplacement, leadership development, career development, coaching circles, employee engagement, 360s, workshops, and much more.

We are in the business of making work better – each and every day.

Before Reading On....

Before you move down to review more content, take some time to review our online module that reviews our teams, our brand, and our solutions.

The CareerJoy Organizational Flowchart

CJ Org Chat - Updated April 24

[LQ] Leadership Intelligence

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[LQ] Leadership Intelligence

What is [LQ] Leadership Intelligence? Just like there is IQ and EQ – or intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence,  leadership intelligence is a comprehensive understanding, consciousness, and way of thinking of leadership and developing/growing as a leader.

Improving your Leadership Intelligence (LQ) leads to:

  1. Better Leaders (higher performance, a sense of belonging)
  2. Better Work (lower costs, lower turnover)
  3. Better Results (higher productivity, resourceful thinkers)

Leadership Labyrinth

Leadership intelligence is akin to and represented by a labyrinth. When we look at the origins of the word leader, we see it means “to lead” (English), “to guide or bring forth” (English) and “to travel” (Germanic). In that vein, leadership is a journey, not a singular event or a destination. The Labyrinth represents this journey. There is a very strong tradition in the contemplative streams in many faiths to walk a labyrinth in a moment of contemplation  - In the context of our work and our leadership journey - it is not necessarily spiritual (although for some it is...) - but as leaders we are often perplexed, confused, questioning & sometimes deeply lost - and in that way, we want to become more "well-informed" aka enlightened. 

This framework inspires leaders with new ideas and tangible ways to improve our business and ourselves, creating long-term transformation in individual behaviour and business results.

Leaders. Made Better, means Work. Made Better.

The 4 Cs of [LQ]

The outer ring – Commitment. Commitment is contemplating the question - why I lead.
Character - Character is the very important question and awareness of “Who I am”.
Competency - is the third ring - What do I do well?   
Lastly, The inner circle – culture – the unique way that your organization gets things done. How we work.

Our Solutions

The world of work is competitive and complex. We are an award-winning National HR solutions firm focused on people and culture. We work with over 2000+ leading companies in Canada, including World Vision, Shopify, The United Way, Toyota Manufacturing, the City of Grand Prairie, and The Government of Canada. We have coaches from St.John’s to Victoria, extending our reach internationally to serve our clients where they are. We offer various people and culture services, including outplacement, leadership development, career development, coaching circles, employee engagement, 360s, workshops, and much more.

We are in the business of making work better - each and every day.

Hover over the solutions below for more details.

Meet Our Founding Partner:

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Alan Kearns

Founding Partner, Owner of CareerJoy

Alan is our visionary leader who is an expert on all things work. His team is committed to making work better for Canadian professionals and organizations. He believes in the inherent value of the individual and is committed to supporting change and igniting growth.
People made better is work made better.

Meet The Leadership Team:

Deborah Plant

Director, People & Culture Solutions

Matt Goff

VP, Professional Solutions

Jennifer Facchin

Director, Coaching & Culture

Claire Cotton

Director, Operations & Excellence

Jomol Joseph

Finance Coordinator

Meet The Corporate Support and People & Culture Team:

Jessika D'Oliveira

Senior Corporate and HR Solutions Coordinator

Leah Defalco

Corporate Support Specialist

Martina Wall

Corporate Support Specialist

Melanie Waters

Corporate Support Specialist

Cynthia Hannigan-Thaw

Manager, Coach Support

Tracy Saxton

Brand + Instructional Designer

Meet The Operations Team:

Noemie McCook-Muller

Systems Specialist

Amanda Beselt

(maternity leave)

Meet The Practice Lead Team:

Kristine Tod

Practice Lead

Marlene Carrington

Practice Lead

Meagan Tavenier

Practice Lead

Gina McNeil

Practice Lead, Individuals

Amanda Lockhart

Practice Lead

Claire Dillon

Practice Lead

Jennifer Curtis

Practice Lead

Janet (Jae) Cripps

Practice Lead

Sandra Pickering

Practice Lead

Meet The Service Delivery Team:

George Muenz

Senior Career & Leadership Coach

CONGRATULATIONS!

You've completed the first step in your onboarding journey with CareerJoy!

Now that you've had a chance to see who we are, what we offer, and how our team is designed, it's time to head into a more catered onboarding journey based on your role. 

Please click on the Core Employee link below if you are a full-time employee of CareerJoy, or the Contractor link if you work with us as a contractor.

CareerJoy Core Employees

CareerJoy Contractors