ERIN EKMAN
Erin Ekman is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF), and the principal facilitator and leadership consultant with Centrivity. She has worked in coaching and leadership development since 2009 and holds a Professional Co-Active Coach Certification (CPCC) from the Coaches Training Institute.
Erin’s insight into development and strategy is enriched by her background in Kinesiology (BscKin) and six years as a program liaison, building teams and implementing a strategic plan for Olympic and National sport programs and International Charities and NGOs. Erin incorporates high performance principles into her consulting work with multinational corporations, small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Erin has over 13 years of experience building cohesive and strategic teams and brings her expertise to the SAIT School of Business as an instructor in the Professional and Leadership Programs and recently completed her Certification in Emotional Intelligence to support her clients to lead more collaboratively and authentically.
Erin is passionate about developing people and teams as they actively move towards their personal and professional goals, and partnering with organizations that recognize that their people are their greatest asset and pathway to long term success.
DIGITAL LEARNING ARCHITECT
Andrew Galster has a passion for building programs that help people become their best self.
He got his start in program development at Easter Seals’ Camp Horizon where he created and managed programs that enable accessible adventure experiences.
Next, he served as regional Executive Director for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind in Alberta, where he led the local transformation of this 100-year-old charity through a complex re-design of its core program offerings.
While he continues his work with CNIB, now as the national Director of Program Development and Evaluation, Andrew also does freelance consulting to help other businesses develop their own programs and services.
Solutions Manager
Karla Helm is a business solutions expert that provides small business support when you need it! Karla is a self-taught, hard-working individual that has been successful in learning through trial and error while owning multiple small businesses, and by volunteering for multiple organizations.
As a business owner herself, Karla understands the frustrations experienced by business owners in their day-to-day operations. For +15 years, she has worked with small businesses and non-profits to improve their efficiency and operations by establishing and managing their policies and procedures. Karla looks at a business from the outside looking in, since she has no bias nor opinion, she can look at a business’s operations objectively and ask questions that may escape a business owner that is ‘living’ in their business. Together they seek opportunities to streamline their routines and determine procedures for their operations.
Now, with the aid of technology, a small business’s operations can be handled easier than ever. Working with a team of consultants, Karla researches the latest technology available and implements them so that your business can concentrate on what it is they do best!
Karla loves to work with people and to discover what makes them ‘them’! She is passionate about learning and trying to help people have that ‘easy’ button in at least one aspect of their life. She enjoys volunteering and aiding others to achieve their goals.
In her work with Centrivity, Karla helps coordinate the behind-the-scenes activities that allow Erin to focus on her facilitating and coaching. Since Erin has more time to work with her clients, doing what she loves, she can deliver the very best for each and every client!
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