About

Consultant | Speaker | Facilitator | Coach

Jeff’s on a mission to help you build an incredible team, so that you can do the work that’s most meaningful for you and your organization.

He works with leaders and teams of professionals who are dedicated to increasing employee engagement, building their leadership capacity and achieving incredible results.

As a consultant, speaker, facilitator and coach, Jeff brings a breadth and depth of experience from two decades in business, non-profit leadership, addiction and mental health care and education.

Services

COACHING

Need an ear to bounce your challenges and opportunities off of, or someone to ask you the tough questions? Jeff works with a limited number of individuals looking for support in addressing their team or organizational dynamics, sorting through interpersonal or inter-departmental conflicts or addressing issues of health, mental wellness and overall job performance.

SPEAKING

Whether your audience is twenty or two hundred, Jeff will captivate and engage them with stories of change from his own life, and the lives of the people that he’s worked closely with over his career.

Jeff leaves every audience with powerful tools and strategies to take meaningful action in their own lives, starting now.

FACILITATION

Jeff’s ability to build custom workshops and trainings on a range of topics (from communication and conflict resolution to leadership practices and strategy) is matched only by his ability to provide “mindful, wise and compassionate” facilitation for groups large and small.

"I recommend Jeff without hesitation for any session that requires a mindful, wise, and compassionate facilitator to inspire true change in the group. "

Colleen Henderson

President - Creative Director, Perfect Pitch Consulting Group

CONSULTING

Jeff specializes in helping leadership teams develop alignment around shared values, build cultures of feedback and take action on the organization’s most important goals and objectives.

Engaging in a consulting relationship with Jeff means committing to taking meaningful action towards building an incredible team, and at the end of the day, delivering outstanding outcomes and results.

Want to take meaningful action today?

Testimonials

What people like you are saying about working with Jeff.

"He’s masterful at taking well researched models and best practices and turning them into easily integrated ideas that create change. He uses simple useful tools and the power of intention. He’s a transformational leader and a visionary. I would highly recommend Jeff’s work to anyone."

Candace Windisch

Director of Community Services, Enviros

Jeff is fucking amazing and smarter than the average Canuck. Plus, he eats weird food and drives a truck that runs on grease. Kind of a weird dude, actually.

Keith Russell

Professor and Chair, Western Washington University

I've worked closely with Jeff Couillard for a number of years, and he understands change - organizational, professional and personal change. He’s not a therapist nor does he pretend to be. What he is speaks to his ability to stay on the ”bleeding edge” of what works to promote change. He has muddy boots from his field work in substance use disorder treatment with youth and their parents, and a leader’s perspective from implementing change through modifying or expanding systems that work, while training staff in the ways and means to make the change real. And he has or will gather the data to back up his consulting claims.

Lee Gillis, PhD

Professor of Psychology and Licensed Psychologist

Jeff has a deep understanding about how teams work best together. As a leader, he has a vision for tending to the structure of teams in ways that bring out the strengths of each member, while simultaneously focusing everyone on shared goals. He also knows that sustainable and effective teams must have more than tasks, deadlines, and to-do lists. Accordingly, he always aspires to nurture a team-centered culture that makes attaining the collective vision an enriching and meaningful experience.

Liam Law

Mental Health Clinician, Island Health Authority

As an advisor and coach, Jeff is a master when it comes to compassionate communication and navigating tough situations. I have absolutely loved collaborating with him, and consider him a friend and teacher. His ability to draw from and apply various models, approaches, and tools he has learned over his career is quite impressive & impactful.

Pablo Romero

Business Advisor, Workplace Consultant, BrandNu Concepts

Jeff is fucking amazing and smarter than the average Canuck. Plus, he eats weird food and drives a truck that runs on grease. Kind of a weird dude, actually.

Vince Fowler

President, Vested Interest Group

I have worked with Jeff Couillard in various capacities over nearly a decade. Jeff has a very unique and inspiring style, which I have seen produce phenomenal results over the years with respect to change management and conflict resolution. He is exceptionally knowledgeable without ego getting in the way, and facilitates in an empowering, positive style. He has an unassuming style, yet delivers world class facilitation. I would have no hesitation recommending Jeff to collaborate with and empower your team!

Lisa Almond

Human Resources, Town of Cochrane

A few [recent] clients that we've been lucky enough to work with!

Connect

Let's chat about you and your team, and making something incredible happen.

Check out Jeff's Tips, Strategies and Resources

007 – Glynnis Lieb

December 5, 2019

What’s this episode all about? If you find yourself in an advocacy role, and trying to help with diversity and inclusion in society you are going to love this episode. Dr. Glynnis Lieb...

006 – Dr. Paul Gorski and Equity Literacy

November 26, 2019

What’s this episode all about? As a teacher what do you do if someone uses a racial slur, transphobic, or homophobic comment in your classroom… other than saying we don’t use that language...

005 – Building The Doorway: A Story of Homeless Youth, Compassion and Cash

November 21, 2019

What’s this episode all about? In this episode, Jeff talks with Marilyn and Kaitlin at the Calgary not-for-profit “The Doorway” about their organization and their unique approach to getting young people off the...

004 – Kelly Wickham-Hurst & Being Black at School

November 14, 2019

What’s this episode all about? Our guest today spent 23 years in the public education system as a teacher, literacy coach, guidance dean, and assistant principal, witnessing first-hand how the system helped white...

003 – The Power of Human Nature

November 7, 2019

What’s this episode all about? In this shorter episode, Jeff breaks down some of the core components of his 2016 TEDx talk titled “The Power of Human Nature”. He asks questions like “why...

002 – Vince Fowler & The Problem with Grit

October 31, 2019

Don’t forget to enter the draw! ————> What’s this episode all about? Welcome to Episode #2, where we’re going to dig into the topic of personal power and explore it from a few...

For You

Join Jeff’s “mini” online course, Get Unstuck. It’ll take you an hour, costs 20$, and might just change everything.

For Your Team

Send a quick note to inquire about a custom built workshop or training program for your team. From half a day to a multi-year engagement, live in-person or delivered remotely with the latest technology, we’ve got your covered.

Many curriculum topics available including;

Right Use of Power: Practical Ethics for Leaders and Helping Professionals
Compassionate Communication: How to Transform Conflict and Provide Meaningful Feedback
Responsive Practice: Simple, Practical and Impactful Tools and Strategies for Healing, Growth and Wellness
Beyond the Strategic Plan: How to Build a Culture of Innovation & Excellence

For Your Organization

Every consulting project is different, because the needs and values of every organization is different.

One common theme is the need to demonstrate outcomes, whether in the form of a “return on investment” in business, or a “social return on investment” in the non-profit sector.

Jeff specializes in helping organizations design, build and implement cutting edge “routine outcome monitoring” and “utilization focused evaluation” systems.

Learn more about the “Vital Signs” approach to measuring and improving the outcomes that are most important to your organization.