Visionary, Leader, Educator
James Aitchison brings a plethora of experience from multiple perspectives and leverages his skills to support and build capacity in change management. His unique style allows teams to collaboratively set direction and intentionally plan to implement the steps necessary to cause cultural shifts. His work is being highly sought after as the changes he implements MOVES teams. Communication and Business Process are two keys his work develops in the creation of collaborative, focused teams.
James is able to provide an organizational review that considers various forms of input and provides guidance to move organizations to an agile approach in support of their vision and goals. As a past Director of Technologies for three successful teams, he has the knowledge and experience to insightfully support leaders in a critical review of leadership, processes and supports.
Cultural Shift - If you're looking to create cultural shift, James has been called a master facilitator. He is able to work with teams to build on collaborative guided conversations and guide participants towards a common goal. He's process oriented and can motivate diverse groups to build a common understanding of future goals and map out processes to ensure they are achieved.
James' work to help build leadership skills has transformed teams in multiple organizations. He leverages communication and strongly defined business processes to achieve a team-based approach to support working units. His work with many clients is ongoing, serving as a critical advisor for planning and implementation of organizational structure, large and small scale projects or facilitation processes.
“James has spent the last 7 months working with our IT Services Department in a dual role as a leadership mentor/advisor and as a guide for the implementation of sustainable processes based on proven practices. In this short time, James has fostered a cohesive environment focused on accountability, which has seen measured improvement in prioritization and completion of projects. His work in supporting the leadership team, both in departmental restructuring and effective communication, has led to a cultural shift with a noticeable increase in collaboration within teams, within the larger department, and across departments. His style has allowed this new leadership team to develop the culture and style that works best for them, while offering the support and advice to make them successful, in this transformational time for the IT Services Department. All of this, while reinforcing the Board’s core mission to Ignite Learning.
David Visser, Associate Director, DDSB
