Paquette Consulting - PHILÉMON PAQUETTE - Group Facilitator

PROFILE:

With more than thirty years' experience in human resources and organizational development as a trainer, economist, and manager in both the public and private sector, PhilÃ©mon Paquette has successfully facilitated group processes for a variety of clients including chairing a number of boards of directors, designing and delivering classroom courses on management skills including strategic and business planning, job evaluation and classification, leadership, priorities and goals management, consultation and negotiation, decision-making and problem-solving, stress management, communications, and dealing with difficult people, among others. He has developed and facilitated train-the-trainer programs for trainers in the private sector; and orientation for new hires programs for federal employees, for private sector employees, and volunteers. Philémon Paquette is a highly skilled facilitator who has received international recognition as being exceptionally effective with small groups (i.e. 50 or less). Owing to his policy, legislative, scientific and public sector and corporate management background, he has also been proven to be particularly effective training professionals in these fields.

EDUCATION:

The Application of the Executive (Hay) Plan, 2003	TOCC, Ottawa
UCS Evaluation Course, September 1999	HRDC
UCS Evaluation Course, January & May 1999	TAPP Consulting Services & SolGen
UCS Writing Course, August 1998	Industry Canada
UJEP Evaluators Course, 1992	Treasury Board Secretariat
Facilitator Training, 1987-1994	USM (CA) (Insight cont. ed. div.)
Senior Management Orientation Course, 1984	Public Service Commission
Writing Executive Jobs under the Hay Plan, 1981	EMR, (tutorial by Brian Seed)
CAP Management Course, 1978	Public Service Commission
Classification Standards Development Course, 1978	TBS & The Public Service Unions
Fundamentals of Classification Course, 1978	TBS & The Public Service Unions
M.A. (Economics), 1974	University of Ottawa
B.Sc.Soc. (Honours: Economics), 1972	University of Ottawa
Basic Sales School, & Advanced Systems School, 1969	A-M Corp, Cleveland, Ohio
The Psychology of Communications, 1968	A-M Corp, Cleveland, Ohio
L.L.B. (American Law)(incomplete), 1966-68	LaSalle Extension University (IL)
Personnel Administration Course, 1965-66	USATC, Fort Dix, New Jersey

FOCUSED EXPERTISE:

Organizational analysis for strategic change through training and facilitation of group processes
Focused training and group process management planning
Designs and facilitates training courses and group processes
A small group specialist who assists people to get results

EXPERIENCE: (partial list)

Correctional Services Canada

Designed and delivered a workshop on, The Application of the Financial Administration (FI) Classification Standard for the classification team of CSC.

Association of Canadian Financial Officers

Designed and delivered a two day training Classification/Job Evaluation Training Crash Course for Labour Relations Advisors of ACFO-ACAF.

Industry Canada

Delivered the course, Orientation to the Universal Classification Standard twenty five times for a number of IC and CTC managers and employees.

ACOC and MCO Group Inc.

Developed and delivered the course, UCS Evaluation Course for a number of consultants and Public Service managers on applying the UCS standard in evaluation of work descriptions

Pro Action Inc.

Developed and delivered the course, Dealing with Difficult People for a number of public and private sector managers and front line workers dealing with internal and external publics in a unionized environment.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Delivered the pilot in Central Canada of the course Consultation and Negotiation Skills to scientific, management, and administrative staff as a step to improve client relations

Cansem Institute Inc. (Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver)/Insight Seminars (Los Angeles, CA)

Delivered and/or designed and delivered more than 70 seminars and workshops in Toronto and Ottawa on priorities management and productivity enhancement, and on a range of personal effectiveness topics