To Pat Hirst relationships are everything! She began her career in sales and marketing in the transportation sector and worked there for a decade. In her role as Director of Customer Service for the Vancouver Port Corporation, she learned what it takes to lead a team and create results. She also learned the importance of communicating effectively, resolving differences and the strength of building positive work cultures.
In 1995 she made a career change focused on helping others. She took training at Mediation Services in Winnipeg and apprenticed in workplace mediation for two years. This work gave her unique experience in working with dysfunctional teams and knowledge of how to support them to change their behaviour for better results. It also inspired her to share her knowledge with groups in a preventative way through speaking and training and through her book, In a Perfect World: Interpersonal Skills for Life.
Today through her work as a consultant, she shares strategies and tools to coach people to create the life they chose. She conducts needs assessments, understanding the client’s unique context, to design customized, practical and high impact solutions.
Pat believes that by working together, employees and leaders can create positive relationships, a collaborative culture and deliver results for their organizations.
Pat lives in Winnipeg with her husband and enjoys reading, writing, being outdoors, sports, traveling, film making and spending time with friends.
She looks forward to connecting with you to see how she can support your organization or team!
Credentials:
- Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree – University of Manitoba
- Certificate in Conflict Resolution from Mediation Services in Winnipeg
- Certificate in Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University
- Certified Coach Practitioner – Canadian Coaches Federation
- General Insurance Essentials – Level 1 Honours -Chartered Insurance Professional Program
- Certified Behavioral Consultant – Personality Insights, Inc. – DISC Assessments
- Author – In a Perfect World–Friesen Press
Affiliations:
- Member: Manitoba Writer’s Guild
- Winnipeg Film Group
- Associate Trainer/Volunteer Mediator – Mediation Services, Winnipeg
Pat has held previous Instructional Roles with:
- QNET Manitoba
- Chartered Professional Accountants – Manitoba
- Organization and Staff Development – Manitoba Civil Service Commission
- Red River College – Distance Education- Management & Organizational Behaviour
- York University, Schulich School of Business – Masters Certificate Program in Project Management and Business Analysis
- University of Winnipeg– Professional Studies Programs
- Mediation Services, Winnipeg
Pat held a membership with CAPS – The Canadian Association of Professional Speakers from 2012 – 2019
Clients:
Pat has built relationship as a trusted advisor with clients ranging from insurance companies, utilities, high-tech companies, law enforcement agencies, trucking and logistics, manufacturing, government and retail.
Contact Pat today. Call her at 204-897-7566 or send her a note. Contact Pat