Chris' Bio
Chris was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Business degree from Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada). After successfully completing university, Chris worked at Procter & Gamble (P&G) in Marketing for 5 years. Given P&G’s strong emphasis on performance and people development, it was there that he discovered his passion for training and helping his employees’ improve their skills. During his time at P&G, Chris was a certified trainer for P&G’s Global Leadership course, designed and facilitated an Advertising development program, trained various management courses focused on P&G competencies, and designed and facilitated a corporate orientation program. During his time at P&G, Chris was also a volunteer instructor for a community public speaking and leadership program.
We Can Learn from Others
After leaving P&G, Chris decided to fulfill one of his dreams and spent time traveling through many countries such as India, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Switzerland. During his travels, Chris had an opportunity to meet and learn important life skills from a diverse group of people including farmers, diving instructors, monks, elephant keepers, the homeless, trekking guides, and doctors. These individuals helped Chris learn an important life lesson – Everyone we meet, travel, and work with has the potential to help us improve our skills if we so choose.
International Work Experience
In search of an opportunity to gain more international work experience, Chris relocated to Geneva, Switzerland. He worked in the Corporate Training & Development department for a large multinational company. It was in this position that Chris had an opportunity to work and deliver training in regions including Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, and Africa. It was also an opportunity for him to continue his education working with diverse cultures and people.
As a result of his international training experience, his passion for people development, and interest for meeting and working with diverse people, Chris created INITIATE. Today, both he and his associates serve a range of clients in the food and beverage, medical devices, certification, and shipping industries. They also work with international organizations.
INITIATE’s Value-Added Business Model
Chris has developed a business model of working with associates in an effort to provide a range of specialized services. This model helps avoid transferring non-value added administrative costs to clients while enhancing a vision he believes is important to deliver to his clients: excellent and personalized service.
This business model allows Chris to also have a good balance between professional and personal life. During his free time, Chris is pursuing his passions, which include hiking in the mountains, writing, cooking Asian food, skiing, marathon training, and researching human development.
If you would like to learn more about how Chris and his associates can work to make a difference with the people in your organization please contact us.
