Ian D. Robertson Inc. | Business Management Consulting

Over the entire 25 years span of the firm’s existence we have been involved in Human Resource strategy consulting throughout western Canada. Much of our experience has been with entrepreneurial organizations – sometimes within a franchise setting. We normally work with senior management to identify what prevents the organization from achieving its goal - excellence. A plan of action is then drawn up and we often become involved in assisting in the implementation by supporting the HR activities.

In one organization we were given the mandate to develop and conduct the entire management development program over a five-year period for a 1500 employee organization. This organization had 250 first and second line supervisors and managers, along with a 25% annual turnover of supervisors.

In another organization undergoing a major organizational and cultural change, we worked with management to establish what could be accomplished via management education. We then designed and took a major (8 days in three sessions) education program to the managers and supervisors across western Canada.

On behalf of several west coast biotech firms who are undergoing rapid growth we have been retained to provide ongoing advice on HR strategy and advice on how to ensure world-class people are recruited as firms develop.

One client was experiencing the challenge that it was not growing fast enough to meet/absorb the expectations of its young employees. It appeared that employees would not move on (competitive salaries and benefits, good working conditions) and were they becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of salary and position advancement. Working with senior management a unique program of term employment contracts for all employees was introduced. Under the scheme employees could work up to 6000 hours under the contract, at which time they had to move on. Each left with a scholarship of up to $3,000 that had been accumulated for them. This program permanently removed the problem that had previously existed. Many graduates have commented, years later, the profound impact this program had on them and how it caused them to get on with their life.