With a Doctorate in Human and Organizational Development, Lyn Hartley specializes in working with teams, interpersonal dynamics and organizational effectiveness. Organizational development is a field that investigates how to improve an organization’s efficiency and vitality. For over 20 years, Lyn has lived and worked across Canada’s North, helping groups build healthy and engaged workplaces. Lyn has a keen interest in understanding the complexity of what makes organizations “tick”.

She has worked with most of her clients over a long-term, developing a strong sense of understanding and trust. While most people are unaware of the field of organizational development, Northerners know that they can count on Lyn to help them figure out workplace dynamics and optimize performance.

Lyn philosophy is “building on the best through grassroots action with global wings.” She actively works with Northerners to learn from the best thinking from around the world as well as identifying what is working well within the organization itself. To all her work, Lyn naturally brings the qualities of curiosity, humor and engagement.

Within the field of organizational development, Lyn specializes in three areas:

Organizational Performance

A skillful facilitator, Lyn helps pinpoint organizational issues to enhance performance and promote vitality.

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Organizational Learning

An enthusiastic educator that brings energy into training and development programs. Lyn is a “scholar-practitioner” as she integrates the best of cutting edge thinking into practical terms. Lyn teaches for the Yukon College, Royal Roads University and the Justice Institute of BC.

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Organizational Research

Lyn is a curious and astute social researcher that investigates the deeper issues relating to people’s perceptions about organizational issues. As a scholar, Lyn specializes in transformative learning theory.

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