Nicole Poirier, a Principal with the firm, brings a wealth of leadership experience to our search team. In this role she partners with Tom Foster, Senior Vice President to conduct Executive and Board Searches and she also assist Lili-Ann Foster, President, in the Governance practice.

Previously, Ms Poirier launched and led the Learning & Development department at Dell Canada, Ottawa. As the Senior Learning & Development Manager, her responsibilities included leadership in-class training, leadership development and career coaching. In-class training incorporated courses such as Behavioural Interviewing, Change Management, Presentation skills, Ethics, Integrity and Diversity and Competency based Performance. Career coaching was for the purposes of strengthening performance development and leadership development. Some of the assessment tools used in career coaching included 360 feedbacks, Myers Briggs and Change Management Indicators. Ms Poirier was equally responsible for planning, coordinating and leading the Leadership Succession planning and Key talent development. Over these two years, Ms Poirier contributed to two major global leadership programs and was able to launch five new leadership programs. In addition, a Canada-wide Dell L&D newsletter was created by her team and distributed to all managers.

Her prior experience includes 18 years at Ford of Canada under the Ford Credit and Primus Automotive umbrella where she obtained knowledge and experience in Management, Automotive Finance, Learning & Development and Operations. During this term, Ms Poirier was credited for launching the Learning & Development department and a Central Collection department. As Learning & Development Manager, she facilitated all systems and leadership in class training. Once a Front line manager, Ms Poirier assisted in recruiting, interviewing and hiring for several departments in the call center As a Senior Operation Manager, Ms Poirier received Six Sigma training and has been Six Sigma Green Belt certified.

Ms Poirier is bilingual and has obtained a Bachelor Administration from Ottawa University. Nicole is also a member of the RF Network for Executive Women and the Women’s Executive Network (WXN).