HR: Organizational Development

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Barbara J. Bowes, FCHRP, CMC, M.Ed.

President

As President of Legacy Bowes Group, Barbara Bowes is a highly regarded HR authority and author.

She is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), a Certified Human Resource Management Professional (CHRP - Fellow), and holds a Master of Administration in Education degree. She is also certified in a number of human resource and proprietary operational tools and strategies.

During more than 20 years in all phases of executive search, she has completed successful searches for senior leadership roles including President/CEO, Vice President and General Manager for companies in a variety of sectors. Recently, her focus has been directed to College, School Board and senior human resource assignments.

In addition to her experience as a business owner, Barbara has also led the human resources management practice at an international accounting and consulting firm and was Director of the Western Canada HR consulting practice for a regional accounting firm. In these roles she and her staff produced results for client organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to not-for-profit organizations.

Her popular "Working World" column appears every Saturday in the Careers section of the Winnipeg Free Press and she is a regular contributor to the Manitoba Business Show on CJOB in Winnipeg.

Barbara is also the author of three books:

• Working World with Barbara Bowes, an Employer's Guide
• Working World with Barbara Bowes, an Employee's Guide
• Easy Resume Book: A Transferable Skills Approach

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Mike A. Cuma

Partner, HR and Labour Relations Consulting

Mike A. Cuma has over 25 years of senior leadership expertise covering all aspects of Human Resources management with particular emphasis on labour and employee relations. He has successfully established and led full service human resources teams for organizations with locations across Canada and the United States.

Prior to joining the Legacy Bowes Group, Mike served in a number of senior Human Resource leadership roles including Vice President, Executive Director, and Director in some of Canada’s leading organizations. Mike’s extensive human resources experience covers a wide variety of sectors including hospital and emergency care, mining, foundry and heavy transportation manufacturing, aerospace, automotive (bus), and retail manufacturing.

In addition to expertise in labour relations, Mike’s experience in human resources leadership includes workplace safety and health, training and development, policy and procedures, communications, continuous improvement, benefits, payroll, recruitment and other related areas.

Mike is considered a change agent with a passion for implementing innovative solutions and programs, continuous improvement and customer service. He has built a solid reputation on effectively linking people and business strategies to achieve organizational goals.

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Helen Maupin, M.A.

Vice President, Whole Systems Design

Helen Maupin brings a wealth of business consulting experience to the Legacy Bowes Group. Specializing in Whole Systems Design and Development, Helen helps businesses analyze, design and maintain strong roots to ensure continued health and growth. Focusing on employee empowerment, streamlined business processes, efficient technologies and organizational cohesion, Helen has a history of improving job satisfaction, efficiency and overall productivity in organizations old and new.

Helen has a Masters in Applied Social Psychology from the University of Saskatchewan, and has spent over twenty five years helping people and businesses come to life around the world. Helen is a writer, consultant and proven asset in helping leaders at all organizational levels reach their full potential through creativity, self-discovery and self-expression.

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Sheila Bayda

Vice President Consulting

Sheila Bayda works with clients to identify, build and implement business strategies and human resource solutions.  

For more than 18 years, Sheila has worked to hone her technical skills in organizational development and planning, change management, and HR systems / processes but she credits much of her career success to being an effective listener, “message interpreter” and relationship builder.  In being a strategic thought partner, she applies flexibility and creativity in the consulting process to produce customized solutions and relevant results for clients in both public and private sectors.  

Sheila graduated from Simon Fraser University with a B.A. in Communications, French and Linguistics.  She is certified in PROSCI’s organizational change management methodology and she has received formal training in project management and strategic planning facilitation.  Sheila has broad-based experience in project leadership, designing large stakeholder consultation processes, executive search / career transition services and has extensive interviewing and facilitation experience.

In short, Sheila is a “think straight - talk straight” consultant, fully devoted to client satisfaction.