Donna Robbins Email & Phone Number

Bradford West Gwillimbury, ON, CA

• Enhance individual and team effectiveness by partnering with internal stakeholders on learning and coaching solutions
• Engage with HRBP team to gather, apply and integrate solutions and inform decision making based on talent analytics (e.g., annual performance process)
• Support employee engagement initiatives with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion
• Design, facilitate and assess the effectiveness of virtual learning curriculum
• Maintain collaborative relationships with external vendors

Richmond Hill

• Partner with functional leaders to identify performance gaps and develop/source solutions to improve individual and team performance across the organization.
• Lead the 360 degree feedback assessment process and assist associates with creating and maintaining an individual development plan
• Encourage a culture of continuous learning, knowledge transfer, and growth through the management of tools and programs such as Lynda.com and Leadership Snack and Learns
• Discuss career-pathing options with high-potential employees
• Prepare future leaders for promotions into supervisory/managerial roles
• Provide coaching and mentorship to newly promoted associates

Toronto, Canada Area

• Provide one-on-one performance coaching sessions to management employees at various levels, and across all business lines/key support areas
• Debrief 360 results with managers and assist them to create personal and professional development plans
• Facilitate a variety of leadership (e.g. strategic thinking, coaching skills, creating high performing teams, etc. ) in-person and virtual workshops.

• Provided college-wide leadership for services and programming designed to increase student access and success within a complex multi-campus environment
• Lead a team of 36 staff members and administered budgets of 3.4 million
• Maximized government funding for aboriginal and first gen student programming by creating the financial tracking process and empowering staff
• Improved program decision-making by introducing a standardized assessment instrument to obtain students’ feedback

• Established the first Student Experience Centre at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, through hiring all of the staff, overseeing the set up of two office locations, drafting the operating budgets.
• Completed a comprehensive strategic planning processes for the department that resulted in the development of a mission, vision and strategic directions providing the foundation for yearly operational and program.
• Coached new managers in being effective leaders including facilitating a 360 degree assessment that assisted in their heightened awareness of their developmental needs
• Supervised the assessment and planning of a new student orientation resulting in the increased involvement of stakeholders and the launch of a highly successful summer transition program; 93% of participants indicated.
• Initiated and co-led a pan-university working group tasked with developing a student mental health strategy for the institution that included assessing students perceptions and needs

• Led a team of 14 people that delivered a high standard of career support by supporting individual and team development, which was consistently appreciated by them
• Developed and facilitated a number of career and job search workshops for students including Career Decision Making using True Colours, Goal Setting, Resume and Cover Letter Writing, and Interviewing Skills
• Co-initiated the creation of the University Career Centre Metrics Group, a group of Career Centre Directors from five Ontario universities, to share and develop a comprehensive approach to evaluating our services that.
• Implemented the use of program planning for the design of career support programs that included identifying learning outcomes, resource requirements, marketing efforts and assessment process, that resulted in more.
• Oversaw the researching, evaluating and licensing of a number of online career development tools including creating new resources such as the “Career Cyberguide”, which won the 2004 Excellence Award in the category of.

• Managed all aspects of human resources and budget ($7M) for the non-academic staff (200+), including hiring, administrating the collective agreement, job evaluation, resolving conflicts using both formal and informal.
• Supervised 16 Administrative Assistants and facilitated a developmental approach through enhanced communication at monthly meetings, providing training opportunities and by initiating an annual retreat

Post Graduate, Organization Design & Development

Certificate In Organizational Development

Ccpc, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach