ABOUT BRIE BARKER

Brie Barker

Founder / Executive Director — CTDP, MCATD, CPBA, BA

Since 2002, Brie has provided leadership development training and coaching to thousands of people – current and emerging leaders who work for companies and organizations throughout North America.

Brie has a rare combination of experiences in business, sales, instructional design, coaching and facilitating — along with his background as a professional actor.  His uncanny ability to observe, decode and simulate real human behaviour and emotion produce valuable and transformative opportunities for his clients to develop the advanced, interpersonal skills required to succeed in leadership and management.

Brie has a real passion for what he does.  And he’s funny.

Brie lives in Ottawa, Canada, with his wife and two, young children … who often think he’s not all that funny.


Founder / Executive Director

CTDP, MCATD, CPBA, BA


 

Since 2002, Brie has provided leadership development training and coaching to thousands of people – current and emerging leaders who work for companies and organizations throughout North America.

Brie has a rare combination of experiences in business, sales, instructional design, coaching and facilitating — along with his background as a professional actor.  His uncanny ability to observe, decode and simulate real human behaviour and emotion produce valuable and transformative opportunities for his clients to develop the advanced, interpersonal skills required to succeed in leadership and management.

Brie has a real passion for what he does.  And he’s funny.

Brie lives in Ottawa, Canada, with his wife and two, young children … who often think he’s not all that funny.

 

“Brie is a very intuitive and gifted actor and facilitator.  He is present to others like few others I know.  This presence helps others to increase their self-awareness and skills.  He is a pleasure to work with.”
Peter Gardiner-Harding

Executive Director, playsthatwork

“What Brie does is help you interpret what you are actually conveying to the other person and “how” that makes the other person feel.  Once this is clear, he coaches you on how to refocus the conversation so that both parties can hear the content and move forward in a positive way.”
Ruth Gmehlin

Co-founder, Trillium Teams

“Brie is fantastic to work with – professional, thoughtful, insightful, creative and adaptive – he makes difficult conversations look easy!”
Debra Brown

President and CEO, Brown Governance

Brie’s

Credentials

TTI Success Insights

CPBA

Certified Professional Behavioural Analyst

The Institute for Performance and Learning

CTDP

Certified Training and Development Professional

Schulich School of Business Executive Education Centre

MCATD

Masters Certificate in Adult Training and Development

York University

BA

Creative Arts ~ Theatre

Red Rocket Training and Development

eLSC

E-learning Specialist Certification

Brie’s

Credentials

Schulich School of Business Executive Education Centre

MCATD

Masters Certificate in Adult Training and Development

The Institute for Performance and Learning

CTDP

Certified Training and Development Professional

TTI Success Insights

CPBA

Certified Professional Behavioural Analyst

Red Rocket Training and Development

eLSC

E-learning Specialist Certification

York University

BA

Creative Arts ~ Theatre

As well has serving his own clients, Brie has done work for the following learning and development organizations, who engage him to bring his expertise in human communication to their own programs:

Organizations Brie Has Served

CORPORATIONS

GOVERNMENT

HEALTHCARE & EDUCATION

NON-PROFIT

  • 4Forward
  • Ameriprise
  • AstraZeneca
  • Bank of America
  • BB&T
  • Bombardier
  • BMO
  • BNI
  • CIBC
  • CitiMortgage
  • CMHC
  • Countrywide
  • CMG Canada
  • FedEx
  • First Tennessee
  • Future Shop
  • General Electric
  • Hay Group
  • Home Depot
  • HSBC
  • Investors Group
  • Julius Baer
  • Manulife
  • MDA
  • MD Physician Services
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Northern Trust
  • Philips Medical Systems
  • RBC
  • Riversource
  • Rowanwood Consulting
  • Royal & Sun Alliance
  • Scotiabank
  • ScotiaMcLeod
  • Standard Life
  • TD Canada Trust
  • US Bank
  • Watson Wyatt
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA:

  • Canada Border Services Agency
  • CATSA
  • Environment Canada
  • Fisheries & Oceans
  • Health Canada
  • Indigenous & Northern Affairs
  • NRCan
  • PWGSC
  • Transport Canada

GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO:

  • Children & Youth Services
  • Elections Ontario
  • Natural Resources
  • Ontario Women’s Directorate
  • Lawrence Parks Commission

GOVERNMENT OF SASKATCHEWAN:

  • Ministry of Advanced Education
  • Ministry of Education
  • Ministry of Health

CROWN CORPORATIONS:

  • Bank of Canada
HEALTHCARE:

  • Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
  • Hospice Association on Ontario
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Ottawa Heart Institute
  • Perley-Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre
  • SEOCHC – South-east Ottawa Community Health Centre
  • Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre

EDUCATION:

  • Canadian Chiropractic College
  • Nova Scotia Community College
  • Ottawa School of Speech & Drama
  • Ottawa Theatre School
  • Toronto District School Board
  • University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine
  • University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine
  • University of Regina, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
  • Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
  • CCCJ – Canadian Coalition for Christians & Jews
  • C2D2 – Canadian Community for Dialogue & Deliberation
  • Green Party of Canada
  • Leadership Ottawa
  • Loyola Arrupe Centre for Seniors
  • Lumière Festival
  • Lynwood Retirement Residence
  • NACo – National Association of Counties (USA)
  • NROCRC – Nepean, Rideau Osgoode Community Resource Centre
  • The Ottawa Mission
  • Ralph Thornton Community Centre
  • Toronto Housing Corporation
  • Tourism HR Canada

About Brie

I help current and emerging leaders learn how to transform difficult conversations and dysfunctional workplace relationships into positive and productive ones.

Why?  Because your health, career and organization may depend upon it.  Really.

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