Executive Oasis

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Oasis = A Place of Calm & Growth in the Midst of Turbulence

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  • Confronted by turf wars between virtual teams?
  • Experiencing an accelerated rate of change?
  • Need to foster innovation?

During periods of economic turbulence and uncertainty, it can feel as if you’re moving at such a fast pace that there is little time to generate innovative, breakthrough solutions.

Executive Oasis International, a Toronto based consulting firm established in 1996, specializes offers meeting facilitation to help executive teams & entreprenuers succeed even in the midst of turbulence.

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Meeting at the Oasis – Meeting Facilitation

Meeting at the Oasis

An oasis is a space to re-energize and re-charge your batteries before continuing your journey. Since 1996, Executive Oasis International, a Toronto based consulting firm in operation specializes in team building, executive retreats and meeting facilitation has helped corporate teams from 19 countries re-chart their course and resolve SPECIFIC business issues and challenges.

How we can Help – Meeting Facilitation

How we can Help

Our expert meeting facilitators will guide your executive and management teams to improve the effectiveness of their meetings and strategy sessions. We’ll help you look at your organization’s strengths and challenges with fresh eyes. Our organizational and team development processes will ensure that you leave executive meetings, brainstorming sesions, executive retreats, team building, and strategy sessions, focused, invigorated, and ready to tackle the challenges of a fast-paced environment.

Who We’ve Helped – Meeting Facilitation

Who We’ve Helped

We have designed and implemented customized solutions for organizations from 19 countries (e.g. Canada, USA, Jamaica, Barbados, Dominica, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Sudan, South Africa).

Anne Thornley-Brown

Meet Our Senior Consultant Facilitator

Anne Thornley-Brown, President & founder of Executive Oasis International, has a solid track record as a management consultant, facilitator, and organizational change agent.

Anne has an MBA from Schulich School of Business.

Anne has worked with executives, managers and professionals from 19 countries (Canada, USA, Jamaica, Dominica, Barbados, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Thailand, South Africa, and Sudan).

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What our Clients Say About Us

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Mike Aoki, President, Reflective Keynotes (Toronto)

Anne’s experience with accelerated learning, international consulting, and her ability to customize her feedback to each individual makes her consulting work extremely valuable…. just one of her tips helped me save thousands of dollars in expenses for my business.

Mike Aoki
President, Reflective Keynotes (Toronto)

Marc C. A. Berwald, Director, Learning & Development, Bell Mobility (Toronto)

Creativity and innovation are Anne’s trademarks. Her writing, design, facilitation and accelerated learning skills enable her to become involved in many initiatives including writing and designing presentations and speeches for members of the executive team.

Marc C. A. Berwald
Director, Learning & Development, Bell Mobility (Toronto)

M B Sakorkar, LTITL (India)

Ultimately, I was left with a feeling of having done a good beginning…. Anne has an excellent grasp of the subject. The expert in her really commanded my respect.

M B Sakorkar
LTITL (India)

Tay Wee Beng, Manager, Samsung(Malaysia)

Even though I am from the manufacturing team, the tools can all be applied.

Tay Wee Beng
Manager, Samsung(Malaysia)

Miguel Gonsalves, Former Director, Telus Mobility (Toronto)

We continue to be impressed with the depth of information that you are able to uncover and assess….

Miguel Gonsalves
Former Director, Telus Mobility (Toronto)

Ann deCasseres, Manager, Corporate Sales, Bell Mobility

Thank you for your assistance in developing a customized programme for new hires or internal transfers into the corporate account arena. The feedback from your sessions with team members was extremely useful, it helped up size the gap between staff expectations and what we are delivering and allowed us to identify, and focus on opportunities for improvement.

Ann deCasseres
Manager, Corporate Sales, Bell Mobility

Your Take-aways

Our powerful strategies and tools will help you view your business challenges from a fresh perspective. We’ll help you tap into the collective wisdom of your team to:

  • Resolve conflicts
  • Improve decision making
  • Prepare teams for a merger
  • Boost your brainstorming power
  • Identify new sources of revenue
  • Break out of the fire-fighting mode
  • Design & implement turnaround strategies
  • Tap into new market niches for your products and services

Our Approach

During each on or off-site meeting, we will introduce your team to “just in time” strategies, tools, and techniques to resolve future issues and challenges.

We’re available to organize and facilitate brainstorming sessions, strategy sessions, and project management meetings. We will custom design and facilitate stimulating and powerful sessions based on your organization’s specific challenges.

Depending on your requirements and corporate culture, these sessions may include:

  • Problem Solving Exercises
  • Decision-Making Tools
  • Team Challenges
  • Brainstorming
  • Unconferences
  • Simulations
  • Energizers

Areas of Focus

  • Improve the Effectiveness of Virtual Teams
  • Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Assessments
  • Bringing Teams Together After a Merger
  • Strategies for Managing Diverse Teams
  • Corporate Culture Transformation
  • Marketing & Sales Strategies
  • Growth Management Strategies
  • Change Management Strategies
  • Initiatives to Boost Morale
  • Cost-Cutting Strategies
  • SWOT Analysis