Engagement – thoughtful discussions to ensure alignment and encourage wider perspectives.
CARLY TAYLOR | DIRECTOR – PEOPLE & CULTURE | E-COMM 911
By far , the most engaging supervisory program I’ve been involved in. I participated in the Supervisors Essential program through LGMA in 2022. It was by far the most engaging supervisory program I’ve been involved in. I typically have a hard time with virtual programs, but the facilitators kept the program dynamic and interesting throughout. I highly recommend this course, and working with Cinga Leadership.
MAGGIE HALL | CITY MANAGER, CITY OF TERRACE
The collaboration. The check-ins. You have all taught me so much.
MICHELLE KIMBER | HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER | OPISYSTEMS
Your professionalism, organizational skills, and follow-through.
ADAM WEISS | CEO | OPISYSTEMS /h6>
Kathy is a Master. She has deep knowledge and skills combined with her artful execution (calm, insightful and curious approach), put our employees and Board members, in the drivers seat and at the same time, brough everyone along to a place of agreement and excitement for our future. She pulled out the best in us.
HEATHER SCOTT | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | LANGLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH AND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
Kathy and the Cinga team were easy to do business with – it never felt like a supplier relationship and more like a team at the table helping to solve complex problems.
Jeff Wilson | ICBC
Kathy provided my team with a participatory and experiential session on coaching and courageous conversations. In just over 3 hours the team was able to learn practical skills that helped to enhance their personal and professional growth. Her facilitation style and activities were engaging, supportive and relatable to the challenges we face in our work environment today.
STACEY BERISAVAC | SENIOR MANAGER, VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY
We began work with Cinga in 2021, in the very early stages of building a DEI program for our organization. Cinga was instrumental in helping shape both strategy and a practical tactical plan that aligned with our values and met us where we were at in our DEI journey. The Cinga team is amazing, and we will definitely keep working with them!
NICOLE WHITAKER | DIRECTOR OF TALENT & PEOPLE EXPERIENCE | PROSPERA CREDIT UNION
There are so many great things to say about Kathy and her coaching. She gets to know you and find out what makes you tick. She then takes that knowledge to build a custom program that’s right for you. She makes the coaching process easy and effortless. Even a skeptic of coaching and its effectiveness could change their mind if they started to work with Kathy. One of the best things about Kathy and her coaching style is how genuine she is with you. This translates into trust which translates into progress, your progress. Kathy gives you just enough of a challenge to keep things fresh and manageable in your work/life balance. I would recommend Kathy to anyone looking to explore or re-explore coaching.
Regardless of the complexity of the learners’ individual needs, Cara will move your organization forward with learning products that far exceed expectations. Her experience in all steps of the learning and training processes is almost impossible to find.
KATHERINE SEVERSON | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UNIT SERGEANT| MAJOR EVENT & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SECTION| CALGARY POLICE SERVICE
I knew of Kathy before I even met her. Everyone that knows Kathy speaks highly of her incredible ability to create learning content and programs that are relevant, interactive, practical and powerful. Kathy brings an impressive skillset to any project she works on, and with her knowledge, experience, flexibility and research, she always delivers excellent results. Working with Kathy is truly a pleasure and I hope to continue to learn from her for years to come!
I am so appreciative to have had the chance to work with Kathy. Her insights, passion and commitment transformed our leadership program into a truly world class training experience. I found working with Kathy a true pleasure. She quickly understood our vision and immediately added value. Kathy is easy to work with, a talented team player, and profoundly committed to her work and her clients. With Kathy’s astute guidance, we were able to develop a training program which achieved our goals and better supporting the learning of our participants.
JILLIAN BOYD | DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS, NATIONAL JUDICIAL INSTITUTE
Grounded. Self-aware. Diligent. Delightful. These are some of the words that come to mind when I think of Kathy Andrews.
ADRIENNE E. WHITE | PRESIDENT, BC ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
Cinga took our curriculum concept, created a solid framework, fleshed out the content complete with concrete learning tools that enabled us to deliver a product that could empower and enrich the lives of our workshop participants. All on time and within budget, always with a spirit of collaboration and graciousness. Working with Cinga is assurance that you are in the hands of consummate professionals.
MARY MYTTING | LEAP PROJECT COORDINATOR AT COMMUNITY FUTURES FRASER FORT GEORGE
Kathy is an incredible person. She brings high-level knowledge and a delightful personality to all projects and teams. She is dedicated, supportive, and it is a real pleasure to work with her.
CORALIE SEYS | CEO & OWNER, ELITE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT
Kathy and her team at Cinga have brought a ton of value to us over the past nine years. She’s not only a delight to work with but also highly relatable across different levels within our organization. Her honesty, straightforwardness, and efficient use of time make her a stand out in the consulting world.
KATY PLAYER | VP – HUMAN RESOURCES, CANFOR CORPORATION
Vorum is truly lucky to have had the opportunity to work with Kathy and the Cinga team for our first ever Leadership Development Program. Kathy’s tailored program design met both our practicing and aspiring leaders where they were, challenged each participant to find comfort in discomfort, and we have tangible outcomes that our whole company is carrying forward as we speak! The impact of this program has been beyond our expectations – thank you, Kathy!
ANGELA SAUNDERS | CHIEF SALES AND MARKETING OFFICER
The Cinga team has been an incredible partner over our 19-month collaboration, driving a major training initiative and digitizing key learning pathways with innovative, user-friendly solutions. Their expertise, dedication, and adaptability have been vital to our success. Whether tackling complex challenges or routine tasks, Cinga’s clear communication, collaborative approach, and positive attitude make them a joy to work with. Their insights are invaluable, and I’m thrilled to continue partnering with them on our 2025 projects. I highly recommend Cinga as skilled and reliable instructional design professionals.
To anyone considering bringing Cinga in, I would share that my experience was awesome. If it’s about leadership or executive development, I’m confident that working with Kathy and her team will lead to an exceptional experience.
CARL SAUNDERS | FORMER CEO, VORUM
Jemma’s ability to understand people and their development areas was amazing. It ensured people discussions were carefully considered and made through a strategic lens. I valued that she would always speak honestly when in difficult discussions and decisions for the right outcomes. Her integrity, HR professionalism and ability to build relationships was invaluable to me and our team.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT + ESG
Collaborative, responsive, tuned into our organization’s needs, good humans.
Three words that come to mind when thinking of Cinga’s superpowers are strategy, business acumen and project management. I appreciate the team so much!
JESSIE VAN SAMBEECK | TALENT ANALYST, LULULEMON
Cara, with her expertise, was able to assist us with our learning needs while keeping our corporate vision alive. Using her education and experience, she worked collaboratively to expand our thinking, offering unique and customized ways to address our needs. She was a pleasure to work with and made the whole process very easy for us and the employees.
We have so much going on in our organization, and no one person has their eyes on everything at a high level. Cinga holds us all together.
KATE ROSSITER | SENIOR MANAGER OF PROVINCIAL SERVICES, ENDING VIOLENCE ASSOCIATION OF BC (EVA)
We brought Kathy onboard to support us as we built out some new leadership development programming and laid the groundwork for an initial employee engagement survey. During a period of tremendous growth, Kathy’s flexible approach and unflappable demeanour were an incredible support to me. We were successful in rolling out two new pilot programs and gathering executive buy in and a vendor decision for an engagement survey. I would not have been able to do it without Kathy’s support.
SUZANNE BOYD | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR TALENT AND DEVELOPMENT, STEMCELL TECHNOLOGIES
Kathy is knowledgeable, practical and creative, truly a unique skill set! I have had the pleasure of working with Kathy throughout the last four years, collaborating on several projects. I admire Kathy’s ability to get people on board with ideas-especially people who were initially on different pages. Kathy would be an asset to any team.
RENU DHALIWAL | DIRECTOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT, METHANEX CORPORATION
Kathy has been a partner with the Canfor team for more than 2 years and has played a vital role in the development of our Learning & Talent strategy and program content. She has the innate ability to quickly understand organizational culture and adapts her approach to better service the customer. Extremely thoughtful, emotionally intelligent and a genuinely positive person to be associated with.
ROB JARVIS | DIRECTOR LEARNING AND TALENT, CANFOR CORPORATION
Because of her openness, approach and ability to seamlessly work with our team, we will be continuing to work with her to keep our leadership strong well into the future.
SHELLEY FROST | PRESIDENT AND CEO, PACIFIC NATIONAL EXHIBITION
I have had the great pleasure of working with Kathy Andrews of Cinga Leadership for the past 4 years. Kathy has a gift for helping her clients get clarity on what they are trying to accomplish with leadership development programs and initiatives. Every component of the programs Kathy designs have significance and impact and are linked to the overall learning objectives. As a facilitator who stands at the front of the room, I am always confident and prepared delivering a program that Kathy has designed because I know the content is current, relevant and organized in the best possible manner. She cares deeply about her clients and it shows in everything she touches. The leadership development space needs more Kathy Andrews!
CHRIS OBST | JUMP MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
Greg Andrews is one of the most amazing human beings I’ve ever known. He came into my life during a period of growth …., through which he has guided me without pretending to know all the answers. He is a true mentor and servant, only wanting what’s best for those around him. I accredit much of my success to my interaction with Greg.
CHAD SONGY | DIRECTOR, POINT GUARD COLLEGE
Kathy has a knack of quickly understanding the issue at hand and providing the needed encouragement/support to move through the issue. Her guidance is a refreshing combination of coaching with advice when appropriate.
TINA IRELAND | REGIONAL ASSESSOR, VANCOUVER ISLAND – BC ASSESSMENT
The Cinga team is thorough, knowledgeable, and highly skilled in designing and delivering engaging leadership programs to meet the client’s needs.
TERESSA JOHNSON | PROGRAM MANAGER | LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF BC
