30+ years experience across Healthcare, Military, Policing, Mental Health, Education, Services, Consulting, Non-Profits, Finance, Publishing, Technology, and Retail.
Specializes in Executive Coaching, Facilitation, Leadership Training & Development, Project Management, Change Management, and Design & Delivery of Customized Programs
Leadership Experience in leading a team of 650, Strategic Planning, HR & Labour Relations, and Program and Operations Management
Focuses on human development, creating high-performance cultures, and developing leadership talent.
Proven ability to drive transformative change and achieve measurable results.
Creates psychologically safe workspaces through generative conversations.
Zayna is a seasoned leadership and organizational development executive with a 30-year track record of driving transformative change. Her expertise spans across diverse industries, including Healthcare, Military, Policing, Mental Health, Education, Non-Profits, Finance, Publishing, Technology, and Retail.
Some areas of expertise include Executive Coaching, Professional Training & Development, Project Management, Change Management, Strategic Planning, HR and Labour Relations, and Program and Operations Management. With specialization in partnering with leaders across North America as a Leadership & Organization Development Professional, Change Management Practitioner, Consultant, and Executive Coach.
Zayna’s proven ability to foster high-performance cultures and develop leadership talent has yielded significant ROI for her clients. Through a focus on generative conversations and psychological safety, she empowers leaders to achieve exceptional results, enhance organizational performance, and build sustainable growth.
Her work focuses on human development at work; helping real people solve real-life problems. It’s not just about learning, it’s about applying the learning to the work you are doing right now.
She works in partnership with clients to determine and effect their desired change. She helps leaders create a space where they develop positive transformation within themselves, their teams, and the organization. These transformations result in measurable impacts, ROI and meaningful increases in engagement, productivity, motivation, and well-being.
Zayna engages in generative conversations with her clients which are proven to increase the psychologically safe workspaces, engagement, accountability, creativity, and innovation. These coaching conversations become the tool that individuals use to enhance relationships in their own lives and the lives of those they encounter.
Create a culture where you want to work, contribute, and thrive.
Degrees Royal Roads University (MA) Master of Arts Leadership Assessments Diamond Power Intelligence Index EQ In Action Hogan 360 Korn Ferry 360 Leadership Circle 360 Profile MBTI Indicator Step I & Step II Certified Personality Dimensions Level I & Level II Coaching International Coaching Federation (ICF) Master Certified Coach (MCC) Mentor Coach (ICF) Royal Roads University (RRU) Certified Executive Coach (CEC) Erikson Professional Coach Change Management Agile Design Thinking Human Systems Dynamics Immunity to Change Prosci Change Management |
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training DEI – CoachHub Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) – Elevate Psychological Health & Safety Psychological Safe Leadership (CPSL) – UNB Facilitator/Trainer Achieve Global Alexrod Group Conference Model Clear Leadership/Clear Partnership Coaching Out of the Box Brain Gym Energy Management HSD Praxis Partner Leadership Embodiment Practitioner Meditation Teacher Training Narrative & Storytelling ORSC Organization & Relationship Systems at Work ORSC Alchemy: The Art & Magic of Creating from Relationship Power + Systems Organizational Workshop Schuitevoerder Advanced Group Facilitation Self as Instrument Practitioner Yoga Teacher Training 200 Hours |
Includes Unionized and Non-Unionized Teams in Non-Profits, Community-Based Organizations, Government Organizations & Private Corporations
AIM Coaching | Kaia Health Software Lonza Group Nomura AMR Corporate Northern Health Authority Peel Regional Police Service Platform Providence Health Care Provincial Health Services Authority REACH Edmonton Right Management Sephora Smartsheet Stanford University Terumo Texas Tech University Trinity College School Vancouver Island Health Authority Waterloo Catholic School Board Wellington Catholic School Board Woodward Foundation WSIB Ontario |
Keynote Speaker: BC Society of Laboratory Science Conference, 2019
Topic: “Leading & Learning”
Co-Presenter: Canadian College of Health Care Leaders Conference, 2016
Topic: “Engaging Leadership Shifts: From Surviving to THRIVEing”