Your Organizational Performance Advantage

Welcome to Sandra Piccoli and Associates.

Under the leadership of people, culture and organizational performance expert Sandra Piccoli, we provide strategy, consulting, coaching and facilitation designed to increase engagement, performance and profitability.

WE DO THIS THROUGH…

STRATEGIC CONSULTING

on all aspects of organizational performance, including strategy, structure, culture, process and work.

COACHING

Through which we leverage a wide variety of tools and best practices to propel and encourage awareness, growth and results.

… offered in both English and French. Our goal, through all that we do, is to create success within organizations through – and for – the people that work for them. If you’ve got a business goal or challenge, we’d be delighted to help you address it.

LET'S CHAT

MEET SANDRA PICCOLI

MES, CPCC
Lead Consultant

At her core, Sandra Piccoli is a business person with a keen interest in people, performance and profitability.

Sandra leverages her extensive education and professional experience to help companies align their business and people strategies for optimal engagement and performance.

Her interest in organizational effectiveness began when she was involved in an employee engagement survey through her first ‘real’ job as a bank supervisor while at university. After earning her BA in Sociology, she went on to work in career development, diversity, equity and inclusion and human resources before deciding to pursue her Master’s in Environmental Studies with a focus on organizational systems, change and learning.

From there, she held a series of increasingly senior organizational development and human resources roles at a number of large organizations before launching her consulting practice in 2016. She has been producing exceptional results in this capacity for a wide variety of organizations ever since.

Sandra is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach and results-oriented change management professional with extensive international and domestic experience in diverse industries. She is consistently recognized as principled, strategic and an effective leader, strategist and coach who inspires individuals and organizations to achieve optimal performance. Read her full CV below.

For Sandra and her team, business is personal.

Her vision is to create and facilitate evolution within organizations and the people who work for them, with the ultimate goal of positively impacting business results while creating workplaces where employees can share their talents, find fulfillment and shine.

• Master of Environmental Studies – Organization Systems, Change and Learning, York University
• Honours, Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, University of Waterloo
• Canadian Human Resources Executive (CHRE) designation (in progress)
• Strategy, Harvard University, School of Business (in progress)
• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, Coaches Training Institute
• Centre for Creative Leadership Assessment Tools
• The People Capability Maturity Model (PCMM) Certification, Carnegie Mellon, Software Engineering Institute
• Bayer Corp. Management Skills Program, University of Notre Dame
• PDI Ninth House – Korn Ferry, Leadership Assessment Certification
• Alternative Dispute Resolution, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law
• Hogan Assessment Systems, Hogan Assessments Certification
• 2003 Bayer Gold Cross Award (Nominee): ‘Helping to Develop Synergies Among Bayer Inc. Business’
• 2014 Canadian Society for Training and Development, President’s Gold Award, IAMGOLD Supervisory Leadership Development Program (SLDP)

MEET OUR ASSOCIATES

MARCI MACQUEEN

BMath
ASSOCIATE
Marci is an operations expert with a focus on people and processes. She has 25+ years of inspirational leadership experience guiding teams and organizations to achieve operational excellence through the implementation of people-focused strategies, operational controls and metrics to achieve business results. She has worked with numerous large and medium-sized organizations to achieve that next level of operational success and excels at driving business results through risk mitigation practices, fiscal oversight and governance. Marci is skilled in leading and supporting organizations that are going through considerable change.
ZANKHANA SHAH

BBA, PGDBA, HR Certificate
ASSOCIATE
Zankhana Shah is a trusted and dynamic multidisciplinary Human Resource Professional. She believes in the power of people, processes and systems. She partnered with leaders and teams to drive transformational change across their organizations by sourcing the best people and optimizing the processes. With a decade of experience working with organizations of all sizes, she is well-versed in the areas of talent acquisition, communication, people and administrative management.
WILLIAM GOLDBLOOM

JD, Q. MED
ASSOCIATE
William is an experienced workplace investigator, trainer, and mediator who supports Sandra in the areas of cultural sensitivity and complex workplace violence, discrimination and harassment investigations. He is a qualified mediator with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada and received training through the International Institute of Restorative Practices. William was appointed to the Government of Canada’s national roster of workplace harassment and violence prevention investigators.
RENSIA MELLES

MA Psych
ADVISOR
Rensia is a certified psychological health and safety advisor with over 20 years of experience in workplace mental health and wellbeing. She supports organizations to facilitate mental health in the workplace in a variety of ways, including through assessment, consultation and psycho-education. Rensia has an M.A. in Psychology from the University of Amsterdam, a particular interest in the impact of culture and diversity and has published and spoken internationally.