Lyn McDonell leads The Accountability Group and is your lead consultant. Lyn brings experience, skill, diplomacy, and commitment to every client organization and its unique context. A team of her associates support clients as required.
About Lyn
Lyn McDonell is a governance, strategy and organizational effectiveness consultant. She is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and a Chartered Director (C. Dir).
Lyn has deep hands-on leadership experience gained from senior positions in provincial and national Canadian not-for-profit organizations as Executive Director, COO and CEO. As COO of the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA), Lyn helped a board task force lead governance change. That initiative later earned the CDA The Conference Board of Canada/Spencer Stuart 2005 National Award for Not-for-Profit Governance.
Lyn earned her Masters of Arts (MA) in organizational development focusing on the life cycle of organizations. She has specialized training in strategy development gained from the Advanced Strategy Executive Program of the Richard Ivey School of Business (University of Western Ontario) and offered by the USA-based Balanced Scorecard Collaborative/The Palladium Group. She knows how to develop and map sound strategy using the Balanced Scorecard method.
In governance, Lyn earned her professional designation (Chartered Director - C.Dir.) from The Directors College, accredited by McMaster University. Lyn is a director of two boards including the newly recruited board of Canada's largest urban community hospital, The Scarborough Hospital. She also serves on the Not-for-Profit Organizations Task Force of The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA), contributing advice regarding its publications on governance. Lyn is a member of the Strategic Leadership Forum, BoardSource, and the Canadian Society of Association Executives.
Lyn works with her own clients and provides consulting support to the clients of Leader Quest Inc., Humber Corporate Education, and the Association Resource Centre. Her clients are based in Canada and Asia (Hong Kong and South Korea). Lyn's Asian consulting work began as a result of referral from Canadian clients to their affiliates. Lyn reports that, while the context is different, interestingly, the organizational challenges are similar.
About Our Associates
Our core team helps Lyn deliver governance, strategy and facilitation solutions for clients -- depending on the assignment, either working directly with your group or in the background with supporting insights. They are Scott Dudgeon, Kurt Kroesen, Tallie Rabin-Claassen, Fran Walsh, John Hamilton, and Dilip Sharma. Scott Dudgeon recently retired from his position of Chief Executive Officer of the Alzheimer Society of Canada. Scott’s career focus has been one of improving the integration of health services. Kurt Kroesen, CMA, MBA is the past Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Canadian Diabetes Association, instrumental in helping the organization grow from a $22 million revenue organization to a nearly $80 million one. He led significant financial restructuring initiatives that supported the growth of the Association. Tallie Rabin-Claassen is currently is completing her M.Ed. in Adult Education & Community Development and has a combination of 15 years experience founding, developing, managing and raising funds for organizations. Fran Walsh has deep experience and insight into how to grow not-for-profit organizations and she trains staff regarding volunteer management. She led the Canadian Cancer Society - Greater Toronto Region for many years and is an instructor with Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning. Dilip Sharma MBA, CMA provides high-level financial health analysis of organizations which assists our understanding of the current state of organizations as they undertake strategic planning. John Hamilton is an experienced writer and assists in reports' preparation. Yvette Bailey and Liz Mills provide administrative support to The Accountability Group.
In addition, over the last decade, Lyn has developed a network of subject matter experts in communications, legal matters, and human resources management.
Associates in The Accountability Group share a common philosophy.
While The Accountability Group specializes in board education, strategy and accountability, we are happy to connect you to our trusted advisors:
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COMMUNICATIONS: These professionals help deliver results: Jim Gray who specializes in coaching leaders on speaking skills, Ann Bowman who understands corporate and stakeholder communications, and Trish Krause who helps organizations identify their brand promise. These consummate professionals can help your leaders tell the story of your organization. LEGAL ADVICE: We value our connection to the top not-for-profit lawyer William (Bill) Pashby in the legal firm of Borden Ladner Gervais. Bill can help you make detailed by-law changes and manage any thorny issues. |
HUMAN RESOURCES: Jack Shand CMC, CAE heads Leader Quest Inc. which offers executive search, staff recruitment, organizational reviews and counsel to management and boards regarding HR practices and policies. Jack has a connections to a wide network. Judy Walker CHRP taps years of human resources experience to provide wise counsel for not-for-profit organizations. DIRECTORS' RECRUITMENT: To find special-skill board members in selected cities in Canada, we recommend and work with Altruvest Charitable Services, Inc. This means that when you need special expertise or directors with a certain background on your board, Altruvest can help you connect to the right prospect. |
