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Dr. James Norrie,

B. Com, M.Ed, M.A.Sc., CHRP, DPM
President, e-Venture Consulting, Inc

Entrepreneur and Associate Professor in the Ted Rogers School of Business at Ryerson University, James has an international reputation as both a scholar and consultant to industry.  His expertise spans corporate strategy, performance management and process design; project management, leadership development and executive coaching.

Strategy Execution

Most organizations understand what they want to accomplish (“strategy formulation”).  While this is an area of interest and accomplishment for Professor Norrie, he is more intrigued by how organizations actually execute strategy and the high failure rate of organizations in this critical domain.  Norrie combines his expertise in business and technology strategy with a track-record of implementing balanced scorecard-based performance management systems and practical advice that remove barriers to strategy execution.  This ensures your organization maximizes its opportunity to actually achieve itsgoals and improve time-to-market cycles, a noted competitive advantage in today's highly globalized business arena.

Leadership Development

As a published expert on the topic of leadership behaviour and team performance, Professor Norrie helps clients develop individual leadership competencies and collective organizational leadership capacity.  Norrie's unique approach helps clients attain higher levels of leadership acumen; connecting their individual contributions to overall corporate strategy.  By focusing on employee alignment, organizations rapidly improve results and achieve new levels of competitive advantage.  His “nine proven leadership laws” enable experienced and new leaders to translate formerly vague concepts into practical action plans that generate high performance and measurable results.

Executive Coaching

James has called on his experience as a Fortune-500 executive and entrepreneur to coach numerous well-known executives on improving their personal performance.  Using proven coaching methods that focus on “quick hits”, each client benefits from a trusted, safe relationship where they can be open about strengths and flaws, learning new competencies that result in superior performance.  Of particular note is Professor Norrie's interest in and ability to help leaders create a “platform for change” within their organization that helps others understand the need for change and helps align your team behind you in turbulent times.

Partial Client List

AT&T, Nextel, Sun Microsystems, IBM Corporation, Cable & Wireless PLC, Bell Canada, Lotus Corporation, CIBC, Compaq Computers Inc., JP Morgan, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Farm Credit Canada, Nestle Foods, Conference Board, Federal Government of Canada, Corporation of the City of Hamilton, Peel District School Board, PLASP, TD Bank, American Airlines, Skyservice Airlines,  CIO Summit, Government of Ontario, SAP Inc., Sony Corporation, Hitachi Data Systems, Novartis, Society of Management Accountants, and others.

Conferences/Speaking Engagements

As a professional speaker, author and practicing academic, Professor Norrie has delivered hundreds of keynote addresses, workshops, conference presentations and papers all over the world, a list of which is available upon request along with complete references from past clients.  Each year he produces 2 – 3 new keynote topics drawn from his recent research and emerging work with clients that stimulate and entertain audiences worldwide on thought-provoking topics where his demonstrated expertise challenges the status quo. These topics can also be customized or combined as required to meet your specific needs.  If you want to discuss speaking engagement(s) or workshop(s), please contact us for additional information as noted below.

Writing

Co-author of The A to Z Guide to Soul-Inspiring Leadership (Epic Press 2003) – a practical how-to book full of wisdom and suggestions drawn from the authors' collective experience in creating high performance workplaces and successful leaders,  Professor Norrie has also authored or co-authored numerous articles in leading global business journals on a variety of topics associated with his business research, particularly in the area of connecting project management practices with business strategy execution. He is also the author of Project Fog (Wiley, 2008) and the founder of projectgurus.org.

On A Personal Note…

James' personal mission is expressed as,
“To Be Passionately Productive!”
He enjoys helping individuals, teams and organizations unleash their passion and achieve their full potential by encouraging and advising clients on how to explore, discover and create purposeful, passionate programs that unlock energy and innovation.  Deriving tremendous satisfaction from sharing his knowledge and experiences for the benefit of others, his goal is to ensure that everyone achieves their full potential in both their corporate and personal lives.  He counts many mentors and friends among his professional colleagues, past clients and collaborators.  He lives in Mississauga, Ontario with his two daughters and his partner.

Professional Experience Summary (last 10 years)

RYERSON UNIVERSITY
Associate Professor & Director, School of Information and Technology Management, Faculty of Business, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario Canada   www.ryerson.ca/itm.  He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses.  With Ryerson since Fall, 2001, he completed his Ph.D at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia in project management and strategic measurement.

RENAISSANCE WORLDWIDE, Inc.
Co-Founder and Vice-President, Align 360 Consulting Group, Washington, DC, 2000

INTERACTIVE MEDIA GROUP Inc.
VP & General Manager, 1999
Co-Founder, webpersonals.com 1997

PITNEY BOWES OF CANADA Ltd.
Executive Director, Strategy & Business Performance (cross-appointed to Pitney Bowes, Inc.), 1996 - 1997
Director, Special Projects, 1995
Management Training Specialist, 1994