Leadership Development & Talent Transformation Solutions

CAA Atlantic

Leadership Development Program | 2024 to present

The challenge: One of Canada’s largest and oldest consumer-based organizations needed stronger leadership development to support sustainable growth and help senior leaders guide their teams.

What we delivered: An in-person program for 30 managers and directors, combining five five-hour interactive training sessions over six months, eight 60-minute 1:1 sessions per leader with an ICF-certified coach, DiSC assessments and ongoing resources through coaching.com.

The results: 80% of participants’ goals were partially or completely achieved, with an average 9/10 satisfaction rating across all five sessions. The program won Silver for Best Leadership Development Program at the 2026 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards.

“PowerUp Leadership has provided me with the opportunity to provide coaching to my team… it gets into how to coach, motivate and inspire your team.”  - Jennifer Weatherhead, Senior Director of Marketing, CAA Atlantic

Dalhousie University

Virtual Executive Coaching and Team Training

The challenge: A senior leader needed clarity on difficult stakeholders, stress management and work-life integration. Separately, an internal IT team facing constant change and demanding stakeholders was struggling with low morale.

What we delivered: Customized coaching and training built on two assessments our team is certified in, the DiSC Workplace Profile and the Leadership Circle Profile 360. The leader completed six coaching sessions and a facilitated triangulation meeting with her Director. The IT team received two training sessions, one on communication effectiveness and one on leadership.

The results: The leader left with a clear action plan for every challenge, tracked milestone by milestone in our coaching software. All 9 team participants built development plans with their coach.

“Susan Power is a STELLAR coach!… I’m seeing great results: increased productivity and decreased stress.”
Leah Cahill, Howard Department of Medicine Research Chair and Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University

ARAISA

Fractional HR Partnership | 8 months

The challenge: ARAISA grew quickly with no dedicated HR manager. The Executive Director was covering HR part-time on top of everything else.

What we delivered: An HR diagnostic built on confidential 1:1 stay interviews with employees, a recommendations report and project plan, then 8 months as ARAISA’s fractional HR partner.

The results:

• 6 positions filled, including 2 managers (Finance and Special Initiatives)
• Compensation benchmarking with a 90% response rate from sister non-profits across Canada, and formal pay scales
• A new performance management process, launched with training for employees and managers
• New organizational values defined and presented to the Board of Directors

“The guidance provided by PowerUp Leadership not only transformed our HR practices but also well positioned us to realize our goals.”
Carolyn Whiteway, Executive Director, ARAISA