Welcome. I’m Gord.
I coach and consult with purpose-driven leaders and organizations.
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Helping social impact leaders and organizations grow their reach, results and impact
I'm a seasoned consultant with over a decade of experience helping social impact organizations scale their results and deepen their impact across Canada.
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For nearly 10 years, I advised purpose-driven leaders at LIFT Impact Partners. Now, through my own firm, I partner with executives and leadership teams to tackle complex organizational challenges:
  • Governance
  • Strategic planning
  • Revenue Diversification
  • Impact measurement
  • Team dynamics.
I translate big-picture purpose into clear, actionable strategy.
I help leaders and organizations:
  • Get clear on where they’re going;
  • How they’ll get there; and,
  • How to build the capacity to sustain it.
Alongside consulting, I bring in elements of executive coaching to support leadership development and team performance — but strategy and execution always come first.
With an MBA and a deep commitment to social change, I’ve helped transform organizations and the leaders at their helm. If you're looking to accelerate your impact with clarity and confidence, let's connect.
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Why Work With Me?
Strategic Consulting
With 10 years of experience scaling social impact organizations, I help you create clear, actionable strategies to grow your organization's reach and effectiveness.
Executive Coaching
Whether you're a seasoned CEO or stepping into leadership for the first time, coaching with me is focused on practical results. We’ll tackle real challenges—navigating tough decisions, managing your team, setting priorities—and ensure your leadership approach is both confident and aligned with your values and goals.
My Areas of Expertise
Leadership Development
Transforming high-potential individuals into impactful leaders who align personal values with organizational goals.
Strategic Thinking & Acting
Guiding leaders to approach challenges with clarity and create scalable and sustainable solutions that drive long-term outcomes for your organization.
Governance
Ensuring your board has the right skills & structures that will help your organization achieve its goals.
Revenue Diversification
Building sustainable growth through innovative and diverse revenue streams. De-risk your revenue.
Impact Measurement
I help you build your simple and credible framework to prove your intervention works and continuously improve its effectiveness. Easy Peasy.
Explore my "No BS Measurement” page
Strategic Planning
Designing clear, actionable roadmaps to achieve organizational goals.
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The Problems I See Most (and What I Do About Them)
If any of these sound familiar, you’re not alone—and they’re solvable.
  • You’re not bringing in enough revenue to run your programs
    You’re relying too heavily on a couple of funding sources—usually government—and when delays or cuts happen, you're left scrambling. You know you need to diversify, but you don’t have a clear strategy, and your case for support isn’t landing.
  • Your marketing and communications aren’t working—because you don’t have the right data or stories
    You’re doing powerful work, but you can’t prove it. Your reports are full of numbers - clients served anyone? But funders and partners are asking: so what? You need to show real change—but right now, your data isn’t telling a compelling story.
  • Your board is disengaged, unclear, or stepping on your toes
    You’re carrying too much on your own. Your board either rubber-stamps everything or gets bogged down in operations. You’re not getting the strategic or generative support you need, and it’s slowing down your impact.
  • You created a strategic plan—and now it’s collecting dust
    It looked great in the boardroom. But now? Staff aren’t aligned, priorities keep shifting, and you’re constantly putting out fires. You’re not seeing the focus or forward motion you hoped for.
  • You’re drowning in data but starving for insight
    You’ve got spreadsheets, dashboards, and surveys—but you’re not sure what any of it really means. You can’t draw a straight line from your work to your outcomes, and it’s not helping you make better decisions.
  • You’re doing too much and can’t say no
    Every new opportunity feels important, so you keep saying yes. But your team is stretched thin, your impact is scattered, and you’re starting to lose sight of what you do best.
If you see yourself in any of this, you're not alone—and you're not stuck. I help leaders clear the clutter and make progress where it counts
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Testimonials
"I worked with Gord for 10 years and know firsthand: he’s a skilled coach and consultant who brings clarity, candour, and humour to help leaders and organizations grow."
Alexandra Snelgrove,
Social Impact Professional
"Gord facilitated our annual strategic planning review with flexibility and skill. He co-created the agenda, encouraged purpose-driven dialogue, and helped make our board’s strategic gathering productive and engaging."
Annette Borrows,
Board Chair, The Canadian Association for Supported Employment (CASE)
"Gord is a natural. And experienced. I would highly recommend Gordon as a professional who is dedicated to his clients and inspires through his own example."
Claudia Hepburn,
Chief Executive Officer at Windmill Microlending..
"Our sessions built up my confidence and worked to quiet the inner critic in my head. Everyone needs a coach like Gord!"
Amelia Sirianni,
Executive Director, Vernon & District Immigrant and Community Services Society.
"With Gord, I cultivated practical steps I could steward as a leader surrounding staff engagement, transparency and trust building through professional vulnerability and active dialogue"
Jennifer Hollis,
Executive Director, WILL Employment Solutions
"You've been a profound difference-maker for my organization and for me personally. We're so much stronger because of your work and impact."
Allan Mills,
Executive Director, Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region
"Gord's coaching helped us clarify our focus and achieve all our outcomes. He is compassionate and asks the right questions to help you see the big picture."
Ashraf Mir,
Director, Employment Services, Saskatoon Open Door Society
Our sessions allowed me to better understand myself, evolve my thinking, and change some long held beliefs that were holding me back."
Carlo Roque,
Supply Chain and Logistics Leader
"Gord is a skilled coach. He enabled me to reflect on how I could more effectively shape my own career. I have a renewed and energized mindset focused on how I can deepen my impact."
Devon Fernandes,
Senior Sustainability Manager, ESG Disclosure and Engagement, Definity
"Gord was a game changer! He helped me grow into my new role. Gord encouraged me to trust the voice within and to take daily steps on the path to becoming the type of manager I had envisioned"
Lindsay Morris, Former Manager, Intake, Windmill Microlending.
"Gordon's coaching pushed me to identify my inner critic and step into my power as a purpose-driven leader. His approach goes beyond surface-level strategies, enabling lasting change and growth. You have to experience it first hand"
Cameron MacNabb
Digital Marketing & Graphic Design
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