Robert Ziegler

President at Robert Ziegler Consulting

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

About

Manager, leader, facilitator, trainer, editor and entrepreneur specializing in supporting the clarity and alignment teams and organisations need to address the momentum of the default, and to create new futures that serve organisations, communities and environment alike. Specialties: Editing -- sharing organisational knowledge with staff, clients and others through a variety of media -- clearly and concisely!

Experience

  • Founder / Consultant at Robert Ziegler Consulting
    Apr 2007 - Present · 19 yrs 3 mos

    Providing facilitation, training and editorial services to organisations wanting to strengthen their culture, clarify their strategy, or build upon their community ties.

  • Oxford Leadership Academy (3 yrs 5 mos)
    • Associate Fellow
      Oct 2010 - May 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Authorized to facilitate and co-present Oxford's flagship suite of leading-self programs, including Self-Managing Leadership.

    • Editor -- Oxford Leadership Journal
      2009 - Jan 2011 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Edited and produced world-class on-line leadership journal, attracting contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in the area of leadership, including Peter Senge, Margaret Wheatley, David Rock, Henry Mintzberg, Michael Scott and others.

  • Co-Director/Director of Finance at Shambhala Institute of Authentic Leadership
    Jan 2000 - Jan 2006 · 6 yrs 1 mo

    Led this organization to become a world-class provider of leadership training and development. Hosted five- and six-day annual programs for 250 leaders who came to Halifax to learn key leadership disciplines from some of the world's foremost authorities. Designed, organized, managed and documented innovative dialogues among business, government and civil sector leaders from six continents. Managed finance, human resources, fundraising, and technological infrastructure to enable small team to address an international mission of creating environments for leaders that encourage reflection, innovation and wise action.

  • Intern at Development Associates
    Jan 1999 - Apr 1999 · 4 mos

    Coached managers to work effectively with stress, perfectionism, sexual harassment, and difficult employees. [M. Ed. practicum.

  • Co-founder/Co-director at The Learning Edge Training Consultants
    Jan 1991 - Jan 1999 · 8 yrs 1 mo

    Led teams of instructors to deliver training to hundreds of healthcare paraprofessionals across Nova Scotia. Trainings typically lasted about 20 weeks and included practicum in long-term care facilities and home support organizations. ROBERT ZIEGLER, PAGE 2 Managed, organized and designed a multi-disciplinary training for community mental health workers - a first of its kind in Canada. Created and led trainings in technology, computerized bookkeeping and business communications.