Maureen McKenna
Eclectic Explorer & Certified Management Consultant @Return On Energy
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Eclectic Explorer & Certified Management Consultant @Return On Energy
Toronto, CA
It\'s not about engagement. it\'s all about ENERGY!Return on Energy is a professional services firm led by Maureen McKenna, who is a Certified Management Consultant and an active member of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants since 2009. Maureen has more than twenty years experience in management at Xerox Canada before been forming her own management consultant in 1998, in the field of strength-based organizational effectiveness. Maureen is an experienced, innovative management consultant with experience in corporate, education, healthcare, not-for-profit, and government sectors. She is respected by her clients for respectfully challenging their problem-solving mindset to shift to developing and leveraging the strengths of their organization. She is a skilled management consultant, helping her clients to understand the power of creating a healthy work climate focusing on positive leadership. Maureen has extensive expertise in designing and facilitating strategic convening, whole system events. These events bring all the stakeholders impacted by a change to be part of the dialogue around the change and the future vision and collaborative action.Specialties: Strategy convening summits, organizational effectiveness, helping clients to create a healthy & innovative organizational climate fostering innovation, positive leadership development, Positively Energizing Conversations @ Work workshop series and innovative climate assessment processes.
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ABOUT MAUREEN MCKENNA
Putting people first leads to more engaged, innovative, and productive employees, which drives better business outcomes. Maureen McKenna, known as the Eclectic Explorer, helps organizations shift mindsets, empowering leaders and teams to create compassionate, human-centered workplaces. With over thirty years of experience, Maureen is trusted to help organizations embrace change, develop high-quality connections, and foster psychologically safe climates. As both an expert and explorer in Appreciative Inquiry and strength-based philosophies, Maureen brings more than 25 years of experience challenging traditional problem-solving approaches. She guides her clients to focus on strengths, co-create innovative solutions, and navigate complexity with intention. Her co-created frameworks, PCC (Pause, get Curious, and Choose action) and AIR (Appreciate the past, Imagine the future, Reflect and take action), are integral to her positive and dialogic approach. Maureen is well respected for her ability to create psychologically safe environments where leaders and teams confidently innovate, learn from failure, and hold themselves accountable for outcomes. Appreciative Inquiry forms the foundation of Maureen’s practice, and she is recognized as a leader in the field. Her specialties include creating healthy workplace climates, leadership development, strategic planning, and facilitating large group engagements through Appreciative Inquiry summits. With a diverse client base spanning public and private companies, government bodies, and non-profits, Maureen brings a wealth of experience to her consultancy. From 2009 to 2019, she was an active member of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC). In 2022, her expertise was recognized when she co-facilitated the Appreciative Inquiry course at the prestigious Cooperrider AI Center alongside Professors Lindsey Godwin and David Cooperrider. She maintains strong ties with the Cooperrider Center, Champlain College, and various Appreciative Inquiry communities of practice. Maureen is dedicated to continuous learning, actively exploring cutting-edge strength-based methodologies, including Professor Jane Dutton’s High-Quality Connections (HQC), and research from the Center for Positive Organizations and the Neuroscience Institute. By integrating insights from Positive Psychology and strength-based, dialogic practices, she continually enhances her approach to deliver optimal results for her clients. Maureen lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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