Andrew Burnham ~ Partnering for the “Perfect Fit”
Andrew is the Founder/Principal of two corporate training and development firms providing experiential workshops to organizations in Canada, USA and Europe. He brings 8 years experience in leadership and team development content design and delivery to all his programs.
Andrew is practiced, clear and animated facilitator skilled in Solutions Focused facilitation, the use of collective resonance and improvisation to engage and move groups forward. His program’s are engaging, interactive and memorable
- Unique Content areas
- Improvisational Thinking (creative collaboration)
- Solutions Focused Problem Solving (solutions focused coaching/facilitating)
- Mindfulness based Learning (responding to challenging situations and people)
- Additional Content Areas
- Creativity
- Collaboration
- Team work/team development
- Humor and Presentation Skills
- Marketing and Sales for Entrepreneurs
“I found the work you did in designing and leading the improv session for our Banking client managers to be very professional in both scope and delivery.”
“Your inspiration and dedication to teaching allowed my Board of Directors to open up and freely communicate.”
“Thank you again for all your hard work and delivery of a successful workshop. Your professionalism and humour were very much appreciated.”
“It is very rare that a training course really triggers a mental shift yet that’s what happened in me.”
“We offer a sincere congratulations and thanks for making us look good.”
“Andrew got to us, involved us, and the conclusions were ours – and they were very good.”
In 1996 after completing my studies in business management from the University of Toronto I went to work for a corporation. I found I preferred the training field and entered into it in 1998 by founding Improv at work. I also embarked on comprehensive study of improvisation at the conservatory level at Second City Toronto, knowing that improvisation could be applied to help teams, leaders, and the organizations they serve. This led to the development of my workshop called improvisational thinking.
I’ve developed experiential workshops employing ‘re-emergent’ learning and change methods that help groups of people ‘click’ to new growth, learning, thinking, attitudes and behaviour, and with each other. These fresh techniques include
- solutions focused facilitation
- reflective dialogue
- collective resonance
- improvisational thinking
I have worked with executives to front line staff in the private and public sectors and with companies in high-tech to food distribution. I also have the honour of teaching a public program in mindfulness based stress management, for a Buddhist centre in Toronto for many years.
Why it Helps
Clients I’ve served in Canada, the US and emerging economies in Eastern Europe have many needs such as becoming better collaborators or creative problem solvers, being able to tap and use humour in their presentations, meeting their team development goals and adding values and skills such as trust and listening.
Improv at Work has expanded, by client request, to include Being in the Moment, a training and facilitation that provides leaders and teams a simple, easy and highly productive way to handle that sense we’ve all experienced of getting one’s “buttons pushed” at work. Through this workshop, it is possible to become more responsive and less reactive, and focus attention on constructive action and not inadvertently turn situations or people into “a problem”. I am excited to be releasing my new work Being in the Moment to organizations now.
Memberships
ACCORD - Association for Creative Change and Organizational Renewal Development
Applied Improvisation Network – A community of practitioners and clients who value the use of improvisation skills in organizations to improve relationships, increase authenticity, promote spontaneity, foster trust, build communities of practice.
Solutions Focus Edge Toronto - A network of consultants dedicated to the understanding, advancement and application of Solutions Focused facilitation, coaching and problem solving
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