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Keith Southey - Partner

Keith joins the Park Li group after spending 30 years in line and staff jobs in the airline, travel, financial service, retail, and manufacturing industries. He has filled a variety of roles from line employee to senior executive and internal consultant, leading to his current career as an independent consultant.

In his consulting practice, clients draw on him for support and assistance with one-on-one coaching of individuals; helping teams and team leaders become more effective; developing strategic business plans and designing, developing, and delivering training programs or conferences and meetings for groups as large as 360 people. To do this he calls on experience in experiential learning, business planning, electronic decision support systems, negotiating skills, and evaluation. He has worked in Canada, the United States, Europe, South Africa, and Asia.

Some key programs and projects that Keith has been involved in are:

• While with an international airline he managed training support for the implementation of core computer systems. This required negotiating with vendors, hardware and software suppliers. In addition, he held the responsibility for the research, design, and development of a customer service training program which was delivered at locations across Canada and the United States and in Europe, using internal resources.
• Manager for three major culture change programs that were designed and delivered in collaboration with external consultants and delivered as 3- and 5-day residential programs.

The significant elements of these projects included:

• The need to work with employees from all levels of the organization (union, professional, and management groups);
• An ability to incorporate geographic considerations into design and delivery;
• An ability to balance the interests and concerns of external suppliers, internal participants, and facilitators.

Keith continues to do pro bono work for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF) and has worked with the CBCF and Canadian Youth Foundation, to assist in the development of their strategic and business plans.

Keith lives in Toronto, and has two children. His interests include marathon running, skiing, traveling, reading, and cooking.