Diane Houle Rutherford
With her 30 years experience in Human Resources Management and Organisational Development, Diane is a consultant, executive coach, trainer, speaker and facilitator known for her highly dynamic and participative style and her systemic approach to change management. She consults to managers and senior level executives in both the public and the private sectors, in Canada, in the United States, and in Europe on issues related to Leadership Development and Action Learning, Creativity and Creative Problem Solving, Individual and team coaching, Change and Transition Management, Team Building and Conflict Resolution, and Group Facilitation.
Diane is a licensed practitioner of the Kirton Adaption Innovation Inventory (KAI), and she is certified to use the Benchmarks 360 degree Feedback Evaluation process (CCL) and the Situational Outlook Questionnaire (SOQ – from CPSB-Buffalo) to assess the organisational climate for creativity. Diane is a colleague of the Basadur Applied Creativity Group and a certified trainer of the Simplex Transformational (CPS) Process. She is a graduate of Ottawa University in Public Administration and also of Concordia University with a Master’s degree in Human Systems Intervention.
She has trained with the Professional School of Psychology in Executive Coaching. She was a sessional teacher at the University of Sherbrooke and she has presented at the International Creativity Conference in Africa (South Africa). She is a member of the Board of CREAQuébec . She is perfectly bilingual in French and English.

