Stronger leaders. Healthier teams. Better workplaces.
Birchwood helps organizations grow their people and cultivate the culture around them: grounded in psychology, built for real results.
Organizations face complex people challenges. Birchwood brings psychological expertise to solve them.
Organizations succeed when their people do. That's why we bring psychological expertise to the workplace, helping organizations better understand their leaders, teams, and culture so they can build practical solutions that help both people and businesses thrive.
- Is this leader ready for the next level?
- Why does this team keep stalling?
- Is the culture problem real, or is it three loud people?
- Who should we promote, and can we defend it?
- Why are we losing the people we can't afford to lose?
- Is engagement actually down, or does it just feel that way?
- Are our leaders aligned, or just polite?
- What's the exec team not saying to each other?
We understand before we recommend
Every engagement begins by understanding your people, your context, and the challenges you're trying to solve, not by prescribing a one-size-fits-all solution.
Work directly with experienced psychologists and consultants
From discovery through implementation, you'll work with senior consultants and registered psychologists who bring deep expertise in leadership, organizational psychology, and workplace behaviour.
Science informed evidence and outcomes you can trust
Our services and research-driven solutions are grounded in evidence-based practice, paired with decades of experience helping organizations make better people decisions.
Lasting change driven by practical solutions and impact
We don't stop at insights. We help you build stronger leaders, healthier teams, and workplaces where people and organizations thrive.
Meet Birchwood: Leadership Grounded In Psychology.
Birchwood partners with organizations to better navigate the people side of business. Our multidisciplinary team of psychologists, consultants, coaches, and facilitators pairs psychological expertise with hands-on business experience, working alongside you from the first conversation through to measurable results.
No juggling five different service providers. We handle it all.
Seven services uniquely tailored to your organization using one evidence-led approach.
Leadership & Executive Coaching
One-on-one and team coaching from certified coaches and organizational psychologists, for emerging and senior leaders alike.
- Strengthen core leadership competencies
- Sharpen decision-making confidence
- Lead through complex change
Training and Workshop Facilitation
Fully customizable workshops for individual contributors, managers, and executives, aligned to your strategy and industry.
- Build skills through experiential learning
- Support continuous learning at work
- Reach every level of the organization
Team Effectiveness
Targeted team development and coaching that builds cohesive, high-performing teams, facilitated by workplace psychologists.
- Strengthen team communication
- Resolve conflict constructively
- Build healthier team dynamics
Climate & Culture
Organizational culture and workplace climate services that help senior leaders define, align, and evolve their company's values and strategic direction.
- Engage your workforce
- Drive culture-led change
- Access benchmarked insights
Assessments
Developmental assessments that show the strengths, gaps, and potential of your people, giving you evidence to guide every talent decision.
- Inform talent and succession decisions
- Target leadership development
- Rely on validated, evidence-based tools
Speaking & Keynotes
Keynotes, retreat facilitation, and corporate events led by seasoned experts in workplace psychology and organizational development.
- Headline your event with a keynote
- Facilitate off-sites and retreats
- Give audiences tools they'll use
Outplacement & Career Transition
Personalized outplacement that helps departing employees, at any level, move on well, and protects the morale of everyone who stays.
- Support departing employees with care
- Guide the job search with market insight
- Scale support to every level
Not sure where to start?
Most organizations come to us with a challenge, not a service in mind. Book a short discovery call. We'll listen, scope what you need, and recommend the right fit, with no obligation to go further.
Sound familiar?
- A leader who needs support
- A team that isn't working
- A restructure on the horizon
Every engagement starts the same way.
Whichever service you start with, the path through it is the same four steps.
Step I: Discover
We begin with a conversation to understand your goals, challenges, context, and desired outcomes.
Step II: Design
We create a customized approach that brings together the right services and expertise for your organization.
Step III: Collaborate
We work alongside your team to deliver solutions that are practical, relevant, and tailored to your unique environment.
Step IV: Evaluate
We evaluate outcomes and gather feedback to ensure our work creates lasting value.
Numbers don’t lie, and ours say you’re in good hands.
- Experience
17+
Years practicing
- Registered psychologists and certified coaches
- Graduate-level education, across every consultant
- Reach
500+
Leaders coached and assessed
- Executives, directors, and emerging leaders
- Across Canada and internationally
- Depth
150+
Organizations served
- Public, private, and non-profit sectors
- Most engagements grow into long-term partnerships
The right expertise, when you need it.
Every engagement is thoughtfully matched with professionals who have the expertise needed to support your goals. Our team brings together registered psychologists, consultants, and executive coaches with advanced training in psychology, business, leadership, and organizational development to ensure thoughtful, tailored solutions.
Laura Hambley
Ph.D., R. Psych. · Founder & Advisor
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April Dyrda
M.Sc., R. Psych. · Practice Director
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Jocelyn Young
M. Business Leadership · Senior Consultant
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Christopher Cameron
Ph.D., R. Psych., MBA, B.Sc. (Honours) · Organizational Consultant
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Erika Mohle
M.Sc., R. Psych. · Executive Coach
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Caroline Kisielewski
B.B.A., M.Psy. · Organizational Consultant
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Ariel Hennig Wood
PCC · Career Coach, Corporate Learning & Development Facilitator
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Before you reach out.
We combine psychological expertise with practical organizational consulting. Rather than offering standardized programs, we take the time to understand your people, your culture, and your goals before designing tailored solutions that create lasting impact.
We help organizations develop leaders, strengthen teams, improve workplace culture, navigate organizational change, support talent decisions, resolve conflict, and build healthier, higher-performing workplaces. If your challenge involves people at work, we're here to help.
We partner with organizations of all sizes across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. Whether you're supporting a single leader, strengthening a team, or leading organization-wide change, we tailor our approach to your unique goals and context.
Every engagement is led by experienced professionals with expertise in psychology, leadership, organizational development, and business. Depending on your needs, your project may involve registered psychologists, consultants, coaches, facilitators, or a multidisciplinary team working together. We thoughtfully match our expertise to your goals and work in close partnership throughout the engagement.
We partner with organizations across Canada and beyond. Our services are available virtually and in person, allowing us to support clients wherever they are. Whether you're looking for executive coaching, leadership development, team facilitation, organizational consulting, or workplace assessments, we'll work with you to determine the approach that best fits your team.
Every partnership begins with a conversation. We'll take the time to understand your organization, the challenges you're facing, and the outcomes you're hoping to achieve. From there, we'll recommend a tailored approach, outline the proposed timeline and investment, and design a solution that fits your unique context.
Still have a question? We're happy to talk it through.
Get in touchStart with a conversation.
Tell us what's happening in your organization. We'll help you explore the challenges you're facing, identify the outcomes you want to achieve, and recommend a tailored approach that fits your needs, timeline, and budget.