Mark Dowds is an original thinker, entrepreneur, coach, and leader. He is known for his deep insight into people, relational dynamics, and his systems perspective on organizational development. His ability to explain and process communicational barriers and opportunities has helped many organizations navigate bureaucracy, retain staff, and create a high performing culture.
Mark has held several executive positions throughout his life and chose to move into consultancy and entrepreneurship to fulfill a vision of workplace democracy and engaged contribution. He works toward this vision by consulting with large corporations and funded start-ups while investing the remainder of his time in making young entrepreneurs successful. He has a trail of success and has launched over 50 new businesses in Canada.
Mark’s soft skills and smile often disarm people and make the space for firm and straight communication. His no nonsense style of facilitation helps clients get to their desired outcome while actively engaging in the process. He typically utilizes a dry sense of wit, humor, and creativity that makes for some great motivational and inspiring communication. He loves to see people’s eyes light up as they discover their passion and place at work and is committed to drawing out the best in each person he meets.
Mark has instructionally designed many eLearning and classroom training experiences and has published several books which gives structure to his hobby of writing. Mark is a certified NLP trainer from the NLP University in Santa Cruz, California and is currently completing his masters in Organizational Psychology focusing on systems psychodynamics. He has a certificate in Business Development and Marketing, a diploma in Care and Counseling, and a degree in Divinity. He sits on the Board of Directors for the Ireland Fund of Canada and Give Meaning Foundation.
Some of the clients Mark has worked with include Amex, Royal Bank of Canada, Rogers Communication, Youth Specialties, CIBC, and many funded start-ups. He hails from Ireland and resides in Toronto, Canada.