Psychological Safety
Moving beyond slogans to the everyday conditions that help people speak, learn, and contribute.
Education, applied to the real world.
Bringing theory to life through teaching, conversation, and reflection.
I make complex leadership ideas clear, practical, and human.
Leaderboard Group is the professional platform I use to house my portfolio, selected work, lectures, writing, and developing ideas related to leadership, workplace learning, and education.
Sometimes one question changes the whole conversation. I've built my work around finding those questions—and helping people turn the answers into something useful.
I hold a Master of Education in Educational Leadership and am a proud Brock University alumna. I'm currently pursuing a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership at the University of the Cumberlands, continuing to study how people learn, lead, and experience work.
My career has unfolded inside organizations, where leadership ideas meet real deadlines, competing priorities, and human relationships. I bring a practitioner's eye to the room: curious about the evidence, honest about the constraints, and always looking for the idea that changes what we do next.
I'm also the children's author of Bonjour Charlie, Hello Charlie, a bilingual story inspired by my Goldendoodle, Charlie. Different audience, same purpose: make learning accessible, joyful, and genuinely human.
EducationM.Ed. · Educational Leadership
Current studyEd.D. · Educational Leadership
AlumnaBrock University
Creative workChildren's Author
Areas of focus
Ideas worth putting to work.
Evidence-informed learning for workplaces worth staying in.
Self-Awareness & Communication
Using practical tools like DISC to turn personal insight into better working relationships.
Disciplined Authenticity
Exploring how leaders can be real, responsible, and conscious of the power they hold.
Sample work
A portfolio in progress.
Teaching, speaking, and applying ideas—built in public.
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Disciplined Authenticity
Exploring the responsibility that comes with “being yourself” when power, trust, and other people are involved.
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DISC, self-awareness & the wheel of power
A two-part conversation connecting how we communicate with the power and privilege we bring into the room.
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Convocation speaker
Representing the alumni community and welcoming a new class of graduates at Brock University.
Ways to collaborate
Learning that meets people where the work actually happens.
Speaking & guest lectures
Research-informed talks that invite reflection, conversation, and a new way of seeing familiar problems.
Facilitation & workshops
Interactive learning designed around self-awareness, communication, psychological safety, and practice.
Research & insight
Evidence translated into clear ideas, useful frameworks, articles, and conversations for working leaders.
“I don't believe leadership education should live only in classrooms, journals, or executive retreats. The best idea is the one someone can carry back into work tomorrow.”
— Nicole Belanger
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Have a room that could use a different kind of leadership conversation?
Available for guest lectures, podcasts, panels, facilitated learning, and speaking engagements.
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