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What Our Clients Say About Us

Consulting & Training

Grande Spirit Foundation is appreciative of having the professional services of BadaB consulting assisting us with our organizational review looking at our capacity, skillsets, and IT Systems. The HR component provided a clear roadmap to assist our organizations structural changes while providing much needed support to move through these organizational transitions including recruitment of key senior level positions and policy review. BadaB also provided us with an IT plan that held strategies with a road map that our organization has been following into our successful transition needed to keep up to the ever-changing IT world. We are grateful to BadaB for the work they have completed to date for us and for their continued support to keep us on track as we move into the future with these plans.

Steve Madden, CAO

Grande Spirit Foundation

I've had the pleasure to work with Ada and her team since 2017 through the Centre for Race and Culture in Edmonton. As a grassroot organization without an established HR department, Ada provided invaluable support and advice that helped our organization build some of the foundational pieces required to move forward. Her team has assisted our organization in successfully hiring multiple positions, including the recruitment of two Executive Directors and board of directors. She also provided support to navigating challenging HR situations, developing comprehensive performance review and recruitment procedures for both the board and the organization. Ada and her team is undoubtedly a critical component that contributed to CFRAC's success in the HR realm of business. I would highly recommend her to any organizations seeking for HR support or consult!

Vivian Kwan, Chair

Centre for Race and Culture

I've had the privilege of working with Ada on several HR-related projects through my work as a trustee on a public sector Board of Directors. Ada is the utmost professional, taking the time to truly understand her clients' needs and providing solutions and expert recommendations that are actionable, aligned with strategic objectives, and meet Best Standards. She makes sure projects are on time and budget and that all outcomes and deliverables are met. Ada makes sure her clients have the knowledge they need to make informed decisions. If you're looking for top-shelf, client-faced HR services from an experience, personable, and strategic professional who respects your budget, project/corporate objectives, and comes along you as a true partner, reach out to Ada and her team - I recommend her without hesitation!

Rudy A. Zacharias

Public Sector Board of

Directors

We retained BadaB Consulting as our HR consultant six years ago. They support us in developing and updating our HR policies and procedures, overseeing the ongoing implementation of those polices to help us develop an effective team at AHC while following all statutory requirements. During the last six years they have significantly contributed in AHC's organizational development by providing excellent services in following area: - Regular HR support in handling challenging situations, earn the trust of frontline staff all the way to executives - Develop and deliver supervisory training - Compensation review - Organizational structure design support - Job evaluation and job description update - HRIS selection and implementation - Create and update various policies - Standardize the HR process - Recruit key positions - Employee relations issues, discipline, termination, workplace investigation, etc. BadaB's contribution in development and growth of our organization is highly valued and appreciated.

Aftab Khan, Executive Director, Action for Healthy Communities Society of Alberta

Towards the end of 2023, our organization received exceptionally professional guidance and support for a challenging human resource situation that has significant complexity and with a tight timeline. The HR Consultant from BadaB provided our core team of colleagues with expert guidance and kind attentiveness. She helped us loop in other experts, resulting in a resolution to a complex situation promptly and thoughtfully.

Multicultural Health Brokers

We were pleased with the professionalism and of BadaB Consulting. Because of BadaB’s involvement, South Country Village had an objective way to make organizational changes that were long overdue. Frankly, to date, it has been a rather peaceful process. It had the potential to not be so. We intentionally focused on validating the positive contributions of the past but also the energy that will be needed as we move into an exciting future. The new structure that you recommended is well designed based on our organization's situation and growth plan. The Technology strategies you prepared gave us a clear picture of what we need to do in the next 5 years and the related costs. Thank you for your wise consultation.

Daryl Martin, CEO

South Country Village

Working with Ada and her team has been an absolutely amazing experience. They are very professional, personable, and patient. They created our Employee Policy Handbook, our Board policies and Terms of Reference, facilitated Strategic Planning , and provided Board governance training. This team goes above and beyond - you will not be disappointed!

Karen Pronishen,

Executive Director

Barrhead & District FCSS

BadaB supported our Chamber with several HR initiatives over a year plus. This included regular HR support, recruitment of key positions, including our new Executive Director, training, and board governance work and updates. Throughout that time Ada, Phil and the entire team were engaged, supportive, professional and excellent to deal with. I would highly recommend them.

Matt Schellenberger, Director of Corporate Development Edmonton Construction Association

When we were looking to hold our initial HR in a Box sessions in Edmonton, one of our partners (CPHR - Chartered Professional in Human Resources Alberta) highly recommended that we reach out to Ada Tai as a potential presenter. The purpose of the HR in a Box sessions is to share best practices and innovative solutions to help small and medium-sized organizations to build capacity. The informative content she delivers along with her presentation style allows Ada to interact well with the session attendees. By doing so, she shares her expertise to support these organizations as they solve their management issues. Since that first session, we have continued to ask Ada if she would be available to present at various locations across Alberta and in each case she has been willing to present and continue to support the session attendees.

Chris Thomas, Board Director

TalentPool

Ada has a great HR experience, the first time I was introduced to her was in a screening phone call for my current job, I was impressed by the professional way she introduced herself and the company to me, and how she knew exactly what to ask. I was amazed by her punctuality, the whole hiring process took less than three weeks. thanks to her also the on-boarding process was pretty smooth. I recommend her and and wish her all the best in her current endeavor.

Sarmad Nasir, Manager, Digital Transformation, MIT Sloan Executive Education

I attended a few courses facilitated by BadaB Consulting. My favourite courses are the "HR Basics Every Manager Needs to Know" course and the "Data Governance" course. The content was concise and well organized and exceptionally presented.  I was expecting my focus not to be there with the dry material. However, the instructors kept my attention, and made topics exciting. Was very impressed. The courses were very informative and very well presented. I feel that I was provided with some valuable tools that I can take back to my employers.

Training Attendee, "HR Basics Every Manager Needs to Know" and "Data Governance" class

​I would like to formally thank BadaB facilitators on behalf of “Ready to Work” Program at Action for Healthy Communities. During our 4 valuable sessions with you, both our youths and the team have greatly benefited from your professional experience about the job market in Canada. I find it amazing how your team can shift from training our adult staff to younger community members with such ease! Our program was not only boosted by your knowledge, but also found inspiration in you!

Kamal T., Youth Facilitator

Action for Healthy Communities

Our organization engaged BadaB Consulting to help develop 10 workshops encompassing the entire business startup process for our clients – entrepreneurs with disabilities, who are exploring starting their own businesses. Our clients were impressed with the simple and effective tools that BadaB Consulting built for them and have provided us with extremely positive feedback. They are more confident and educated to start their adventure.  We are also very grateful for the extra advice that BadaB has provided to us to continually build this program.  Ada Tai facilitated our first pilot workshop. Ada has a natural talent in facilitating and motivating people – she has an engaging way of delivering information in a clear and uncomplicated way. Ada is able to seamlessly combine her own experiences and examples to validate her credibility as a subject matter expert.

Dave Reid, Business Advisor

Prospect Human Services

BadaB Consulting was highly recommended by an industry partner to provide Human Resource services for our organization. In the past several years, we have used the BadaB team for several rounds of employee and board recruitment. They are extremely responsive to our hiring needs, have helped us effectively fill all positions within the deadlines, and charge very reasonable rates. I am also amazed with how they have been able to reach out to a large number of excellent candidates. Even with our non-traditional positions, BadaB Consulting diligently facilitated us through every step, including creating the job description from scratch and even going through refinement of our posting and additional recruiting efforts to make sure we get the right skills for our needs. Without fail, each of the people we’ve hired has been of the highest caliber.

Vanessa deKoninck, former Executive Director, Centre for Race & Culture

Job Search & Career Coaching

Boris' coaching is very engaging and interactive. You’ll never be bored or unchallenged. He really cares about his clients!​ Boris, I just want to tell you how much I value your support! Now I got my job as a Systems Analyst.

Calvin Houng, Systems Analyst

I had the great pleasure to learn from Ada at Career Forum hosted by University of Alberta, where she delivered a presentation about hiring process in Canada, building efficient strategy in everyone’s career development, and tactical skills on creating extraordinary personal brand through resumes and interviews. She is approachable and very knowledgeable regarding recruiting in Canada, so her presentation inspired me – a new immigrant who wants to continue her career in marketing, analysis and strategy. Ada’s passion for human resource management and her genuine desire to share her expertise with others is inspirational!

Mae Kim

Public Servant at Government of Canada

As an introverted person, networking is my biggest weakness. After four coaching sessions with Ada, I found myself started to feel more confident and comfortable in introducing myself to strangers and eventually landed a job through meeting a person at a business event. I cannot thank Ada enough!"

Nan Xing, Registered Speech-Language Pathologist 

Ada was my career consultant when I was looking for new employment opportunities. She was welcoming, personal, and offered a lot of insight during our sessions. Ada created a program that really fit my needs, and I know I will be using the tools and processes she has taught me. It was a great experience collaborating with Ada and I definitely valued her guidance.

Andrew Kwan, Supervisor

City of Edmonon

Ada is an über-talented HR person; and a blessing to persons working with her in transitioning back to their careers. Ada gave me a huge vote of confidences and such great guidance during my career transition to help me land a new job with my current employer. Ada sat with me and painstakingly managed to key in, pull what was needed and to get me to be prepared to make a great interview, where as in the past I would have just froze up and rambled. I honestly couldn't have gotten my current position without all her wonderful precise advice and teachings.

Alvin Bonda, Track Designer ATCO

Two things that have changed my view from doing the career training sessions with Boris are: 1) knowing yourself inside out before going to an interview, and the importance of a ‘great’ first impression, knowing who you are and where you want to be. 2) you always need to be prepared.

Ed Lawnstawski, Logistics Coordinator

BadaB's training has helped me improve and gain the knowledge on mastering a job interview. I am much more aware of what I need to improve and what skills I have. I have learned how to communicate to best represent myself to a company. These skills will help me in the future during my job search."

Danielle Kane, Administrative professional

I lost my job during the 2016 recession. After working in the same job and company for more than 15 years, I was devastated, ashamed and totally lost. Ada helped me to come out of the darkest time of my life and gave me hope. Instead of jumping right into looking for the next job, Ada coached me to take a systematic approach in reviewing my professional experience, my personality and values. After identifying a new path, we totally revamped my resume that I had not touched in years! Ada then walked me through building a LinkedIn profile and patiently guided me through all types of popular interview situations. With her help, I landed my current job!"

Coachee in the Engineering field

After being a frontline manager for over 8 years, I have started applying for promotional opportunities within my company. However, the effort did not get me anything. A friend of mine recommended Ada to be my career coach. Ada helped me to realize that besides ‘managing down’ and ‘networking internally’, I also learned to ‘manage up’. After three months of coaching with Ada, I got my dream promotion!"

Coachee in the Hospitality field

Thank you Doug for making me feel that I can be a professional and for making me feel like I am capable. The mock interview went well, and it made me feel more confident.

Coachee in the Oil & Gas field

The mock interview was sincerely beneficial for me. Doug's coaching was a wonderful culmination of real-world experience and practical knowledge. Truly and thank you! You’re doing an amazing job!

Coachee in the Finance field

Thank you for provided valuable feedback and insights that helped me showcase my skills and experience in a more compelling way. The revised resume BadaB delivered was outstanding, and I immediately received positive feedback from several recruiters. This team truly went above and beyond to help me stand out in a competitive job market. Thank you again for the excellent service!

Coachee in the Marketing field

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