Chief Human Resources Officer
Canada · Global perspective
Practice / Perspective
An index
of ideas.
| No. | The idea | Subject / reading |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Succession planning must reach beyond the list | Succession 3 min read |
| 02 | Culture is experienced through operating decisions | Culture 3 min read |
| 03 | Workforce strategy starts with capability demand | Organisation design 3 min read |
The practitioner
Maya Bouchard
I build the leadership, organisation and people capabilities that allow strategy to become sustained performance. My work spans succession, organisation design and culture change, with a focus on making people decisions both thoughtful and operationally practical.
Open to Board appointments · Advisory roles · Speaking invitations
Start a conversation- 01 / Leadership succession
- 02 / Organisation design
- 03 / People strategy
- 04 / Culture transformation
- Senior roles filled internally
- 85%
- Through a rebuilt succession pipeline
- Engagement improvement
- +31 pts
- During a three-year transformation
- Colleagues served
- 52,000
- In 30 countries
- Women in leadership
- 40%
- Up from 18% in five years
Beyond the page
The record behind the perspective.
In the boardroom
- Calder LogisticsIndependent Director · 2022 — Present
- The Skills Forward FoundationTrustee · 2018 — Present
Recognition
- CHRO of the YearThe People Leaders Awards · 2024
- Best Workplace TransformationThe Boardroom Review · 2022
In conversation
- “Building a succession bench the board can trust”The People Leaders Journal · 2025
- “What remuneration committees miss about culture”The Boardroom Review · 2024
- “Episode 117 — Culture on the night shift”The Leadership Ledger podcast · 2023
Our succession conversations became evidence-based and calm. That is a gift to any board.
Continue the conversation
Ideas are tested in conversation.
For board, advisory and speaking invitations, and for readers who want to take an argument further.
- Board appointments
- Advisory roles
- Speaking invitations
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