WHAT WE DO
Our Services
Herron Consulting provides strategic advice and practical support to governments, organizations and industry working through complex decisions, relationships and change.
Services are tailored to the circumstances of each client and assignment. The approach combines strategic thinking, practical experience and constructive engagement, with a focus on helping clients understand their options, make sound decisions and move difficult issues forward.
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Provide strategic advice to leaders and organizations navigating complex decisions, changing circumstances and competing priorities. Support can include clarifying objectives, assessing options and risks, establishing organizational priorities and approaches, advising senior leadership, and helping translate longer term goals into practical action.
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Provide strategic advice and practical support before and during negotiations. Support can include clarifying interests and objectives, assessing options and risks, developing negotiation strategies and mandates, preparing negotiating teams, analysing proposals, and providing strategic advice as negotiations unfold.
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Help organizations and parties work through complex decisions involving different interests, perspectives and responsibilities. Support can include designing collaborative decision making processes, facilitating discussions, clarifying interests and areas of agreement or disagreement, developing and evaluating options, and helping participants build agreement on a practical path forward.
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Design and facilitate meetings, workshops and other processes that help groups work effectively through complex or challenging issues. Support can include process design, framing issues and questions, facilitating productive discussion, exploring different perspectives, identifying options and helping participants determine practical next steps.
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Provide customized training and mentoring tailored to the needs of individuals, teams and organizations. Support can include workshops, one on one or team mentoring, skills development and practical coaching, with a focus on strategy, negotiation, decision making, engagement, modern treaty implementation, reconciliation, governance and related areas.
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Provide strategic advice on modern treaty implementation, intergovernmental relationships and reconciliation in both the treaty and non-treaty context. Support can include interpreting treaty commitments, working through implementation challenges, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and navigating complex relationships between governments.
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Advise on engagement and consultation strategies for complex initiatives, decisions and relationships. Support can include identifying interests and participants, clarifying objectives, designing engagement approaches, preparing for difficult conversations, and helping organizations build and maintain constructive relationships.
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Support the development and improvement of policies, programs, governance approaches and organizational systems. Work can include defining objectives and outcomes, assessing existing approaches, developing practical options and recommendations, clarifying roles and responsibilities.
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Provide focused research and analysis to help leaders understand complex issues and make well informed decisions. Support can include background research, jurisdictional and comparative analysis, assessment of options and implications, briefing materials, decision support, and clear recommendations tailored to the issue at hand.