An open road curving through pine forest toward distant mountains

Results-Focused
Corporate Team Building

Edmonton-based for over 20 years

We are a team building & leadership development company. We help people work better together through conscious leadership and team experiences.

Four ways we help your people

Our approach is interactive, experiential, and proven. We think you’ll love it.

Team Building

Building team is an ongoing process. We use experiential learning to help improve communication, trust, and unity among team members so that they can work more effectively together.

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We will sit down with you to get clear on your goals and outcomes, and then we will create a session or event to achieve those goals. We will draw from countless activities and processes, or create something brand new to realize your training goals.

Team building is like building muscle. You don’t go to the gym once and bam!, you’re ripped! – same thing with building team and developing leaders. It takes reps and the right process to make it happen!

We believe the best way to improve teamwork is through developing a common language, common mental models, and a common experience. Roads team building sessions combine a deep understanding of people with a fun and engaging experience that brings teams together to increase harmony and efficiency in your organization.

Leadership Development

Great leaders understand themselves, who they are leading, and where they’re going. We can help develop these awarenesses, in order to achieve incredible results.

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How are you leading? Great leadership begins with self awareness, a clear understanding of where we are going, who we are leading, and how our leadership style affects others. Each individual has a unique leadership journey. The key to allowing that essence to flourish is to understand, celebrate, and honour the gifts and talents that each individual brings.

We guide organizations through meaningful processes that clarify Vision, Values and all of the finer points that are guideposts for success.

Recruiting

We can seriously enhance your hiring process by going beyond the paper to attract people who are the best fit for your organization.

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Finding folks for key roles in your organization can be challenging. If you choose someone who is not a great fit, it can cost you significant time, resources and give you a headache. We have developed a fun, new process to ensure that the right person is hired. This process aims to ensure effective transitions which have a direct, positive effect on the bottom line.

People Coaching

Not clicking with certain folks? Executive team lacking harmony? We can help move these relationships forward!

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Whether one-on-one or team coaching is what you are looking for, we have tried and true methods of enhancing interpersonal relationships. Communication, collaboration, and creativity flourish when folks are more aligned and understanding one another.

We’ve worked with some great clients…

  • 97organizations
  • 18sectors
  • 20+years
  • Philadelphia Flyers, NHL 07′
  • New York Rangers, NHL 05′
  • Vancouver Canucks, NHL 03′-05′
  • Canadian Olympic Program
  • Shell Canada
  • Syncrude
  • CIBC
  • Enbridge
  • Imperial Oil Limited
  • Servus Credit Union
  • Nestle
  • University of Alberta

Professional Sports

  • Philadelphia Flyers, NHL 07′
  • New York Rangers, NHL 05′
  • Vancouver Canucks, NHL 03′-05′
  • Philadelphia Phantom Hockey Team, AHL
  • Canadian Olympic Program

Amateur Sports

  • Canadian Hockey Association
  • National Coaching Institute – Calgary
  • University of Alberta Golden Bear Football Team
  • Sherwood Park Ranger Soccer Association

Resource Sector

  • Alberta Energy Corporation
  • Alberta Environment
  • Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. / Wescana
  • DFI
  • EnCana Corporation
  • E-Can Oilfield Services
  • Enbridge (Inter Provincial Ltd.)
  • Esso Chemical Alberta Limited
  • Gibraltar Mines, British Columbia
  • Imperial Oil Limited
  • BCTS (British Columbia Timber Sales)
  • Marsulex
  • Nova Corporation of Alberta
  • Petro-Canada Products
  • Shell Canada
  • Syncrude

Agriculture Sector

  • Agricore
  • Agrium
  • Alberta Pool
  • Pickseed
  • United Farmers of Alberta (UFA)
  • Westco Fertilizers Ltd

Financial Institutions

  • CIBC Wealth Management Team.
  • Chartered Management Consultants Association
  • CIBC
  • Credit Union Central, Regina
  • Servus Credit Union

Provincial Government

  • Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
  • Alberta Fire Training School, Vermillion
  • Alberta Finance
  • Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation
  • Alberta Solicitor General
  • Alberta Sport Recreation Parks & Wildlife Foundation
  • Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
  • Alberta Treasury
  • Calgary City Police
  • MaMowe

Municipal Government

  • Strathcona County Recreation Parks & Culture (Facility Services & Cultural Services)
  • Strathcona County Public Works
  • Strathcona County Infrastructure and Planning Services

Educational Institutions

  • Alberta Education-Research Department
  • College of New Caledonia
  • Edmonton Catholic Schools
  • Edmonton Public Schools
  • Elk Island School District
  • Faculty of Medicine & Oral Health Sciences, U of A
  • Grant MacEwan College
  • Red Deer College
  • Royal Roads University
  • Lethbridge College
  • Western Canada Youth Conference, North Battleford, Sask. 1996
  • National Youth Conference, Saskatoon, 2002
  • CA School of Business

Non Profit Groups

  • Alberta Safety Council
  • Bea Fisher Centre
  • Bissell Center
  • Camrose Association for Community Living CAFCL
  • Chrysalis
  • Early Head Start
  • Early Intervention
  • Good Samaritan
  • John Howard Society
  • Robin Hood Association
  • Sorrentinos Compassion House
  • Tawatinaw Community Futures
  • Talisman Centre
  • Terra Association
  • Compassion House

Health Care

  • Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta
  • STD Clinic Edmonton
  • Travelers Health
  • Alberta Health and Wellness Public Health Division

Forestry

  • Alberta Sustainable Resources
  • Century Vallen
  • Kootney Timber Sales

Information Technology Sector

  • Long View Systems
  • Westaim
  • Voxcom Security

First Nations

  • Big Stone Cree Nation
  • Blue Quill First Nations College

Retail

  • Koch Ford Lincoln Sales Ltd.
  • Nestle

Service Sector

  • Chili’s Texas Bar and Grill
  • Lindsay Park Sports Centre

Professional Associations

  • Dr. Evans Dental Practice
  • Dr Fiorillo & Associates

Food Industry

  • Lilydale

Transportation

  • Westcan Bulk Transport

What our clients say

Rene led our leadership team through discussion and activities that helped us build a common language, create a more in-depth understanding of each other and develop an understanding of ourselves which all contributed to improved communication and improved collaboration between individuals on the team.

Karen Caine, RSW Senior Manager Terra Centre

Rene Pierno from roads Team and Leadership Development has been a guiding light for me as I work with her to develop our new Cultural Services Branch into a team. We’ve made tremendous progress toward our goal. Rene’s expertise in personal and team development, her knowledge of a myriad of tools and training models (and how, where and when to apply them), her infectious positive outlook, and her sensitive understanding of people have made our journey thus far both fruitful and enjoyable. I highly recommend Rene and her roads team for your next leadership development opportunity. You won’t be disappointed!

Teresa Koslo, Manager Strathcona County Recreation, Parks and Culture – Cultural Services

As a former member of the executive committee for a major Canadian agribusiness, I enlisted Roads to provide the firm with team-building and recruitment expertise over a number of years. Laureen and her team were very effective at helping us design training programs and selecting the best candidates for new positions within the firm. Roads is flexible and responsive to the unique needs of growing businesses and is a sound investment in time and resources.

Karl Fiander (Retired) Pickseed Canada

About Roads Training

Roads is an innovative leader in the development and delivery of highly interactive, fun training. Through the use of experiential learning, we assist organizations in gaining a competitive edge by significantly strengthening and enhancing the most important asset of the organization … people!

Our expertise in building team, community and leadership development are all supported by our significant expertise in optimizing relevance and impact, driven by our unique experiential approach and delivered by our dynamic facilitators.

Our commitment is to design training that is fun, relevant and interactive, which will leave you with positive, sustainable results and the necessary skills to support your team.

Some of our closest friends & partners

  • Gareth Wood
  • Ayiko Corporate Drumming

Let’s talk!

We would love to hear from you! Tell us a bit about your team and what you’re hoping to achieve, and we will get in touch with you shortly.

rene@roadstraining.com

Based in Edmonton, Alberta – working with teams across Canada.