the strategy maven & organizational development expert |
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Known as the "Strategy Maven," Maiden Manzanal-Frank is the Founder, CEO, and President of GlobalStakes Consulting, a consulting organization that provides outstanding results in innovation, impact, and sustainability for companies, social enterprises, non-profits, and international organizations in Canada and internationally.
She is the Bhichai and Khunying Charoye Rattakul Scholar for Peace and Conflict Resolution at the Rotary Peace Center in Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. She is a Mentor at Simon Fraser University Non-profit Management Certificate program and at Monash University Master in International Development Practice. She is also a Mentor at the Yunus Business School, supporting social enterprises all over the world achieve their social and economic impacts. She holds a Masters’ Degree in International Studies and lectures at leading Central Alberta universities. |
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Her professional and consulting experience spans short of two decades in the area of executive management, global humanitarian and aid development, local economic development working with companies, municipalities, international organizations, advisory councils at the national, regional, and international levels. Having worked in 15 countries, namely: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Timor Leste, Hongkong SAR/China (PROC), Singapore, the US (and counting), she has a variety of skills, approaches, and competencies for the globally-minded businesses and organizations to invest on. As a Senior Consultant, she takes varied and complex assignments as an advisor and collaborative partner in solutions in strategy, governance, evaluation, engagement, and sustainability in the public and private sectors. Typical client results include a robust business strategy that ensures growth and enlarged market share, engaged and loyal stakeholders, customers, and clients, sustainable social practices for companies, and organizational effectiveness and redesign that is aligned with strategic bottom lines. Using international best practice for local impact, she is passionate to mentor industry leaders and executives in transitional challenges. |
She is a sought-after speaker, trainer, and has facilitated hundreds of workshops, training, and group processes for various organizations and agencies since 2001 and has collaborated with countless initiatives of communities, public agencies, and professional associations.
She has sat in a number of governance boards, councils, coalitions, Communities of Practice (CoP) in these sectors as well. Currently, she sits at the Investment Readiness Committee of the Canadian Women's Foundation facilitating the grant process for a $4M social enterprise fund. She is the author and writer of published articles, policy briefs, white papers, and reports on management, diversity, organizational effectiveness, among other topics. She is currently writing her first eBook on global impat with transnational focus.
When not busy at work, she volunteers her time to support the applicants from countries without a Rotary presence apply for the prestigious Rotary Peace Scholarships.
