Patrick is the CEO and Senior Consultant at The Competency Group Inc. He has worked with a wide variety of clients spanning private sector, non-governmental organization (NGO), not for profit, private sector, and all levels of government. As part of the leadership team, Patrick leads projects and teams, establishes partnerships, and ensures quality outcomes. Patrick’s experience is extensive and he has held several leadership positions within government as well as not-for-profit.

Patrick holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Healthcare Ethics and Law from the University of Manchester School of Law Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, and is awaiting graduation for a Ph.D. in Political Philosophy and Economy from the University of Birmingham.

Patrick specializes in the following service areas:

Learning and Development Consulting 

  • Creating leadership development programs.
  • Developing curriculum and training.
  • The development of organizational and topic specific internal ‘universities’, learning, and training programs
  • The development of behavioural and functional competencies and associated frameworks (e.g., learning and training development, pedagogies, and curriculums).

Human Resource Consulting 

  • A wide range of human resource management services such as: government labour relations and human resource investigations; organizational development and structural analysis and development; performance management and evaluation frameworks; business process analysis; and organizational research and analysis (e.g., qualitative and quantitative research) and reporting.

Policy, Research, Analysis, and Development Consulting 

  • Ethics, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and workplace health and safety consulting.
  • Policy research and design.
  • Political consulting and market research.

To request a free call regarding the services listed above, please contact pallen@thecompetencygroup.com