Hubert Saint-Onge is the founder and Principal of SaintOnge Alliance.
In addition to holding key senior management positions in leading
companies over the past 25 years, he has developed and refined a
"knowledge assets" model to optimize the performance of an
organization. This model strategically integrates business plans with
branding, leadership and people management approaches.
Hubert's client work showcases the extensive experience he has
accumulated as a senior executive in the oil industry as well as in
financial services. Hubert was recently featured as one of five
practitioners around the world who have had the most impact on
organizations, based on his work as Senior VP of Strategic Capabilities
at Clarica. During his tenure, the company was also selected as one
of the top ten "Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises" in the world,
two years in a row. At the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
(CIBC), his conceptualization and development of the CIBC Leadership
Centre was featured in Fortune magazine as a prime example of
accelerated organizational learning.
The Prime Minister of Canada appointed Hubert to the Board of The
Canadian Centre for Management Development between 1995 and
1999. He has given presentations globally on organization learning,
leadership development and knowledge value creation, and since
2002 has co-authored 2 leading-edge books in the field. His most
recent book The Conductive Organization provides a blueprint for
creating knowledge-based cultures in organizations to achieve
breakthrough performance. Hubert is a passionate and compelling
presenter in English, French and Spanish.
While he maintains a busy practice among a select group of clients,
Hubert has been Executive-in-Residence at the University of Waterloo
where his interest is focused on the Centre for Business,
Entrepreneurship and Technology. Recognized by Harvard University
for his thought leadership in the field, Hubert has been appointed a
Visiting Scholar to Harvard for the 2005/2006 year. His main areas of
study will be organizational learning, knowledge management and
leadership development.
Hubert Saint-Onge is first and foremost an in-company practitioner.
He draws on his experience implementing what he recommends to
clients. As a trusted advisor, he is vested in the success of his clients
and typically stays involved with them over time. While Hubert works
with these two firms on a part-time basis, his focus is on serving a
growing list of clients in North America, Europe and around the
world.
Specializing in:
- Organizational performance
- Formulation and implementation of knowledge and learning strategies
- Development of communities of practice
- Strategic development of organizational capabilities
- Values alignment
- Development of leadership teams
- Leadership assessment and succession planning
- Leadership development
- Assessment of customer-perceived value
- Development and implementation of branding strategy
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