Dr. Wilma Slenders to be Profiled in Exclusive Registry
Dr. Wilma Slenders specializes in helping clients improve leadership and organizational performance

CALGARY, AB, CANADA, November 1, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Wilma J. Slenders, President and CEO of Transcend Management Advisors Inc. has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership, and excellence in business.

Dr. Slenders, a Strategic Advisor, Executive Coach and Senior Organizational Effectiveness and Change Management Consultant, has over 20 years of experience providing strategic advice and counsel to senior leaders of organizations undertaking significant change. Change, in the form of individual change or organizational change, is Dr. Slenders' passion. Dr. Slenders' observation is that the key to achieving lasting, sustainable change is the recognition that change is required, a commitment to taking action to make those changes, and taking action.

A highly skilled senior resource, Dr. Slenders is recognized for providing exceptional value to clients. Dr. Slenders' professional career spans leadership positions in government, not-for-profit organizations, Accenture, a global consulting firm, and Transcend Management Advisors Inc. which she founded in 1997. She has worked in Canada, the United States, Great Britain, Europe, and China. She is known for her pragmatic, business results focus which has resulted in a proven record of success in enabling personal transformation, as well as large scale transformational change in organizations. A speaker and an author, she asks provocative questions, challenging individuals to expand their thinking beyond their paradigms.

Dr. Slenders received a Ph.D. from Capella University. Her dissertation topic was "Chief Executive Officers and Their Trusted Advisor Relationships: A Qualitative Study from the CEO's Perspective" and her research was conducted with CEOs in Canada and the U.S. Dr. Slenders also holds a Master of Science in Management from Boston University, and Bachelor's degrees in Education and Physical Education from the University of Calgary. Additionally, she is accredited as a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and Certified Professional Coach (CPC). She is a member of the International Coach Federation, the Women's Executive Network, the Canadian Association of Management Consultants, Calgary Association of Professional Coaches, and numerous other organizations.

Commitment to community service is a tenet of Dr. Slenders' belief system. She served as President of the Strategic Leadership Forum, was the Executive Director of the Alberta Association of Services for Children and Families (AASCF), is a volunteer with CentrePoint Non-Profit Management, was a partner with Calgary Social Venture Partners, is an InnoWest conference committee member, and played numerous senior leadership roles in the sport of speedskating. Dr. Slenders also served as an Alberta sport ambassador to the Peoples' Republic of China and was a key volunteer with the Calgary Winter Olympics Speedskating Committee.

Transcend Management Advisors Inc. is a management consulting firm that partners with its clients to increase leadership and organizational performance. The firm works with executives to identify and address those issues that are critical to success, but continue to be a challenge. Believing that organizations need dedicated, skilled, and impactful leaders Transcend works with them to ensure that they have the skills and abilities required to be successful. Services offered by the firm include strategic planning, organizational assessments, strategic change advising, leadership coaching, meeting and workshop facilitation, and communication strategy development. For more information, visit www.transcendmgt.com.

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