Professional Profile

KIMBERLY BAIN, CPF

Large Group Facilitation,
Community Facilitation/Conflict Resolution,
Team Building, Workplace Mediation
baingroup@cogeco.ca

Kimberly has an Honours Degree from Queen’s University and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Carleton University.  She has advanced courses in facilitation, mediation, negotiations, leadership, team building, project management, TQM and media relations.  Kimberly is a member of the International Association of Facilitators and is an IAF Certified Professional Facilitator.

After a successful number of years in progressive management roles with the Ontario Government, Kimberly accepted a position in the Yukon Government’s Cabinet Office.  At the age of 30 she was appointed Deputy Cabinet Secretary, with the distinction of being one of the youngest women to hold a Cabinet Secretary position in the history of the Canadian Public Service. 

In 1999, Kimberly was recruited to join the implementation team helping to design, establish and train the administration for the newly established Nunavut Government.  Kimberly was instrumental in establishing Cabinet Office policies and procedures. She has the distinction of preparing Nunavut’s first Cabinet meetings and overseeing the planning sessions for this historical shift in Canada’s political jurisdiction

In addition to Deputy Cabinet Secretary and Special Advisor, Kimberly has held the positions of Director of Policy and Planning, Director of Communications, Director of Intergovernmental Relations, Manager of Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy and Manager of Contentious Issues and Briefings. She was also part of the three person negotiating team representing the Yukon Government in the Yukon Medical Association’s salary negotiations. Kimberly was a facilitator at the 1998 International Sustainable Development in the Arctic Conference. In addition, she has worked extensively in intergovernmental relations: negotiating devolution with the federal government; as territorial representative to the Provincial/Territorial Council on Social Policy Renewal; attending First Minister and regional intergovernmental conferences; and, as conference manager for the highly successful 1996 Western Premier’s Conference.

Ms Bain completed the Mediation Centre’s 40-hour Certificate Course on Alternative and Dispute Resolution and has subsequently become an Instructor in the Course.  Kimberly also offers workshops across Canada in the area of using conflict resolution techniques in professional facilitation.  A pioneer in the area of using facilitation as a method of large group mediation, Kimberly continues to write articles and speak on the cross over between mediation and facilitation.

Kimberly is Senior Partner at Bain Group Consulting an innovative boutique consultancy based in Kingston, Ontario.  Along with Managing Partner Mark Bain (MBA, former CMA) Bain Group provides program management, program evaluation, facilitation and mediation services for organizations across Canada and through the World Bank.

Kimberly’s greatest strength is her ability to walk into any Program, Branch or Department and help design and affect a turnaround strategy to better align the organization to the goals and directions given to it by the Executive.  She is expert at helping clients to recognize their strengths and opportunities and to develop change strategies to capitalize on those strengths.  She is able to evaluate programs and zero in on their core objectives, advising on the management strategies that will bring the program to its optimal level of performance, helping staff reach those levels on a sustainable basis.

Kimberly prides herself on providing innovative and practical solutions to the problems faced by her clients, and assisting them to implement those solutions to a successful conclusion.  Her expertise as a facilitator and negotiator has been proven time and again through her accomplishments and contributions to the public service, not-for-profit organizations and the private sector across Canada. 

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