TARA CONNOLLY

Founder of Transformative Learning Consulting

Tara is an experienced consultant with over 17 years of experience transforming projects and organizations into well-functioning innovators. Her genuine drive to build, create, and solution-find is matched only by her enthusiasm to inspire and catalyze meaningful change. A dynamic facilitator, mediator, presenter, and content specialist, she works with organizations wanting to make a positive world impact, guiding them from reactive problem-solving into proactive leading practices.

Instigator of Meaningful, Manageable Solutions

When working with Tara, clients benefit from her innate ability to truly listen to and identify their fundamental needs. By fostering clients’ existing strengths, Tara cultivates individualized approaches that respond directly to challenges and create transformational change through simple, manageable solutions.

Drawing on her consulting experience at the local, provincial, and federal level in every interaction with her clients, Tara has a keen understanding of the layered dynamics within organizations and teams. She knows that organizations have complex needs, unique pressure points, and multiple stakeholders to consider. Her insight on how to leverage existing capacity while creating opportunities for innovation is of great appeal for organizations looking to be leaders in their fields.

Specialist in Supporting Neurodiversity

Tara has a specialty in creating positive space in organizations for neurodiverse thinkers. She supports the successful creation of content, process, policy, and environments that promote a diversity of people to thrive. While her passion has led her to work on matters of neurodiversity, accessibility, and inclusion, her portfolio of consulting work spans many areas.

Community Leader and Lifelong Learner

In addition to Tara’s professional career, she is also very involved in the community as a volunteer, learner, mentor, and speaker. Personally, she is a self-acknowledged geek, has a formidable vinyl collection, and still laments that her mom sold her comprehensive Star Wars figure collection years ago while she wasn’t looking! Tara is an adventure lover; she continues to hone her skills in scuba diving and promises to learn stick shift someday. Tara values her time with her family and has a deep devotion to lifelong learning because the world is immense and life is short.