Eric Beaudan

With 20 years of experience in leadership assessment and executive development, Eric brings a wealth of experience to Odgers Berndtson’s Assessment Practice.  Eric developed the LeaderFit™ assessment method for Odgers and works seamlessly with the firm’s clients to help assess and develop the leadership potential of their executives and top talent.

Eric was most recently Director of OD for Rogers Communications, where he oversaw the redesign of the company’s executive development curriculum and talent strategy.  One of the curricula he designed at Rogers, Managing Matters, won the CSTD award for best leadership development program in Canada in 2008.

Prior to Rogers, Eric was a Principal with a Washington DC consulting firm, Healthy Companies International. Eric led the design of a ground-breaking leadership assessment and development initiative for executives at Northrop Grumman, a large US defense contractor.

Other experiences include Director of Organizational Development for the Bank of Montreal, and a 10-year consulting career with Watson Wyatt Worldwide in Ottawa and Toronto, where Eric delivered numerous executive assessment and 360 programs for the private sector and public service.

Eric writes monthly CEO leadership features with Bob Rosen, based on interviews with the CEOs of Fortune 1000 companies around the world. He has written numerous business and international affairs articles for The Globe & Mail, the Christian Science Monitor, The World & I and the Ivey Business Journal. He is completing work on his first leadership book, Creative Execution.