"Despite the immense challenges that we have faced and continue to face, we refuse to indulge in negativity or pessimism. We are an organization that believes in empowering people to be their best."
- Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
Our Associates
Friends Who Work With Gailforce:
Terry Fobbs, BS, MBA, MSS, PhD
Colonel Terry Fobbs (Ret), Consultant and Facilitator for Gailforce Resources, is an accomplished public speaker, facilitator and media commentator on human resources, leadership. motivational, national security and community issues.
With a BS-Zoology, MBA, Masters in-Strategic Studies, PhD- in Organization & Management specializing in Leadership, Terry has earned the respect of his peers, employer and Gailforce clientele. Terry is an ISO 9000 Certified Lead Assessor, a Baldrige Quality Examiner with the Center for Excellence in Education and the Michigan Quality Council and a recipient of the Michigan Quality Council Quality Hero Award.
Terry has served as an adjunct instructor in Business Management for the University of Maryland. He is a member of the Academy of Management and serves as a member of the Academy’s Organizational Development and Entrepreneurship committees.
Terry plays active consulting and facilitating roles for Gailforce Resources, working with CEO’s, Boards of Directors, Business Owners, Municipalities and Sector Groups to turn their business strategy into execution and their people into valuable business assets.
Robert Smithson, Labour/Employment Lawyer
Whether you drive a truck, manage a team or own the company, making a living is hard work. Labour and employment lawyer Robert Smithson can help.
Smithson Employment Law offers comprehensive advice and services in all areas
of labour and employment law. With more than 15 years experience serving clients
across British Columbia, Robert Smithson knows the ins and outs of working for a living, and can offer creative and practical solutions to legal problems that arise in the workplace. - Visit Website
Friends we Contribute To
BC HRMA. Our founder, Kathline, is an advisory council member for the Southern Interior Region of BC HRMA and the regional representative for the Kootenays. Visit Website
HEART Business Journal for Women® is the only publication of its kind dedicated to providing mentorship for career and life success. Kathline has contributed content as an HR Expert and Mentor for HEART. Visit Website
Coaching Connections is dedicated to bringing joy to all aspects of your life. Gailforce is proud to co-facilitate at various conferences with Coaching Connections founder, Pauline Daniel.
Gailforce contributes HR content for Charity Village
Women's Enterprise Centre
BC's leading resource for women entrepreneurs, offering skills development, business loans, free business guidance, business resources, mentoring, networking and events!
Kathline is pleased to be a mentor for WEC.
Friends who have helped us along the way
Frolix Design specializes in brand identity, full-service print design and offers complete and consistent brandidentity across all mediums. Frolix Designs extensive client list includes local, national and international companies; from small business startups to Fortune 500 companies, we cover the spectrum from outdoor adventure to high-tech. For more than 13 years, we have listened and understood our clients needs and taken hundreds of projects from concept to successful completion using our proven design process that achieves creative design solutions. Design is about creative problem-solving in a graphic form. It’s about knowing when to follow the rules and knowing when, and how, to break them. We go beyond the obvious to give our clients a solution that fits and gets noticed.
Our Memberships:
- BC Human Resources Management Association
- Centre for Creative Leadership
- Canadian Society for Training and Development
- American Society for Training and Development
- Business Development Institute
- Women's Enterprise Centre