Watermark Partners, founded in 2000, is a consulting firm dedicated to inspiring leaders and teams to build creative, transformative workplaces.
Whether you need a business improvement solution, large scale change or a family business succession plan, Watermark Partners provides a level of client service that always takes a strategic, pragmatic and seasoned approach. It often includes a coaching approach for individual and team perspective, and growth.
We are visionary and practical consultants who set clear direction. We have the creativity and ability to deal with tough issues in a civilized and productive way. We honour all positions and needs of your organization while dealing with the messy parts to remove burdens weighing down individuals, teams and progress.
Thought leadership
Insightful conversations
Practical steps
Enduring results
Watermark Partners assisted our shareholder and senior management groups in the broad areas of team building and leadership development. … The work provided us with conceptual frameworks we could use and practical techniques in decision-making, problem solving, communications, etc. They took time to understand the group needs and design sessions that were highly participative. We were very pleased with the work. They were flexible, accessible and committed to keeping all projects on target.
Margaret (Margie) Humphreys, PhD
Partner
Margie’s passion is people in organizations. A Consultant, facilitator, coach, mediator, and researcher—Margie uses her keen perception, deep listening and ability to guide process to help people and organizations amaze themselves. An expert in facilitating and guiding change, Margie helps guide individuals, teams and entire organizations to identify and implement the steps required to complete their transitions successfully.
Raised in an entrepreneurial family and trained in human and organizational development, Margie brings a seasoned, pragmatic approach to her work. Her style emphasizes collaboration, high engagement, and skills transfer. This approach invites people to have difficult conversations and gain new perspective while navigating the challenges of development and often conflicting demands of business and human relations.
Margie’s tailored approaches free up tremendous energy that allows people to work together in effective and efficient ways, maximizing their potential to achieve their goals, individually and collectively.
Margie’s PhD in Human and Organizational Systems focused on her primary areas of practice: change in complex systems, family business dynamics, and leadership. Prior to Watermark, Margie held senior HR positions in financial services and health care and provided consultative services in private and public organizations across most sectors. She is a seasoned facilitator, certified coach and trained mediator. Margie has worked in Canada, the U.S.A., Europe, Latin America, and Asia. She has taught at the university level.
In 2000, Margie established Watermark, a firm dedicated to inspiring innovative and transformative work places through education and tailored approaches to organizational change and leadership development.
David Humphreys, CPA CA
Partner
An expert in building value, David works with entrepreneurs to take their businesses to the next level.
David leads management teams concerned with growth, profitability and the culture of their organizations. He works extensively with business leaders to structure companies to take advantage of growth opportunities; business strategy and planning; and provides support for mergers and acquisitions. Above all, David translates plans into progress.
David is an entrepreneurial leader who understands strategy and finance and can lead people through process to achieve results. He is values-driven with a collaborative style. His business acumen is balanced with a genuine interest in the development of people and organizations.
With more than thirty-five years of progressive experience, David has been in professional practice with a big four accounting firm, corporate finance consulting and senior leadership positions in a variety of industries, including food distribution, financial services, health care, technology and construction.
After a Bachelor of Commerce from Saint Mary’s University and acquiring the CA designation, David has continued his formal education through professional development programs in Managing Complex System Change, Strategic Planning, Corporate Governance, The Strategic Coach Program, Leadership Development and Conflict Resolution.