Brian Trump is one of the four founding directors of SEQUUS. You can reach Brian by e-mail btrump@sequus.mb.ca or you can also telephone at (204) 992-2410, fax him at (204) 478-5390, or contact him by mail at 381 Churchill Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3L 1W1.
SUMMARY BACKGROUND
Brian Trump has worked as a consultant and trainer in the field of organization and management development and institutional strengthening for almost 3 decades, originally in the education field and for the last 2 dozen years in the private, public and non-profit/NGO sectors in Canada, the United States and overseas. For 15 years, in his role as a Program Director at the Manitoba Institute of Management, Brian delivered ½ of his projects in over 30 countries in the developing world. Upon leaving MIM in early 1994, Brian was instrumental in establishing SEQUUS International to provide the organizational capacity for the firm's four principals to continue management consulting, education and development. During his career, he has acted as a project designer, resource person and manager for many domestic and international assignments.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
ORGANIZATION & PROGRAM CONSULTING:
Brian has served many clients in his capacity as an organization and management consultant. His role has been to assess organizational and operational efficiency and effectiveness and work with internal committees to develop improvement. Over the years his consulting client list includes the following:
Canada Post
Canadian Council for International Cooperation, Program Angola
Canadian International Development Agency
Canadian Lutheran World Relief
Canadian Mental Health Association
Canadian NGO Provincial Councils (AQOCI, DECCA, MCIC, SCIC)
Canadian Special Crops Association
City Of Edmonton
Consumer Credit Counseling
Credit Union Central, Manitoba
Credit Union Central, Saskatchewan
Cyprus Anvil Mining
Dakota Objibway Tribal Council
Ducks Unlimited
Government of Alberta, Organization Development
Government of Alberta, Social Services
Government of Bermuda
Government of Canada, National Defense
Government of Canada - Green Plan
Government of Manitoba, Economic Development
Government of Manitoba - North Feeding The North Evaluation
Harrison & Crossfield
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting
Human Resources Canada
Hy-Line Credit Union
Intermediate Technology Development Group
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Japanese NGO International Council
Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corporation
Manitoba Association of Community Health Clinics
Manitoba Council for International Cooperation
Manitoba Data Services
Manitoba Health Organizations
Manitoba Teachers Society
Mission Aviation Fellowship
Monarch Industries
Neumann Institute, Poland
Saskatchewan Government, Department of Social Services
South Asia Partnership, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Canada Development Fund
St. James School Division
University of Manitoba, School of Social Work
Westoba Credit Union
Winnipeg Downtown Business Development Association
Winnipeg School Division
Yayasan Indonesia Sejahtera
MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION TRAINING:
In addition to and including some of the organizations identified previously, Brian has served many clients in his capacity as a trainer in organization, management, leadership, and staff development. Over the years Brian's training client list includes the following:
Ackland Auto Parts
Alberta Government, Organization Development Division
Approtech Asia
Beaver Lumber
Blackwood Beverages
Bristol Aerospace
Burns Meats
Canada Post
Canadian Association of Principals
Canadian Cancer Society
Canadian International Development Agency
Canadian International Grains Institute
Caribbean Development Bank
Caribbean NGO Program
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Credit Union Central, Manitoba
CSP Foods
CUSO
Cyprus Anvil Mining
Dakota Objibway Tribal Council
Data Processing Managers Association
Ducks Unlimited
Great-West Life Assurance
Fanshawe College
Fort Garry Teachers' Association
Government of Alberta, Agriculture
Government of Alberta, Consulting Skills
Government of Alberta, Organization Development
Government of Alberta, Social Services
Government of Bermuda, Civil Service Commission
Government of Canada, Customs Canada
Government of Canada, National Defense
Government of Canada, Federal Corrections
Government of Canada, Health & Welfare
Government of Canada, Transport Canada
Government of Manitoba, Agricultural Representatives
Government of Manitoba, Fitness Branch
Government of Manitoba, Government Services
Government of Manitoba, Provincial Corrections
Government of Saskatchewan, Business Counseling
Government of Saskatchewan, Social Services
Health Care Products Association Manitoba
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting
Indonesia NGO Development Project
Institute of Agrology
International Council of Voluntary Agencies, Geneva
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Investors Group
James Richardson & Sons
Klinic
Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corporation
Manitoba Association Of Principals
Manitoba Association of School Board Officers
Manitoba Health Organizations
Manitoba Medical Association
Manitoba Sports Federation
McCain Foods
Meeting Planners International
Nursing Unit Administration of Canada
Palliser Furniture
Pioneer Grain
Printing House Craftsmen
Richardson Greenshields
Royal Bank of Canada
SEQUUS / MIM NGO Management Development Program
Sheraton Hotel, Warsaw
Small Enterprise Development Corporation, Zimbabwe
Society for Organization in Education
South Asia Partnership
Sri Lanka Canada Development Fund
St. Boniface Hospital Nursing Administration
St. James School Division, Department Heads
Systems Equipment
Technonet Asia
University of Manitoba - Early Childhood
University of Manitoba - Executive MBA Program
University of Manitoba - University Administrators
Winnipeg Core Area Initiative Program
Winnipeg Children's Aid Society
Winnipeg School Division
Yayasan Indonesia Sejahtera
CANADIAN/INTERNATIONAL PROJECT DESIGN:
Brian has been a key designer of the following major international projects.
Caribbean Senior Eastern Government Officials Development (1980 - 1992) (the IMAM project)
NGO Management Development Project of Indonesia (1984 - 1991)
International Organization of Consumer Unions Organization Development Project (now Consumers International) (1990 - 1991)
NGO Management Development Project of Sri Lanka (1992 - 1995)
the Bermuda Public Service Development Project (1993 - 1995)
CANADIAN/INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION:
Brian has been the project manager/ administrator of the following projects:
NGO Management Development Project of Indonesia
International Organization of Consumer Unions Organization Development Project
NGO Management Development Project of Sri Lanka
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction Organization Development Project
Technonet Asia Small Business Consulting Project
In addition, Brian has designed, delivered and managed numerous short-term training and consulting projects around the world.
INSTITUTIONAL AND PROGRAM ASSESSMENT AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT:
Brian has supported the development of organizations in all three sectors of the economy. The assessment activities have led to the development of a series of survey questionnaires and feedback methods that have proven successful world-wide. Some key institutional assessment and capacity development projects in which Brian has been a principal are:
Canada:
Canada Post Management Assessment Project
Canadian Lutheran World Relief Strategic Planning and Organization Improvement Project
Ducks Unlimited Management Development Project
Ducks Unlimited Organization Restructuring Project
Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corporation (MACC) Project
Manitoba Government Departments of Agriculture Operational Improvement Project
Manitoba Government Departments of Transportation Operational Improvement Project
NGO Provincial Councils (AQOCI, DECCA, MCIC, SCIC) Assessment & Development Project
Winnipeg School Division Area II Development Project (This project was recognized by Warren Bennis in his book "On the Cutting Edge")
Overseas
Bermuda Government Services
Intermediate Technology Development Group Organizational Integration Project
International Organization of Consumer Unions Organization Development Project
Yayasan Indonesia Sejahtera (YIS) Organizational Development Project
Initiating the Sri Lanka NGO Management Development Centre as part of the NGO Management Development Project of Sri Lanka
INTERNAL/EXTERNAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT:
In addition to leading project teams in various developmental project assignments, Brian served as communication officer as part of the management team for the Manitoba Institute of Management. Brian has managed personnel in both business ventures in which he has been and is currently a principal.
WORKING IN CROSS-CULTURAL SETTINGS:
Brian has been working in cross cultural settings for more than twenty years. His projects have extended from working with the aboriginal communities in Canada to working with partner organizations and participants in more than thirty countries. His overseas work has been primarily with government and non-profit organizations. The clients and participants in his consulting and training programs have ranged from the most senior government officials (e.g. Permanent Secretaries) to those working at the community level. In his work he has integrated the learnings, models, methodologies, etc. that he has obtained from his clients with his North American education and experience and he has bridged the gap between Canada and other areas of the world.
COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING:
Brian has worked hard at providing linkages between many of his immediate client groups and others domestically and internationally. Three examples come from projects in the Caribbean, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. In the Caribbean, he built a network among senior government officials and between these officials and Canadian counterparts who acted as resource people to long-term development programs in the Caribbean ministries. The International Management Associates Network grew out of this activity. In Indonesia, Brian build improved networking among the NGO community by bringing the five largest fora together to support the project which established a management and consulting development capacity within this community. The direct result was improved collaboration of community development efforts at a regional and national level. In addition, the consulting trainees spent an extended overseas assignment with organizations in Africa, Asia and North America and these links have strengthened communication at an international level. Another example is the Sri Lanka NGO Management Development Project which established a management training capacity within the NGO community. Representatives in the NGO community from the Sinhala, Tamil and Islamic communities, either as project participants or supports, worked together to found the NGO Management Development Centre.
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM:
Brian in his role with MIM and later SEQUUS has been involved with a number of public reform initiatives. As part of the Eastern Caribbean Senior Government Officials Development Project, participants were to develop five year improvement plans for their respective ministries. The senior government officials were partnered with appropriate peers in various Canadian government departments and agencies who had gone through similar development activities. These working arrangements provided on-going human and material resource linkages on a one-to-one and organizational basis outside official channels. In Bermuda, MIM and now SEQUUS is partnered with the British Royal Institute of Public Administration (RIPA) to establish quality service by the Bermuda government to the Bermudian public and international visitors. Future leaders in the public service have been identified and are going through a long-term development program to learn skills and methodologies that will revamp the whole Bermuda public service. As agents of change, the participants are starting with their own areas of responsibility and gradually expanding into other areas of the government service. In Manitoba, SEQUUS is working with a number of government departments, e.g. Agriculture, to reform their operation. SEQUUS is using a participatory approach and learnings from the movement toward Special Operating Agencies in the British, Canadian and Manitoba governments. In addition, Brian has conducted numerous shorter term management and organization training and consulting assignments for government personnel in domestically and internationally.
GEOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE
Brian has worked in the following geographic areas of the world: long-term (projects more than 6 months on site in total) and short-term (projects less than 6 months on-site in total).
Caribbean:
Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent (long-term)
South, South East & Eastern Asia:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka (long term)
Australia, Bangladesh, India, Japan, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand (short term)
Africa:
Kenya, Zimbabwe (short term)
Europe:
Netherlands (long term)
Belgium, Britain, Poland, Switzerland (short term)
South America:
Uruguay (short term)
North America:
Bermuda, Canada, United States (long term)
CONSULTING ASSIGNMENTS
Brian has designed and delivered between 12 and 30 training and consulting assignments a year for the past two decades. Many are relatively short term but some are multi-year projects. Some of the overseas multi-year projects are:
Caribbean Senior Eastern Government Officials Development (the IMAM project) (1980 - 1992)
Caribbean Development Bank Small Business Development Project (1983-1984)
Technonet Asia Small Business Consulting Project (1983-1984)
NGO Management Development Project of Indonesia (1984 - 1991)
International Organization of Consumer Unions Organization Development Project (now Consumers International) (1990 - 1991)
NGO Management Development Project of Sri Lanka (1992 - 1995)
Bermuda Public Service Development Project (1993 - 1995)
In addition, Brian has designed, delivered and managed numerous short-term training and consulting projects around the world.
Brian has trained and consulted with managers from more than 60 countries.
PUBLICATIONS
Brian has authored or co-authored the following training and development manuals and materials:
The Common Sense Management Styles
The Consulting Styles
Managing and Leading in the Non-Profit Sector
Management Assessment Series
Organization Assessment Series
Strategic Planning Instruments
Team Assessment Series
