In 2000, Dick Robinson founded The Robinson Consulting Group Inc., a unique human resources management consulting practice dedicated to helping growing enterprises achieve a competitive advantage through their people. He takes pride in being a human resources business expert delivering innovative, sustainable and cost effective solutions.

A 30 year senior HR management veteran, Dick’s expertise includes compensation and total rewards, recruitment and retention strategies, training, HR planning, policy development and HR systems.  An important part of this work is human resources risk management and regulatory compliance in areas such as health and safety, privacy and employment law.

Highlights of Dick’s varied experience as a hands-on HR manager include:

• Director of Compensation and Benefits for the Calgary Health Region. A major accomplishment was the re-engineering of all compensation and benefits programs and related policies and procedures for 16,000 employees following the simultaneous merger of 8 previously autonomous organizations.
• Director of Human Resources for Alberta Children’s Hospital; acknowledged as a leader in staff programs and services.
• A senior Human Resources executive for an innovative and respected department store chain in Western Canada.

Before entering the private sector, Dick gained considerable first line management and HR experience while serving as an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces in Canada and on UN and NATO duties in Europe.

Dick is a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP). He holds an Honours BA (Economics and Commerce) with first class honours from the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario. Dick served on the Board of the Human Resources Association of Calgary in an executive capacity from 2002 to 2006 and is currently active in numerous professional organizations.