About me
Andrew Bergen is a Senior Consultant with The Governance Coach™. He is a skilled facilitator, incorporating elements of problem-solving skills, group dynamics, and thinking tools to assist groups in strategic planning and stakeholder input.
His training included processes and tools for effectively working with conflict, assisting parties to come to collaborative solutions. He is also educated in effective team process, including the use of the Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory.
For most of his career, Andrew Bergen was involved in the Education sector in several different ways. Beginning as a teacher in inner city schools, he developed a passion for helping people learn, develop their potential and find those “aha” moments. His career developed to involvement mostly in the Adult Education sector, from teaching in a university in St. Petersburg, Russia to a college in rural Saskatchewan. Following this portion of his professional life, he became involved in local school board governance. It was in this role that he began to study the work of Dr. John Carver, the inventor of the Policy Governance® model.
He introduced the board of the School Division to the Policy Governance model and chaired the board during its implementation of the model. Serving in that capacity, he was able to learn and develop practices for the hands-on application of Policy Governance.
He currently holds a contract with the Saskatoon Health Region working with individuals and teams to build their capacity to have difficult, yet meaningful conversations in the midst of conflict and stress.
Andrew has received advanced training at the Policy Governance® AcademySM. He regularly participates in professional development regarding the Policy Governance model.
