Love Your People.
People Strategy
I had the opportunity of working with Chelsea for over three years. She was instrumental for my team and I in helping us roll out our People Deal (EVP)…and also helped us develop our ED&I strategy and 3 year roadmap. Her approach was always proactive, solution-oriented, and marked by clear, strategic thinking, which greatly benefited our work and helped us meet challenging deadlines.
- Rossana Broderick, VP, Learning & Organizational Change Management
Workforce Strategy
Chelsea collaborated with my team to create targeted talent marketing programs for digital, technology and data talent. Her deep knowledge of the employer branding discipline led to the creation of recruitment marketing strategies that delivered real results. She partnered with executives and their teams to amplify cultural advocacy on social media platforms like LinkedIn, which was incredibly valuable in attracting top talent.
- Gillian Whitebread, Head of Human Resources
Culture Leadership
Drift's guidance on the subject of psychological safety—an area they are deeply passionate about and well-versed in—facilitated the participation, acceptance, and confidence of our Executive and Senior Leadership. This was instrumental in successfully rolling out initiatives to our teams and employees.
- William Schmidt, Retired VP, Technology
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
It was a privilege to work with Chelsea of Drift Consulting on the development of our internal Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) program. Her expertise was evident as she seamlessly benchmarked our current state and collaborated with us to craft a forward-thinking, multi-year plan. She demonstrated both professionalism and a personable approach in defining the steps necessary for us to mature our ED&I program, always ensuring clarity and consensus.
- Branko Boras, Director, Supply Chain Services
Our Clients
We couldn't be more proud of the roster of incredible companies we have had the pleasure to partner with across a range of industries. These are organizations who love their people and aren't afraid to show it!
Love Your People.
Drift Consulting
What we do:
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Fractional people-strategy leadership for executive teams. We advise on the decisions where culture is actually made — restructures, leadership transitions, workforce planning — and keep the employer brand honest against operating reality.
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We connect executive decision-making to the expertise already inside the organization, translating specialist knowledge into terms leaders can act on and building the internal communication practice that sustains it.
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Advisory on supplier diversity as economic infrastructure. We work with procurement and executive teams on the design decisions that determine who can realistically bid and win — thresholds, terms, and category strategy — and on holding diverse spend commitments to measurable outcomes rather than reporting lines. WBE Canada certified.
Meet Chelsea Howard
I've spent over a decade in rooms where a company's stated values met a hard quarter. The gap that opens there is the whole job. Since 2013 I've advised leaders on people strategy — employee experience, employer brand, internal communications, supplier diversity — and what I've learned is that none of it survives without an honest account of what the organization already is. I work with executive teams on that account first, then on the strategy that can stand on it. Through uncertainty, consistency is the only thing that holds a market position.
Chelsea Howard
LET'S WORK
TOGETHER
