
MY BNI GAINS PROFILE
Business Information
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Name: Madsen HR Consulting Services
Category: ​HR Consulting
Location: Greater Vancouver
Niche: Sensitive Issue Support, Workplace Program and Policy Design, Employee Handbooks, Talent Acquisition, HR Best Practices
The Key to My Succcess: I am an expert in the field of human resources management! Being highly motivated, I work efficiently while ensuring my work product is of high quality. My approach balances compliance requirements and trending best practices with focus on a creating a positive employee experience
Personal Information
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Spouse: Adam
Kids: Holden and Toby
Hobbies/Interests: Running, Skiing, Hiking, Travel, Cooking, Volunteering
Burning desire: To travel to all of my bucket list locations while incorporating my hobbies
Something No One Here Knows About Me: I traveled to Australia for just four days to celebrate my 40th birthday. It was the best birthday ever!
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Goals, Accomplishments & Interests

Goals:
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1. To establish Madsen HR Consulting Services as the premiere HR consulting firm for small and medium businesses across the Lower Mainland
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2. To close on at least two new clients (businesses or indiviuals per month
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3. To find connections with other shared service provider firms iand find opportunities to refer business to one another
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To achieve a National Payroll Designation by 2026
Accomplishments:
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Bachelor of Education Degree (2000, U of A)
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Bachelor of Commerce Degree (2005, U of A)
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CPHR Designation (2006)
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Board Chair, Harvest for Hope (2025)
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A nearly 25 year career in progressive HR and leadership roles in a diversity of industries with fortune 500, national, and local based businesses.
Interests:
​I am focused on bringing awareness to small business owners that proactively engageing with HR services is just good business sense. Having sensible people focused practices is part of running a high performing business. Leveraging an external expert ensures that compliance and best practice is in place plus saves busines owners the ability to focus on what they are best at
Networks and Skills
Skills:
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Sensitive Issue Resolution
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Compliance
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Employee Relations
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Coaching for Performance/ Developmnet
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Talent Acquisition
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HR Program & Policy Design
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Training and Facilitation
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Benefits Adminiistration
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Payroll Oversite/Governance
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Job Evaluation & Benchmarketing
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Total Rewards Planning
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Workforce Planning​
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Networks:
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BNI Dynamo
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CPHR BC and Yukon Chapter
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Harvest for Hope
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LinkedIn
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Tri Cities Moms Group (TCMG)
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Situations to Introduce
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Business is growing/expanding
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Ask: Do you need help with recruiting and sourcing employees? ​
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Ask: Do you have an employee handbook yet?
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Business is contracting
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Ask: Do you need help with termination planning?​
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Business is aquiring another firm
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Are you doing HR due diligence work before acquiring them (review of payroll pracitices, compare pay and benefit plans, confirm legal claims against them?) ​
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Best Referrals
​Madsen HR Consulting specializes in strategic HR advice for businesses, non-for-profit organizations, and boards. We also help individual job seeker with career navigation and search. Ideal clients are:
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business owners with 2 to 99 employees and who do not have an internal HR professional or whose HR team is limited​​
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mid career professionals looking to pivot or change their career and need help with resume, search, and interview support
Comments to listen for:
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I am not sure what are the obligations I have to my employees
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I want to create a great workplace with a great culture
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I need help hiring a new person for my team
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I am not sure how to handle a problem employee
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I am not sure how to handle an employee concern
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I really wish I could get the most out of my team
Introduction Script
Subject: Introduction to Madsen HR Consulting
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You mentioned you need help with an employment matter in your workplace. I'd like to introduce you to Sonja Madsen Mills from Madsen HR Consulting, she is an expert in this field.
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Sonja is the founder of Madsen HR Consulting and has nearly 25 years of experience providing strategic HR advice and guidance to business leaders at Fortune 500, national, and locally based businesses. HR consultants like Sonja can help businesses create a positive culture, reduce risks, and improve their bottom line. Sonja stands apart by providing customized, affordable, and sensible advice and can offer project based or retained (fractional) services.
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I will let you and Sonja take if from here!
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Thank you,

