About Ridgegate

One thing I’ve learned in my years as an HR practitioner is that business success and failure always comes down to people. Sure product, or technology or sales strategy are critical components, but there are people at the core of each of those aspects of your business.

Success starts and ends with your people. So if you are trying to solve a people-related business problem and you don’t know where to start, give me a call. With 20 years of experience and a strong network, I have the know-how to tackle any HR problem.

I’ll spend the time with you to understand what’s going on, make recommendations for a fix, and provide a plan to execute on it. No over blown projects, no off the shelf solutions. Just working alongside you to get the best possible business result.

Talent Attraction

Finding the right people

- Recruitment Process Review and Development
- Recruitment Strategy and Planning
- Employment Branding
- Candidate Assessment
- Technology Implementation
- Recruitment Training

Talent Retention

Keeping the right people

- HR Policy and Compliance
- Employee and Leadership Development
- Performance Management
- On-Boarding and Orientation
- Employee Coaching

Other Things I Can Do

Outplacement, job seeker support and meeting facilitation. Other talents I have also include cooking a mean turkey, taking great photos from the back of a motorbike and the ability to travel for weeks with one small carry-on.

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Imagine

... A pipeline of qualified candidates delivered to your inbox
... A performance strategy tailored to your workforce and your industry
... The planning processes and support you need, when you need it

Imagine working with Ridgegate Consulting. An HR partner who understands your business your customers and your people.

What My Clients Say

“One of the challenges for an early-stage company is finding the right resources to find the right resources. Given our size, we can’t afford a full-time experienced person and believe it better to have the right person for a couple of days a week versus the wrong person for 5 days a week. Deanna has been our solution. Her availability when we need her has allowed me and my executive team to focus on the business and feel confident that the people side of our growth is taken care of.”

Paul Cataford, President & CEO

Zephyr Sleep Technologies

“Deanna, CAS would not be where it is today if it were not for your leadership and facilitation of our Strategic Planning sessions. Your passion and your willingness to work with a group of volunteers has set CAS on a defined path. Thank you and well done!”

Bruce Kerr, Past Chair

Creative Airdrie Society

“Deanna is a collaborative out of the box thinker that I have had the pleasure of working with on numerous Human Resources related projects. Deanna has done a wonderful job of boiling down goals to their most basic, easy to understand components and building strategies to get our people to where they need and want to be. Deanna’s engaging communication style helped us enjoy the entire process while opening our eyes to HR solutions that really help”.

Shawn Baldwin, President

OfficeJobs.com Inc.

Deanna Hunter, Consultant & Owner

My experience comes from 20 years in HR. I’ve worked in different industries, in start-ups and well-established companies, in small and large organizations. I’ve worked with supervisors, senior executives and front line employees. I’ve fired, hired, strategized, acquired, facilitated, coached, trained, laughed, cried … you get the picture.

I’ve honed some valuable skills along the way. I have learned to assess and identify talent, I know how to keep a team engaged and excited about where the business is going. I am an excellent people coach, great at developing and executing on a project plan and I know a lot about the complicated world of HR.

I love helping business owners navigate the all-important people part of their business.

“I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.”

Lawrence Bossidy, GE