About

At Collaborative Workplace Services we train and coach managers and HR professionals to successfully interact with employees who have various personality styles. Our management techniques relieve the anxiety and stress associated with these situations, creating a more positive, productive work environment for your whole team.

We believe that people with different personalities are often talented employees who can be a significant asset to your organization when you learn how to connect with them.

Personality training is a crucial, new component of leadership development that is helpful to new and seasoned managers alike. We teach specific management and communication techniques that lead to positive results with the 5 Personality styles.

Grant Grobman and Alan Buchanan co-founded Collaborative Workplace Services in 2007. Grant is registered with the College of Psychologists of B.C. He previously managed BC Hydro’s Employee and Family Assistance Program. Alan has been a practicing psychiatrist for 25 years and is a professor of clinical psychiatry at UBC.

Clients include: Provident Energy Trust, Telus, Health Canada, BC Hydro, Worksafe BC, ICBC, BC Public Service Agency, Ultima, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Richmond Hospital, Canada Revenue Agency, Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick, Yukon WCB, City of Surrey.