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Executive Coaching

Are you in a leadership role or do you aspire to get a leadership position? Leadership development and executive coaching are powerful ways to improve your effectiveness, and your team’s performance. Modern leadership is challenging due to complications associated with evolving technology, diversity and inclusion, and other issues. Learn to navigate many potential pitfalls with executive coaching.

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For Individuals

Ready to take the next step in your career? Leverage Dr. Helen Ofosu’s doctoral-level expertise in I/O Psychology and 20 years of experience to navigate workplace challenges and achieve your professional goals. Explore personalized career coaching and counselling services designed for aspiring and established professionals.

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For Businesses/Organizations

Build a stronger, more resilient organization with expert HR consulting, training, and outplacement services. Dr. Helen Ofosu partners with businesses to optimize hiring, develop effective leaders, and manage workforce transitions smoothly. Discover tailored solutions backed by deep cross-sector experience.

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I/O Advisory Services uses Work or Business Psychology (officially known as Industrial and Organizational (I/O) Psychology) as the foundation for Career Coaching, Executive Coaching, and HR-related services.

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I got in touch with Helen almost 3 months ago, while I was at a real impasse in my working life and felt I needed a fresh set of eyes to take stock of my situation. As a relative newcomer to Canada, I was fairly unfamiliar with the job market in Ottawa and had been bouncing between jobs that were unfulfilling. Helen was invaluable in turning this around — her advice on updating my resume, cover letter and interview technique, combined with her kindness and enthusiasm, helped me land a role much more in line with my qualifications. Helen has my wholehearted recommendation.

— Chris P.

I would recommend Helen in a heartbeat. Not only did she get to know me thoroughly so as to be able to develop career suggestions personally, she was creative and thought outside the box. She was quick to respond and also helped me regain my self confidence and address my terror of writing a resume (after almost 20 years of not doing one, I was at a complete loss). I couldn’t have gone through that process successfully without her!

— Dava Mckay

How to be Resilient in Your Career: Facing Up to Barriers at Work

Written by Dr. Helen Ofosu · Published by Routledge in 2023

This is a must-read guidebook for modern professionals and leaders. It addresses vital career advice to help readers navigate common but difficult career experiences such as harassment, imposter syndrome, bullying, being part of an underrepresented group, toxic workplaces, discrimination, and more — many of these topics are not addressed elsewhere.

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How to be Resilient in Your Career — book cover

Past & Present Clients

Get a glimpse of some of the organizations I’ve helped through HR services, corporate training, applied research, or keynotes / town hall presentations.

I have experience working with a wide array of organizations, including those in the private, public, and non-profit sectors.

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Dr. Helen’s Blog / “AudioBlog”

Improve your career prospects by learning about career development, leadership, and the best practices in HR. Read or listen to AudioBlog posts and playlists here. Check out a few of our featured posts below.

Respectability Politics at Work

By Dr. Helen Ofosu · May 9, 2026

Respectability politics may be an unfamiliar term to some readers, but it creates a silent tax on energy, belonging, and performance. When people must self-monitor their hair, clothing, facial expressions, enthusiasm, volume, emotional range, and cultural references, psychological safety is reduced and the risk of burnout increases.

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Burnout Isn’t a Personal Failure …

By Dr. Helen Ofosu · Apr 18, 2026

I’ve been a working professional for over 20 years, and the challenges facing many organizations and employees are tougher than usual – and may not resolve quickly or easily. If you’re exhausted, feeling unmotivated, and quietly wondering whether you’re “just not built for this,” you’re in good company, and I doubt you’re “broken.” Too often, burnout is framed as a personal resilience problem

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Neurodiversity in the AI-Enabled Workplace

By Dr. Helen Ofosu · Mar 7, 2026

In my recent post on Inclusion-by-Design, I discussed the "quiet shift," namely, the movement away from performative awareness and toward embedding equity, including considerations for neurodiverse employees, into the very architecture of our organizations. As we navigate March, a month where initial New Year momentum often meets the reality of first-quarter pressures, it is time to look at one of the most significant foundational shifts in modern history: the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into our daily workflows.

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Why Choose I/O Advisory Services?

  • The confidence of knowing you’re getting advice, HR or coaching from someone with rock-solid training and education.
  • Award-winning experience providing unique HR services.
  • A track record as a published leader (and blogger) in relevant fields.
  • We’ve repeatedly broken new ground by conducting research and development work. This means we know how to “figure things out” when there’s no obvious answer and no existing playbook.