Wylie Burke is an executive advisor, educator, facilitator and leadership coach who helps organizations solve complex business and workforce challenges. She works with executive teams to align their strategy, structure, and capabilities so they can thrive in a rapidly changing world of work.

A systems thinker with a strong ability to recognize patterns, Wylie helps leaders distinguish symptoms from root causes and identify the changes that will have the greatest impact. She brings together business acumen, organizational expertise and skilled facilitation and coaching to guide executive teams through the strategic and interpersonal complexities of transformation — building trust, working through hard conversations, and developing the shared accountability required to make difficult decisions and lead change.

Wylie’s work focuses on organizational design, strategic workforce planning, capability planning, talent strategy and the future of work. With more than 20 years of experience across the corporate, public, healthcare, education and not-for-profit sectors, she has led large-scale merger and integration initiatives, organizational transformations, culture strategies, and strategic and operational planning. Wylie’s experience includes work with CIBC, SickKids, WSIB, Toronto Metropolitan University, and United Way Toronto.

Wylie is an Adjunct Professor in Employment Relations Studies at Queen’s University. She also teaches professional programs through the Queen’s University Industrial Relations Centre and serves as a leadership coach with the University of Toronto’s Centre for Learning and Leadership. Wylie holds an Executive MBA from Queen’s University, an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from York University, and is an Adler-trained professional coach. She is trained in Crucial Conversations, Leading at the Speed of Trust, and EQ 2.0.