First Nation Management Consultings’ role as a business facilitator is to:
- establish who needs to attend the meeting
- make arrangements for the meeting, the location and layout of the room
- share the agenda with potential attendees
- work with a group to ensure meetings run well and arrive at their own answer, decision, or deliverable
- help a group understand their common objectives and assists them to achieve them
- write up and publish the results of the meeting to everyone concerned
About Cynthia Rayner, BA, PBDM, MBA, PhD Business Candidate
Cynthia Rayner, BA, PBDM, MBA, PhD Business Candidate at Athabasca University and currently in her 6th year of a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) with a focus on key factors for economic development success on First Nations lands. This research investigates the critical alignment of sovereignty, governance, leadership, management, and culture to achieve generational self-sufficiency in First Nations economies. Her extensive academic background includes a completed Diploma in Business, a Degree in Business majoring in marketing, an MBA, and a Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Management at a Master’s level. She has worked for BC First Nations for 28 years, with 22 years in senior management positions. Cynthia is the Principal Consultant and Owner of First Nations Management Consulting (FNMC), where she actively applies her expertise to business development and strategic planning across British Columbia.
FNMC specializes in producing comprehensive business, marketing, labour market, and tourism plans, actively fostering business development tailored to unique cultural and social factors. A key aspect of her knowledge mobilization is the course she developed on Indigenous Business for Athabasca University, and she developed and taught a course on Understanding Reconciliation for Pacific Coast University. She is dedicated to fostering economic self-determination, drawing on a blend of academic rigor and practical experience.
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