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Weston Consulting taps curiosity as a tool for growth
R
yan Guetter joined
Weston Consulting
Group as a junior
planner in 2004, and
has spent the past two decades
working his way up to his current
role as president at the Greater
Toronto Area-based planning
and urban design firm. His rise,
he says, is thanks to a company
culture that embraces curiosity as
a way to grow.
“It’s always been a place where
you can be curious, and that drives
you into territory you’ve never
experienced and provides lots
of opportunities to advance,” he
says. “There’s a belief that there’s
nothing that can’t be solved with
a bit of creativity and innovation,
and that enables people to learn
and grow incredibly quickly.”
Guetter notes that working
with professionals in real estate
development, municipal governance, home building and the
not-for-profit sector at Weston is
an advantage. “The exposure we
have to such a diversity of clients
and knowledge and expertise is
unparalleled,” he says. “And to
see it evolve into new business
offerings like landscape architecture and community consultation
is tremendous.”
When it comes to professional
development, Weston offers
employees formal training opportunities through the provincial
and national planners’ associations as well as its own Spotlight
professional development training
platform.
“We bring in outside experts
and also do internal spotlights to
learn practical skills like public
speaking, the art of delegation and
coaching,” Guetter says. “There’s
something to cater to all kinds
of learning styles, from peer-topeer to lectures, collaborative
walking tours and professional
mentoring.”
Stephanie Dalmage, project
accountant at Weston, values the
company’s openness to employee
input at its offices in Toronto and
suburban Vaughan, Ont.
“I love that everybody has a
voice,” she says. “I feel like I can
say whatever I need to say. Every
week we have an accounting meeting, and the CEO and one of the
VPs are present, so we’re voicing
our opinion to the people who can
do something about it. We also
have town halls, team outings and
events, so there are tons of ways to
ask questions and get results. They
make it easy.”
Dalmage also values the worklife balance options she enjoys at
Weston, which include flexible
hours and an account that can be
spent on anything related to wellness. “We can work at home some
days and in the office other days,
which I appreciate so much,” she
“THERE’S A BELIEF THAT THERE’S NOTHING THAT CAN’T
BE SOLVED WITH A BIT OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION,
AND THAT ENABLES PEOPLE TO LEARN AND GROW
INCREDIBLY QUICKLY.”
— Ryan Guetter, President
Employees at Weston Consulting Group enjoy the organization’s focus on work-life balance and flexibility.
