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April Taggart
Senior Vice President, Talent Management and Diversity, Human Resources
BMO Financial Group
In her current role as Senior Vice-President, Talent Management and Diversity, April Taggart is accountable for the functions related to:
  • Talent Planning, Development and Succession
  • Talent Acquisition, Assessment and Placement
  • Diversity and Workplace Equity
  • Employee Engagement and HR Communications

Ms. Taggart's mandate is to attract, engage and retain a talented and diverse workforce capable of achieving BMO Financial Group's goal of becoming the top performing financial institution in North America.

Since joining the bank in 1977, Ms. Taggart has played a key role within Human Resources in the areas of Organization Development, Training, HR Planning, Employee Relations, and most recently as the Vice-President and Business Partner for Personal and Commercial Client Group.

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Major organizations and consulting firms that provide Requisite Organization-based services

A global association of academics, managers, and consultants that focuses on spreading RO implementation practices and encouraging their use
Dr. Gerry Kraines, the firms principal, combines Harry Levinson's leadership frameworks with Elliott Jaques's Requisite Organization. He worked closely with Jaques over many years, has trained more managers in these methods than anyone else in the field, and has developed a comprehensive RO-based software for client firms.
Ron Capelle is unique in his multiple professional certifications, his implementation of RO concepts through well designed organization development methods, and his research documenting the effectiveness of his firm's interventions
Former RO-experienced CEO, Ron Harding, provides coaching to CEOs of start-ups and small and medium-size companies that are exploring their own use of RO concepts.  His role is limited, temporary and coordinated with the RO-based consultant working with the organization
Founded by Gillian Stamp, one of Jaques's colleagues at Brunel, the firm modified Jaques;s work-levels, developed the Career Path Appreciation method, and has grown to several hundred certified assessors in aligned consulting firms world-wide recently expanding to include organization design
Requisite Organization International Institute distributes Elliott Jaques's books, papers, and videos and provides RO-based training to client organizations