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Charlotte Bygrave (Deceased)
Principal
Bygrave & Associates (Formerly VP HR at Roche Canada)

Charlotte Bygrave is a consultant with  more than 25 years of experience in creating and leading strategic human resource management functions in multi-national firms in the pharmaceutical, financial and retail industries.

She has worked with management teams in the United States, Mexico and Canada

As a Vice President Human Resources, she worked with executive teams to develop and implement new organization designs, facilitate strategic change including mergers and acquisitions and develop and implement integrated human resource systems to improve organizational performance and business results. .

She was a member of the Boards of Directors of the Wellesley Central Hospital and the Sherbourne Health Cente.

She is the Principal of Bygrave & Associates in Toronto and works with clients in both the private and public sector. She focuses on working with senior leaders to assist them in establishing optimal organization designs, implementing goal setting and business planning processes, assessing talent pool requirements and availability, and strengthening managerial leadership practices.  

  • Principal,   Bygrave and Associates - 2004 - 2017

      • Work with senior managers to design optimal organization structures, staff the structure and provide high quality leadership practicesWork with senior managers to design optimal organization structures, staff the structure and provide high quality leadership practices

      • Human Resource Management and Organization Design

  • Senior Consultant   Capelle Associates   2004 - 2006

      • Accountable for marketing consulting services.

        Accountable for working with clients to assess the effectiveness of the current organization (levels, roles, staff capabilities) and making necessary changes to enable achievement of short and long term goals ( changes included-determining number of organization levels, clarifying accountabilities, matching individuals to roles).Accountable for marketing consulting services. Accountable for working with clients to assess the effectiveness of the current organization (levels, roles, staff capabilities) and making necessary changes to enable achievement of short and long term goals ( changes included-determining number of organization levels, clarifying accountabilities, matching individuals to roles).

  • Vice President Human Resources  Hoffmann-La Roche  1988 - 1998

      • Design and implement Human Resource plans and strategies to support achievement of the organization's objectives.

Degrees and certifications

  • BS - Pennsylvania State University, United States

Contact Info

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