About Me

I am a facilitator and leadership development practitioner with 20 years of cross-sector experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. I specialize in transformative leadership development that goes beyond skills acquisition – helping leaders and teams develop the inner acuity and relational capacity that genuine and sustainable change requires.

I'm known for designing experiences that are intellectually rigorous yet deeply human. Whether working with an individual leader, a team, or a whole organization, I create conditions for honest and courageous conversations that shift mindsets and transform how we lead and relate with others.

My practice is grounded in evidence-based insights from adult education, group dynamics, organizational psychology, and contemplative and experiential learning traditions, including original research and peer-reviewed scholarship. I hold a Master's in Transformative Leadership & Spirituality from Saint Paul University (University of Ottawa), where my thesis research examined leader identity formation in the nonprofit sector. I also hold an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Sociology from Queen's University.

My published work includes a co-authored chapter on collective shadow work for leader development (Routledge, 2024) and a peer-reviewed journal article on inclusion norms in Ontario settlement agencies (Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 2024).

Publications:

• Séguin, M., Briciu, B., MacDonald, A., et al. (2024). Inclusion Norms in Ontario Settlement Agencies as Workplaces: Between Prefiguration and Systemic Exclusion. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 15(2), 1-24.

• Briciu, B. & MacDonald, A. (2024). Making the Darkness Conscious: Collective Shadow Work for the Spiritual Development of Leaders. In M. Raei, S. Guenther, & L. Berkley (Eds.), Leadership at the Spiritual Edge: Emerging and Non-Western Concepts of Leadership and Spirituality. Routledge.