Elaine Mandrish

Elaine Mandrish is an affiliate with Schaffer Consulting. She is an expert on the application of the WorkOut methodology. She has worked with executives and others in many organizations to introduce and apply the methodology to achieve dramatic improvements in performance, while also developing strong leadership and management processes. She has also run numerous workshops to train internal company resources in designing and facilitating the WorkOut process.

She has helped senior managers plan and manage change and implement new strategic directions. She has also has worked extensively with individual departments or functions to improve quality, productivity and performance and with staff departments or internal consulting groups to increase their impact on organizational effectiveness.

Elaine has given talks and conducted workshops on results-driven change, improving organizational performance and "High-Impact" consulting. She has also published articles on results-driven change.

Elaine has consulted, in many different countries, with a broad range of clients which include Eagle Star/Zurich Financial Services (U.K., Ireland and South Africa), General Electric, Armstrong World Industries, Electrocomponents, Motorola, PNC, Schuller International, Canada Life and the World Bank.

Prior to working with Schaffer Consulting, Elaine was a senior executive with a major financial services company. She earned an Honours BSc in Combined Sciences from the University of Leicester, U.K, and was formerly a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and Canadian Institute of Actuaries.