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DOUG JAMES TAYLOR

Paralegal and Experienced Business Professional

Doug James Taylor

Paralegal and Experienced Business Professional

I am results driven and adept at establishing rewarding relationships through interpersonal skills, with a passion for a client-centric approach to service.
A Class P1 Paralegal in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario, seeking opportunities to make a positive contribution to improving access to justice.
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Demonstrated Employability Skills

My demonstrated employability skills and core competencies define my value proposition.
The results of numerous and extensive self-awareness and team feedback exercises inform
my employability skills and demonstrated core competency values.

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Communication ➝ 15+ years

Critical Thinking ➝ 10+ years

Customer Service ➝ 15+ years

Financial Understanding ➝ 10+ years

Information Technology ➝ 15+ years

Team Leadership ➝ 10+ years

Demonstrated Core Competencies

360° Feedback
Gallup Strength Finders
O*NET Interest Profiler

Sales Pro
Target Training International
The Self Management Group Personal Orientation Profile (POP)

Thematic Vocabulary Assessment Test (T.V.A.T.)
Type Focus
Uniact Interest Inventory

Overview

Astute written and verbal communicator.
Capacity to collaborate and negotiate with multi-disciplinary parties.
Demonstrated ability to evaluate, prioritize and disseminate information.
Ability to manage fiduciary responsibilities with high level of confidentiality and ethics.
Aptitude to leverage critical thinking and creativity skills to negotiate and resolve problems.
Technologically proficient in developing internal software knowledge, spreadsheets, databases and digital media.
Committed to professional development through continuous personal learning.

Business Acumen

Understands the key business fundamentals, industry levers, the drivers of the financial health and viability.
Indentifies what constitutes opportunity to the organization.
Assesses the degree of risk in plans and actions, recognizing the need to disinvest in a situation, having insight and appreciation of client needs, priorities, goals, competitive advantage.
Ensures that all controllable factors support the profitability and growth objectives.
Understands the fundamental value drivers within the organization.
Devises goals, objectives, and performance measures to increase shareholder value in spite of business or personal risk.
Proposes and/or leads initiatives that can make a dramatic impact on the business unit/organization profitability.
Undertake process re-engineering or may create unique, high-value services to meet customer needs.
Consistently acts in the interests of the organization.

Client Relationship Management

Acts to support business development, ongoing management, and retention.
Ability to manage total relationships with internal and/on external customers/clients by creating management systems to anticipate, assess, and meet their needs in a mutually beneficial matter.
Takes action to manage expectations.
Leverages relationships to create opportunities that would not have existed otherwise.
Focuses management of the relationships to develop support for a new major opportunity of mutual benefit.
Called upon by clients and others to provide trusted advice and guidance that impacts overall business direction.

Conflict Management and Resolution

The ability to negotiate and resolve disputes.
Handles difficult people and situations with tact and diplomacy.
Identifies potential conflicts and proactively bringing disagreements into the open to help diffuse and address the conflict.
Encourages debate and constructive open discussion.
Negotiates and facilitates win-win solutions in conflict situations.
Brings latent or unresolved conflict within the team out into the open.
Willing to confront others as appropriate and approaches conflict situations as an opportunity to strengthen interpersonal relationships.
Understands the needs and values of team members and positions people for success by anticipating potential sources of conflict and addressing these needs proactively.

Impact and Influence

An intention and ability to persuade, convince or influence in order to have a specific impact or effect on others, without imposing own views.
Facilitates consensus, discussions and resolving conflict.
Tailors a presentation or discussion to appeal to the interest and level of others.
Anticipates the impact of an action or other detail.
Takes two or more distinct actions or steps to influence, with each adapted to the specific audience.
Uses experts or other third parties to influence.
Assembles political coalitions or builds "behind-the-scenes" support for ideas.

Organizing, Planning and Resourcing

Plans for the right level and type of resources for current and projected work requirements (including external resources).
Identifies talented staff based on demonstrated abilities, availability, career aspirations and business knowledge.
Provides a work environment, facilities and equipment to support team effectiveness.
Develops strategies, plans, causes of action to utilize resources in new and different ways to maximize value to the business.
Initiates collaborative efforts with functional staff areas, business partners, and others to enhance resource availability and deployment.
Preserves and increases the value of the available resources.

Strategic Business Planning

Develops, links and communicates long-range visions, goals or plans to support achievement of business goals.
Translates visions and strategies into frameworks/broad tactical plans, and communices their applicability.
Prepares and reviews contingency plans for problems and situations that might occur.
Redesigns the department and/or organization to better meet long-term objectives.
Establishes and implements a course of action to accomplish a long-term goal or vision.
Acts in accordance with vision and works with others to obtain commitment to a shared view of the desirable future state of the business, department or organization.