Why Proudfoot?

Dedicated natural resources group: former managers, hands-on professionals with vast mining experience accumulated over years of working with some of the world’s most notable organizations.

We go where you need us: whether a mine in Southern Africa, the mountains of Indonesia or a refinery in the Gulf of Mexico.  Our people work alongside your people – and for as long as it takes to get the job done - and well.

Sixty plus years of successful client engagement: working with clients around the world to improve your processes and financial performance – and with speed.  Helping clients achieve significant increases in top-line and bottom-line performance and making these sustainable.

Sustainability of results: from the first week of an Alexander Proudfoot program, reinforced by project support materials that provide your people with collateral they can refer to long after the project’s end and our team has left. 

A respect for health and safety requirements and standards that must be upheld by our people as well yours.  

Laying the foundations for engagement.  We believe the most valuable relationship in an organization is that held between an employee and their immediate supervisor.  It is this relationship that lays the foundation for engagement.  We work through these relationships to enable change to happen more effectively, providing your supervisors with the skills and behaviors to improve their people’s results and allowing change to happen more effectively by capitalizing on the relationships that already work. 

Strong methodology and infrastructure: our teams have access to an entire organizations’ knowledge and expertise, in addition to their own.

Embedded change management model: we ensure your people are Ready, Willing and Able to take on the challenges ahead of them and achieve the results you require. 

Industry leading knowledge management system: data and information from decades of client engagements worldwide, within and across industries, providing a rich pool of knowledge and experience.  

Robust internal project management and measurement system combined with strong operational improvement methodology. proven model of how to achieve significant changes in behaviors, processes and results through your people – and quickly.  

Rigorous project quality reviews:  with your input at specific milestones to ensure we meet your expectations.  

Continuous consultant training and development:  our consultants are provided with the necessary training to not only perform their specific role but also to broaden the value you receive from them.  

Improved stakeholder engagement: we are comfortable engaging all stakeholders (employees, unions, your community, executive management and board members) to release the latent energy and improved performance within your organization.  

The importance of your values and principles: 95% of our employees, from senior management downwards, interact daily with you, working side-by-side with your workforce to deliver real, long term change and sustainable benefits.  

We conduct client surveys during and after an engagement, as well as sustainability audits to ensure you receive lasting benefits long after our people have left your site.