About Our Company

Four Directions Management Services Ltd. is a wholly owned Aboriginal consulting firm, established in 1993.

Four Directions Management Services Ltd. has a large network of consultants with a variety of skills and abilities to meet any management, facilitation, research or strategic planning goal an organization or community may have.

The President/Principal of Four Directions Management Services Ltd., Dan George, has extensive experience in negotiation, facilitation, proposal and program development, fundraising, strategic planning, and community-based planning.  He also has a thorough knowledge of federal and provincial policies, programs and strategies.

 

Operating Vision

Advancing a philosophy of “Together We Are Stronger”, Four Directions Management Services Ltd. through facilitation, negotiating, planning and development, strategically engage parties in assets-based dialogue that encourages measurable change and the creation of mutually beneficial strategic alliances.

Operating Principles

1. To respect the dignity and inherent rights of the individual human being in all dealings with people.
2. To maintain high moral and ethical standards and to reflect honesty, integrity, reliability and forthrightness in all relationships.
3. To reflect the tenets of good taste and common courtesy in all attitudes, words and deeds.
4. To serve fairly and in proper balance the interests of all groups we associate with.

Operating Goals

Receptive to Ideas

Solicit, encourage and support ideas and creativity. Blend new ideas with successful past practice.

Teamwork

Encourage a team approach. Teamwork is a resolution process that deals with all issues and earns support.

Planning

Anticipate and set reasonable goals and deadlines with those affected. Everyone exhibits the same degree of commitment to meeting deadlines.

Conflict Resolution

Conflicts and problems are addressed in a timely manner utilizing constructive feedback. Focus on issues, not on personalities.

Personnel

The President/Principal of Four Directions Management Services Ltd., Dan George, has extensive experience in negotiation, facilitation, proposal and program development, fundraising, strategic planning, and community-based planning.  He also has a thorough knowledge of federal and provincial policies, programs and strategies.

Mr. George has held long-term management positions in the non-profit sector (Executive Director, Prince George Native Friendship Centre), as well as with First Nations Governments (Chief Negotiator, Office of the Wet’suwet’en).  Currently, he is the Chief Executive Officer of the First Nations Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative.

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Teresa George (photo at right) has been an associate with FDMS since it's inception. Her past experience includes coordinating community needs assessments and also participated as a researcher on a longtitudinal study  of high risk Aboriginal youth and illicit drug use. She is currently a Director for the Central Interior Native Health Society in Prince George, BC

 

Zandra Ross, Associate of Four Directions Management Services Ltd., has extensive experience in community research, facilitation, program development, and program management.  Currently, she is the Executive Assistant for the First Nations Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative.

Ms. Ross has worked mainly in the Aboriginal non-profit sector (Director of Education and Employment, PGNFC), but also has experience in the general non-profit sector (Heart and Stroke Foundation and Big Brothers Big Sisters) and international (Philippines-Canada Environmental and Economic Management Project).  In addition, she has been a Consultant with Four Directions Management Services Ltd. since 1993.