About - Kaleid

About Kaleid (kuh•LIDE)

Kaleid, like kaleidoscope, derives from kalos (beautiful) and eidos (shape).

When people’s patterns take better shape, the whole organizational picture changes.

At Kaleid, our mission is to equip current and emerging corporate leaders with evidence-based psychological tools that get to the root of workplace problems, lightening the load and bolstering the bottom line. We do this through three psychology-based services: diagnostic audits, leadership development, and emergent leader training.

Our method builds psychological literacy so you can see the full picture, refine the patterns, and watch your workplace take beautiful shape.

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We base our work in 4 core values:

Integrity

Navigating the work in informed and ethical ways, acknowledging our shortcomings, and basing our expertise in an evolving body of rigorous scholarly research

Rapport

Leading with warmth, curiosity, and authenticity to build a mutual sense of affinity, trust, and relational harmony

Generativity

Providing high-value insight from the field of psychology, then empowering you to ‘take it and run with it’

Practicing what we preach

Living out our own teachings, sharing from experience, and modelling a balanced approach to work well done and a life well lived

About the Founder

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Becca Schwenk

M. Psych, Founding Principal

Becca Schwenk is the Founding Principal of Kaleid. Her vision is to create psychologically-savvy workplace cultures that leverage human flourishing as the key to organizational flourishing.

Becca holds a Master of Psychology, with subject matter expertise on the relationship between early life adversity, responsive psychological patterns, and workplace intrateam conflict. She felt called to explore this topic because, even in the most well-intentioned organizations, she could still sense people’s default patterns playing out and keeping organizations at risk for repeat problems. Her research findings revealed strong connections between psychological factors and workplace friction. She created Kaleid to save organizations the cost, risk, and strain of working around the problem.

Becca is a seasoned purpose-driven professional. She has consulted for over 50 organizations, overseen team delivery of more than 500 client projects, and facilitated over 300 workshops to audiences of up to 2000. She has provided direct trauma support; managed operations for an Australia-wide rideshare app; and served as Chief Operating Officer for a top equity and inclusion consulting firm. Through an expansive and fulfilling career, social impact has always been her primary through-line.

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Becca is a passionate leader with a vast combination of skills, experience, and knowledge. What makes her have such high impact in her work is her unique ability to bring her passion, leadership, and skill set while holding a clear vision for what is possible in the world through targeted and strategic efforts toward change. It’s important to note that Becca’s vision for a better world, and the change required to achieve it, is rooted in an appreciation for the complexities and realities of businesses/employers who are committed but challenged to find their way towards change.

Carolyn Tuckwell, BGC South Coast BC

Becca is gifted in building and leading spaces for collective learning and emotional processing. Her relationship-centered approach to her work is complemented by her warmth and compassion. As someone who has learned immensely from Becca over the years, I feel both at ease and engaged in her spaces, trusting her keen awareness of multiple complex considerations such as power dynamics, different learning styles and needs, time constraints, and her expert content knowledge.

Mary Wu, Government of Canada

Becca takes a warm, open, collaborative approach and creates a space where everyone feels as though they have a voice and something important to add to the discussion. What sets Becca apart is her familiarity with her offerings. It is clear that she knows her material inside out, and the way she delves into topics and brings her own lived experiences to each session adds that much more depth to the learning. How folks can so naturally connect with her makes the material that much easier to also connect with and leaves folks feeling open and eager to share and go deeper with her and themselves.

Indra Hayre, Earls Kitchen + Bar