To those CEO's and other senior executives who are reading this, selecting your team may well be the single most important task you have. And it is one fraught with pitfalls. Your ultimate ability may not be your ability. Rather it more likely rests in your ability to recognize ability. Our mission is to ensure that, no matter what, you get your team right.

The OAM edge is two-fold.

First, we bring a full in-house psychometric assessment capability to every search we conduct. Collectively, our group has more than three decades of combined experience in clinically evaluating candidates at all levels, from junior executives to the C-suite, in virtually all business sectors. We also have the ability to access the resources of Dr. R. Nideffer, one of the top psychologists on the planet.

Of course, it's one thing to make assertions about our capabilities. It's quite another to demonstrate. In this regard, we would be pleased to show you, free of charge, our ability to identify talent. Please contact us at: info@oceansapartmgt.com or on 604 630 1365, and put us to the test. Determine for yourself, our ability to identify ability.

Second, because the partners of Oceans Apart Management Inc. own a number of other operating companies, ranging in size from venture capital start-ups to those with a top line in nine figures, we bring a unique blend of experience and perspective to the consulting role. We sit right in the same chair our customers do - operating businesses just like yours.

Technical Partners

Tim Clark Ph.D., R.Psych

Dr. Clark is a Registered Psychologist, based in the lower mainland, who has been in private practice for almost three decades. While he continues to maintain a clinical practice, Dr. Clark has devoted more than twenty years to the issues of leadership and maximizing executive potential within a corporate environment. As such, he is very much involved in coaching senior managers and executives in developing powerful leadership strategies and management skills.

Dr. Clark works with Oceans Apart Management in a variety of Psychological disciplines including:

•      Executive retention and reclamation
•      Leadership development
•      Organizational change
•      Leadership strategies

He has consulted to a wide variety of corporations, including:

•     Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
•    Canfor Corporation
•    Sask Tel
•    Shell Oil                                                                                      
•    B.C. Housing
•    MacMillan Bloedel

Additionally, he has also been a guest lecturer in the Executive MBA Program at Simon Fraser University and at the faculty of the McRae Institute of International Management, Capilano University. As part of his work with Capilano, Dr. Clark has traveled extensively in China, Thailand, Vietnam and Argentina.

Dr. Clark received his Ph.D. in counselling psychology in 1985 from the University of Alberta.

Dr. R. Nideffer

Dr. Nideffer received his Ph.D. in clinical and experimental psychology from Vanderbilt University. He was an associate professor at the University of Rochester, and a professor at the California School of Professional Psychology and San Diego State University. He has also held the post of visiting fellow at Cumberland College in Sydney Australia. He is the founder of Enhanced Performance Systems.

Research and Writing

Dr. Nideffer has written seventeen books and authored over 100 research and applied articles. Dr. Nideffer is the developer of The Attentional and Interpersonal Style inventory (TAIS), an assessment tool used worldwide to measure the attentional and interpersonal skills of high level performers in sports, business, sales and the military.

Consulting Experience

Dr. Nideffer has worked with the Australian Institute for Sport and other Olympic training centres around the world, developing computer software and psychological assessment programs for athletes. He has consulted with the Coaching Association of Canada and provided training for Canada's national elite-level coaches and athletes. He has worked with Olympic teams from the U.S., Canada and Australia and was involved, in the capacity of sports psychologist, for the 1984 and 1988 Olympic games.

As well as working with athletes, Dr. Nideffer has worked with multinational corporations (one in which he worked directly with David Simpson for seven years), police organizations and the military. Reports on his work have appeared in major publications around the world. They include: Business Week; Dun's Review; New York Times; Canadian Business; Sports Illustrated; and Fast Company. He has made guest appearances on the Tonight Show, with Barbara Walters and on ABC-TV's coverage of the 1984 Olympic Games.

Dr. Nideffer oversees the world-wide operations of Enhanced Performance Systems from a suburb of San Diego in California