Persephone & Demeter
Practice area

Government and defence consulting grounded in I/O psychology.

We work alongside the Canadian Armed Forces, federal departments, and public-sector partners on the questions that quietly determine performance: how leaders are developed, how teams are formed, and how culture is shaped at scale. Our methods are drawn from industrial-organizational psychology and tested in operational environments.

Capabilities

Public-sector and defence consulting capabilities.

Comfortable with security-aware environments, formal procurement, and the documentation standards that government engagements require.

ICapability

Defence & military instruction

Curriculum design and classroom facilitation for officer cadets, captains, majors, and lieutenant colonels in advanced leadership courses, and for non-commissioned members at all levels — including ongoing faculty work at the Royal Military College of Canada.

IICapability

Public-sector leadership programs

Competency-based leadership programs for federal and provincial departments, calibrated to public-service values and operational realities.

IIICapability

Organizational diagnostics

Validated assessments, structured interviews, and archival review to surface structural and cultural levers in complex public institutions.

IVCapability

Subcontracted expertise

Available as a subject-matter expert and associate consultant on prime-contractor engagements requiring I/O psychology credentials.

Discuss a government or defence consulting question.

For small business leadership courses, see the open courses. For public-sector consulting, get in touch to scope the work.

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Royal Military College of Canada

Adjunct Lecturer in Leadership & Organizational Behaviour.

Alexa Dewhirst-Moore designs and teaches leadership and organizational behaviour curricula at the Royal Military College of Canada. She has taught officer cadets, captains, majors, and lieutenant colonels in advanced leadership courses, and works with non-commissioned members at all levels.

  • Officer cadets

    Foundational leadership and organizational behaviour instruction for cadets entering the officer corps.

  • Captains, majors, & lieutenant colonels

    Advanced leadership courses for field-grade and senior officers across multiple career stages.

  • Non-commissioned members

    Professional development for NCMs at every level — from junior leaders to senior appointments.