Culhane Advisory brings senior-level Employee Relations and Labour Relations expertise to organizations that can’t afford to get it wrong.
Managing an unsustainable volume of formal grievances, creating significant arbitration exposure, straining union-employer relationships, and consuming disproportionate leadership capacity.
Implemented a comprehensive Grievance Triage model — standardizing intake, investigation, and resolution processes.
Delivered foundational leadership coaching to equip managers with the confidence to make defensible, consistent decisions. Led a service delivery review to optimize funding and transition to a sustainable operating structure.
Unprecedented operational crisis across 17,000+ employees. Long-term care and community social services at risk of legislative non-compliance due to critical staffing shortfalls.
Led rapid redeployment of 100+ employees into LTC settings, stabilizing service delivery. Managed full LR framework for deployments.
Embedded EDIB principles into hiring practices as part of a corporate diversity plan—one of Ontario’s largest. Led the transition to a hybrid work model for the 17,000-person workforce.
A department of 2,000+ employees operating with a reactive HR model. Inconsistent ER/LR practices created risk exposure and limited the department's ability to deliver on priorities.
Redesigned the HR function from the ground up — shifting to a strategic business partner model. Standardized ER/LR practices and provided Director-level counsel to the CAO and elected officials.
Led multiple organizational redesigns, staffing processes, and people strategies including wellness initiatives and peer support networks.
Inefficient division managing 60+ unionized staff and a $22M budget. Structural and workforce design gaps limited both financial performance and service quality.
Led a comprehensive operational redesign — restructuring workflows and workforce models to eliminate inefficiency while preserving service quality.
Built the people infrastructure needed to sustain performance: wellness initiatives, peer support networks, and pulse surveys to monitor organizational health.
Providing defensible, executive-level investigations into sensitive workplace complaints. We specialize in high-risk environments where accuracy and impartiality are non-negotiable.
Culhane Advisory provides the senior-level ER/LR guidance most organizations can’t access internally — practical, defensible, and built on real outcomes.
Also providing independent workplace investigations and fractional HR & LR leadership — see our services.
Scalable leadership and advisory for organizations that can't afford to get it wrong.
Monthly retainer for ongoing advisory and targeted expertise.
Scalable leadership for mid-sized complexity and unionized environments.
Full-integration for enterprise-level or high-volatility environments.
Defined-scope engagements for specific tactical needs.
You’re building a business, not a legal department. We provide the direct, accessible expertise you need to handle complex people issues without the corporate jargon.
All conversations are confidential.
Shanna Culhane is a Trusted Strategic Advisor to CAOs, Senior Executives, and Elected Officials across Ontario. A versatile leader with extensive experience in both Employee and Labour Relations, she bridges the gap between high-level organizational strategy and day-to-day workplace harmony. She has successfully managed 13 concurrent collective agreements and possesses deep expertise in end-to-end collective bargaining, grievance management, and strategic workplace advisory.
Experience leading teams ranging from 5 to 100+ professionals with strategic oversight for workplaces with up to 17,000 employees. Her approach fuses deep legal and psychological understanding with practical, strategic execution to reduce organizational exposure and build robust, high-performance workplaces.