The Thoughtful Co.™ supports women in negotiating their compensation, and advises employers on improving
gender equity in the workplace.
We Make Real Change.
We advise women in compensation and contract negotiations. Through coaching sessions, contract reviews, financial modelling, and more, we support women in negotiating for the pay they deserve. On average, our clients achieve a +25% increase in their compensation packages. We've worked with clients across Canada, the US and the UK at companies like Uber, Goldman Sachs, Indigo, Mastercard, Shopify, and General Electric.​​
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​We advise employers on building more inclusive workplaces for women. We offer comprehensive services designed to help companies create an inclusive environment that empowers women to thrive throughout their careers. This ranges from sponsorship programs to ERGs to building more objective hiring, promotion and retention practices. We work largely with male-dominated industries including Syncra Construction, Thurber Engineering, QuadReal, Associated Engineering, 1Password, Article Furniture and more.
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We provide workshops on high impact topics that help women succeed in the workplace. Elevate your professional journey with our interactive workshops. Unlock your negotiation skills, amplify self-advocacy, master the art of authentic networking, and more. We've partnered with organizations across the globe, including University of Cambridge, Tech Ladies, the51, Stantec, CREW, Ivey, Nokia, Rotman, Ledcor, Oxford University, and CFA Society.
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Note: "women" includes anyone who identifies as a woman.
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Meet the Team
Jillian Climie, Co-Founder (she/her)
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Jillian Climie, Co-Founder of The Thoughtful Co., has spent her career advising and leading teams in executive compensation and corporate governance, both as a consultant, and in-house at two global retailers. Most recently at Lululemon, she led the global equity compensation and executive compensation programs. After taking a pause, she realized she wanted more of three things in her professional life: thoroughness, passion and freedom. She Co-Founded The Thoughtful Co so she can leverage her niche experience to empower women to get paid what they deserve, and to build more inclusive workplaces.
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Sophie Warwick, Co-Founder (she/her)
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Sophie Warwick, Co-Founder of the Thoughtful Co., specializes in developing in-house gender equity policies and chairing Employee Resource Groups and advocacy groups. She uses her data analysis expertise from her engineering background to define targets and track growth and retention. In 2018, she Co-Founded Women in Consulting Engineering (WCE), a non-profit organization with over 1,000 members and monthly events to support and empower women in engineering. She co-founded The Thoughtful Co so she could build more gender inclusive workplaces and build representation of women at senior levels in all industries.
Our Mission
To enable recognition, opportunity and influence for women in the workplace.
Our Values
Thoughtfulness: being intentional and thorough so we can do things right, the first time.
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Equity: enabling a diverse and inclusive environment reflective of the communities we operate in.
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Trust: providing our clients with honest, research-based, best practice advice to enable them to achieve their goals.
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Space: allowing the freedom and flexibility to produce our best work.