Work should feel worth remembering.

Dormer Days Consulting helps leaders build workplaces where the expectations are clear, the trust is real, and people can do work they’re proud of.

The name came from the people who lived it

Why Dormer Days?

Years after Tracy Dormer moved on from leading an HR team, the people who had worked with her were still talking about the Dormer Days.

It was their shorthand for a time when work was fun, structured, and genuinely enjoyable — when people didn’t just do good work, they loved doing it.

Dormer Days Consulting exists to bring that feeling to other organizations, on purpose.

The Dormer Days story, in Tracy’s words — 80 seconds.

Why the flamingo?

Tracy has always loved flamingos — not just the pink, but what they stand for. A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance: a team that stands tall together, looks out for each other, and is impossible to ignore. That's the kind of workplace she builds.

The espresso brown is her love of coffee. The dusty rose is the flamingo's pink. And like every sunrise, every day is a new day — a Dormer Day.

What guides the work

Not a slogan on the wall. A clear standard for what a workplace can become — and what thoughtful leadership can make possible.

Our mission
To make every workplace feel like the Dormer Days — where people are trusted, respected, and actually enjoy the work.
Our vision
A world where nobody dreads Monday.

Practical support for pivotal people moments

From building a workforce to strengthening a leadership team, Dormer Days brings senior guidance that fits the organization and the moment.

01

Build & grow

Workforce strategy and greenfield hiring for new or scaling operations — plus camp and remote workforce operations that run smoothly and feel looked after.

02

Lead & strengthen

Senior HR leadership — without the full-time hire, embedded in your business — plus culture and leadership development that people actually want to follow.

03

Change & modernize

Total rewards that attract and keep the right people — and HR technology chosen wisely, with an expert in your corner.

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What the Dormer Days felt like

In the words of those who lived them — people first, trust, and respect.

From the Blog

Notes on building workplaces people love

October 20, 2026

What Were the Dormer Days?

Every team has a story about the best job they ever had. Mine came back to me years after I’d moved on — people I’d led were still talking about the years we’d worked together. They had a name for it…

Read the article →

What we can build together

Every service below is a way I help create the Dormer Days environment in your company — a workplace where people are trusted, respected, and actually enjoy the work.

Every engagement is tailored to your business — these are starting points, not packages.

Senior HR Leadership

A fully functioning HR function — without the full-time hire.

In practice

  • HR audits and 90-day roadmaps
  • Handbook and policy builds
  • Employee relations casework and investigations
  • Leadership coaching
  • Compliance and risk
  • Performance management frameworks

Workforce Strategy & Growth

The right people plan for your growth stage.

In practice

  • Organizational design
  • Workforce planning and forecasting
  • Talent pipelines and succession planning
  • Greenfield hiring at scale
  • Onboarding that actually sticks

Camp & Remote Workforce Operations

Remote and camp teams that run smoothly and feel looked after.

In practice

  • Camp HR operations built from the ground up
  • FIFO rotation and scheduling design
  • Remote-site workforce planning
  • Camp leadership training
  • Field investigations and grievance handling

Culture & Leadership

Leaders your people actually want to follow.

In practice

  • Leadership assessments and 360s
  • Management training programs
  • Values definition and rollout
  • Engagement surveys with action planning
  • Coaching through change and turnaround

HR Technology

The right HR systems, chosen wisely and implemented well — with an expert in your corner.

In practice

  • Technology needs assessment
  • Vendor review and selection
  • Demo evaluation against your actual requirements
  • Implementation oversight — making sure the vendor delivers what was promised and your needs are met
  • Asking the questions vendors hope you won't ask
  • Adoption support so the system actually gets used

Total Rewards

Pay and benefits that attract and keep the right people.

In practice

  • Compensation benchmarking and salary structures
  • Benefits reviews and redesign
  • Incentive and bonus plans
  • Pay equity reviews
Tracy Dormer, Founder and Principal Consultant of Dormer Days Consulting
Tracy Dormer, BBA, CTMPFounder & Principal Consultant

About

Meet Tracy Dormer

Founder of Dormer Days Consulting — now helping other companies build workplaces worth remembering.

Tracy Dormer is an HR executive with more than 20 years leading people functions across mining, energy, technology, and the public sector — from greenfield builds and remote camp operations to tech scale-ups, across Canada, the US, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East.

She has built HR functions from empty fields, run camp operations alongside HR with an $8M budget, and led turnarounds where trust had to be rebuilt from scratch. Her teams are the ones who coined “the Dormer Days” — their shorthand for the eras when work was structured, human, and genuinely enjoyable.

Tracy holds a BBA in Organizational Behaviour, a post-degree in Geology, a diploma in Computer Information Systems, and a master’s diploma in Executive Talent Management. She holds the CTMP designation, is on the CPHR Senior Path, and previously served as a Board Director with the Yukon Chamber of Mines.

People.

People first, always. Policies serve humans, not the other way around.

Trust.

Earned through honesty and follow-through. We say what we’ll do, then do it.

Respect.

For every role, every voice, every person in the room.

Let’s make this a place people love working.

Have a people challenge, a new operation, or a workplace you know can be better? Bring the real problem. We’ll bring clarity, structure, and a practical way forward.

Make every day a Dormer Day.

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