I’ve been guiding managers through the strategic thinking process for over 30 years. I work with both intact and multi-disciplinary management teams to articulate, launch, and execute their strategic choices more powerfully.
Over the past 10 years, I have spent more and more time with clients in the areas of creativity and creative problem solving.
I operate on the basis that the knowledge and will to bring a strategy from concept to reality lies largely within the organization. My role as an external resource is to tease out the knowledge of the participants in group sessions, help to synthesize that knowledge into a rational set of conclusions and decisions, and provide an environment in which the key stakeholders can develop their ownership of, and commitment to those choices.
To ensure the quality of the end result, I select a few rigorous frameworks that help the participants assert what they know to produce compelling and powerful statements of direction and action.
I ensure that both the participants in the exercise and the consultant are well prepared, leading in turn to a greater level of participation in, and commitment to the results of the exercise.
I then bring out the best individual and collective thinking to formulate the most workable strategy the assembled team is tasked to create. The end result is a focused action plan that converts the strategy to reality.
On this website, you can:
- review the underlying tenets of my consulting practice and how I set up a client assignment,
- learn about the revolutionary concept of The Energy Exchange™,
- access articles on strategy, change, and leadership that I have authored over the past several years (in the Resources section),
- gain access to comprehensive checklists to help you set up a facilitated session, whether you are a business leader, an administrative assistant, or an internal or professional facilitator,
- learn all about the Creative Problem Solving Workshop that will transform your people into world class innovators in one day – guaranteed – and help them solve one or more of your “wicked” problems on the next day,
- discover interesting books and find links to useful websites (also in the Resources section), and
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