Come Gather Round

I work as an agent of change, guiding organizations and people in pursuit of their aspirations.

In practice, that has meant a lot of things: offering guidance and counsel to leaders, developing change agents, designing and delivering training programs, articulating visions and values, facilitating whole system change, and helping teams and organizations work on the right things in the right way and for the right results.

I have been a senior consultant to three major corporate turn-arounds, and coached leaders or consulted for more than fifty organizations in over a dozen countries. The vast majority of that work has involved helping people and organizations change to meet new realities.

My contributions are valued for insight into complex situations, clarity of communication, creative approaches to problems, skillful delivery, on-target intervention, and respect for the human spirit. Two of my gifts, remarked upon by clients, are my abilities to “talk hard about the soft stuff” and to create “an unusually effective combination of heart and mind, coupled with business sophistication and a results focus.”

My first book, Artful Work won the Benjamin Franklin Award as Best Business Book in 1996, and placed me in the forefront of efforts to bring feeling and spirit to workplaces. The Art Of Winning Commitment, has been called potent, original, and inspired. My newest, Is Your Genius at Work? is based on four key questions to ask before your next career move. I also contribute frequently to professional and business magazines, appear in the media and at conferences, and lead public workshops.

I have refined concepts and methods about genius during most of this work; for nearly twenty years. I have applied it in numerous and varied ways, sometimes as a centerpiece of executive or career guidance and counsel, sometimes in training to enable employees to forge a connection with an organization’s vision or mission, sometimes to help members of a team connect with one another, and sometimes to enable people to find the right work.