Associates Include:

Barbara Beizer has deep expertise developing and delivering successful programs in executive and management education and training, as well as talent assessment and succession planning focused on achieving results and fostering desired culture. As Director of Organizational Effectiveness at Freddie Mac, she created and led programs for executive coaching, mentoring, engagement and orientation, and strategic planning, as well as designing and facilitating results-oriented executive retreats. She has extensive experience and passion for working collaboratively with leaders and Boards in both the profit and non-profit sectors to help them leverage their special talents, identify, plan and reach their goals, strengthen their teams and organizations, and navigate difficult transitions. She can be reached at (202) 244-4103.

Cheryl Foss develops organizational competence in the areas of change, strategy, coordination and alignment. She is proficient in researching, designing, and executing interventions and programs that allow businesses to drastically increase their impact and achieve results. She has over 15 years of successful experience with corporations, small businesses, non-profits, and government agencies. She can be reached at (303) 604-9582.

Gary Frank has 25 years of experience consulting to private, public and non-profit organizations. Gary has consulted with organizations in a variety of industries including high technology fabrication and assembly, heavy manufacturing, consumer food products, health care, training and education, chemical production, oil transport, law enforcement and corrections, and public education. His consulting practice focuses primarily on guiding clients through major systems changes to create high performance work systems. He can be reached at (303) 665-8797.

Pete Swanson specializes in leadership development, coaching and training; complex organizational, systemic and culture change initiatives; complex multi-party issue resolution; mediation and facilitation; dispute systems design and implementation; and mediation/conflict resolution training and education. Pete has been a mediator and neutral party for almost two decades, serving 12 years at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service as a Commissioner. While at the FMCS he was a principle architect of their domestic and international alternative dispute resolution programs, and served as a mediator and facilitator in numerous public policy, labor, grant, employment, EEO, and environmental disputes. He can be reached at (202) 549-6400.

Don Dressler has worked as a trusted advisor with clients for over ten years in a variety of industries including oil and gas, petrochemical, manufacturing, food, health care, industrial services, and the non-profit sector. Prior to that, Don worked with Exxon for 17 years in a variety of engineering, project management, operations management, and internal consulting positions. Don has extensive experience and expertise in helping clients to design and implement knowledge management processes and systems that improve performance and deliver business results. This is complimented by Don's broad based management consulting skills and experience in strategy, project and program management, quality assurance, team development, workshop design and facilitation, and communications. He can be reached at (832) 492- 6033.

Roland Loup, PhD Over the past thirty-five years Dr. Loup has been an organization manager, leader and consultant. He is recognized as a highly effective consultant and trainer in helping organization leaders plan and execute transformational change. He has co-founded and led a variety of workshops around the world on organization transformation and change leadership. The primary focus of his work over the past decade has been consulting, teaching and writing to help leaders and leadership teams develop competencies in strategic thinking, planning, implementation, and decision making. He has written numerous papers on change leadership that form the basis of the Change Leaders Handbook, made available to all participants in his "Change Leaders' Workshop." He can be reached at (734) 942-5050.

Kenneth James has over 25 years of experience in corporate, non-profit, and academic organizations. He advises clients on how to build leadership capacity in all organizational settings. Prior to his consulting practice, Kenneth work with PG&E Corporation in a variety of leadership and internal consulting roles, including: process improvement, change management, employee engagement, measurement and evaluation, research and development, and engineering and science. His work with nonprofits ranges from chairing several boards of directors to advising executive directors and boards on nonprofit governance. As adjunct professor, he has taught and lectured on business and leadership at several universities. Kenneth-s strength in building leadership capacity within organizations comes from his ability to call upon elements of leadership from his varied background and experience.
He can be reached at (415) 609-3512.

Lee Angus is a respected executive coach and management consultant specializing in Executive Leadership Development and Organization Development. He has served clients in Asia, Europe, South America and the United States. In working with leaders across multiple industries, Lee employs an "inside out" philosophy of leadership development. This philosophy entails beginning with a focus on increasing the leader's personal awareness - understanding the leader's strengths and opportunities for growth. As the relationship progresses the focus moves outward to the team and to the entire organization - optimizing team leadership, team performance and organizational results. Thus the focus shifts from the leader to the team to the organization with a focus on specific results on the "inside out" continuum. Creating relationships based on trust, Lee establishes an ongoing collaboration with his clients - maximizing learning and development.