Strategic Focus Associates specialize in partnering with our clients to rapidly
implement their strategies through leadership development and alignment,
collaborative planning, and system-wide change efforts.
Roland Loup, PhD
| Summary Profile | 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."
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| Professional Experience | Principal, Roland J. Loup, Organization Consultant, 2002-present Adjunct Faculty, Master of Science in Organizational Development Program, Bowling Green State University 2003-2006 Knowledge Leverage Leader, Tower Automotive, 2000-2001 Partner, Dannemiller Tyson Associates, LLC, 1986-2000, Partner Emeritus since 2000 Senior Consultant and Principal, Chi Systems, Inc., 1982-86 Line Management, Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities, 1971-82 |
| Professional Focus | To help leaders and staff in all types of enterprises become more effective in building and sustaining organizations in rapidly-shifting environments.
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| Education | Ph.D., Iowa State University M.A., Oklahoma University B.A., McNeese State College |
| Author and Presenter | Co-Author, Whole-Scale Change: Unleashing the Magic in Organizations and The Whole-Scale Change Toolkit Author of over 100 papers on organization change leadership, strategic planning and organizational consulting Faculty in the University of Michigan Tauber Institute for Global Operations - Leading Change module 2003-present and in Continuing Education for UM Women Advanced Leadership Seminar 2005-present Co-designer and facilitator of workshops on change leadership, strategic thinking and strategic planning for leaders Co-developer and leader of courses and a practicum for consultants in process consultation, intervention design and Whole-Scale™ Change presented in the United States, Canada, Europe and India |
| Partial Client List |
Tower Automotive, Ford Motor Co., Marriott Hotels and Resorts, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Eicher Motors (Indore, India), University of Michigan College of Engineering, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Marriott Hotels and Resorts, Hewlett Packard Germany, Consumers Energy, The Charlotte Observer, University of Michigan Department of Human Resources, University of Michigan Center for Human Growth and Development, Albemarle Hospital, Trinity Health
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What Our Clients Say About Our Work
Targeted Strategy Development and Deployment:
"The greatest challenge is not in the development of (a strategy effort) but in the implementation. Strategic Focus Associates' process infuses a large cross-section of the organization with excitement and commitment (buy-in) over a short period of time. This energy in turn greatly increases the probability of a successful implementation of the plan. It gets the flywheel turning earlier in the process which delivers results faster and keeps the commitment level elevated, promoting long term success."
Steve, CEO, Engineering Company
