In 2014, my 9th year of consulting, I’m pleased to report I served 31 clients (11 returning organizations or collaborations & 20 new ones…see below for details). To date, I have now served 133 clients! In 2014, I facilitated 42 retreats or meetings and led 6 trainings attended by over 235 people. Continue reading
My 2014 Annual Report
Serving Sustainable, Equitable Transportation in Los Angeles
Having served as the founding Executive Director for the LA County Bicycle Coalition, I’m passionate about making sustainable and equitable transportation a reality in Southern California. I’m happy to have played a role in the growing bicycling movement and continue to ride around town. Since I started consulting, I have served over 25 organizations working on issues related to transportation and land use, including:
Manager Influence on Collaborative Change Initiatives
Earlier, I wrote about my research interest in collaborative change initiatives in Southern California, which builds upon my existing consulting practice of serving collaboratives. I’m pleased to share with you experts from my masters thesis, which is something I worked on throughout my two-year masters program in Organization Development at Pepperdine University. Continue reading
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Tagged #Nonprofit, Collaboration, Community, Leadership, Organization Development, Sustainability
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Collaborative Leadership
As an Organization Development consultant, I focus my practice on serving the leadership of organizations to effectively collaborate to affect change they would otherwise not be able to accomplish on their own. Having led my own consulting business for over nine years, I’m constantly working to develop my own leadership capacity so I’m better positioned to serve. As part of my graduate degree in organization development, I’ve worked hard over the last two years to build my own capacity as a collaborative leader. Continue reading
My Organization Development Practitioner E-Portfolio
Part of my Master’s Program in Organization Development’s (MSOD) design includes me creating and sharing a portfolio of my work documenting my “development and accomplishments as an OD Practitioner”. I’m pleased to share highlights of my learning with you and have organized it according to the program’s engaging curriculum. Continue reading
Organization Development Reading List
It’s hard for me to believe I’m just about to wrap up my graduate school program in Organization Development! I have learned so much through my participation in this program: how to most effectively serve organizations as a consultant, how to build stronger teams, how to understand and change an organization’s culture and how to facilitate more effective collaboration between organizations to name a few things. As I prepare for our final session in June, I want to share the 11 books that most influenced my work as an Organization Development (OD) practitioner. Continue reading
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Tagged #Nonprofit, #NPLA, Board Development, boards, Collaboration, Community, Leadership, Leadership Development, Sustainability, Team Building
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