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Accel-Team.Com
Team building exercises, management techniques, motivation resources and more to improve productivity in your organization.
www.accel-team.com

Achieve Global
Provider of training and consulting services to achieve results in sales, customer service, leadership and teamwork.
www.achieveglobal.com

Acorn Consulting
Provider of services related to the tools and processes that contribute to individual, team and organizational effectiveness.
www.acorn-od.com

High Performance Leadership (HPL)
Concentrates on developing your teams to obtain a level of performance above and beyond their expected level.
www.advancedleadership.com

A.E. Schwartz & Associates
A Boston-based management development organization conducting training programs to optimize personal and professional effectiveness.
www.aeschwartz.com

Alignment Strategies
Provider of organizational development, diversity management, ethnic marketing and international business development services.
www.alignmentstrategies.com

Ainsworth Consulting
Offers training, professional development, and consulting in leadership and supervisory skills, teaming, communication, climate, and diversity.
members.aol.com

Arama
Provider of participative methodologies in the renewal, restructuring and reconfiguring of organizations, industries, national and international social systems.
www.aramasearch.com

Ars Novo Group
Dedicated to fostering organizational leadership through assessment, training, executive coaching and team development.
www.ars-novo.com

Creative Team Works
Consulting services include vision and mission statements, goal setting, action plans and strategical and tactical planning.
www.bearweb.com

Berkana Institute
A charitable educational and research foundation that seeks to create communities of support and inquiry to explore new thinking and practice about the organizing of human endeavor.
www.berkana.org

Brendler Associates
Focus is on teams and technology to effect organizational change and develop information systems that support collaborative teamwork.
www.brendler.com

Burns Associates
A network of organization development consultants which provides the skills, methods, and tools needed to achieve measurable improvements in organizational performance and work environment.
www.burnsassociates.net

Center for Organizational Design
Creator of organizational design principles to establish a collaborative work environment that involves and empowers employees.
www.centerod.com

Personal Best
Specializes in organization development and personal well-being. Focuses on management and leadership training, communication, relationships, conflict resolution, coaching, stress coping and life-style balance.
www.chrissilkwood.com

Clarity International
Examines the effectivenss of how the management system is planning, processing, measuring, reporting and communicating organizational results to determine what opportunities exist for enhancing productivity and developing unique competencies.
www.clarityintl.com

Clemmer Group
North American network of organization, team, and personal improvement experts who provide strategic consulting, education and training, executive development, and improvement tools for organization, team, and personal transformation.
www.clemmer-group.com

Enterprise Incorporated
Provides organization development and strategic management consulting through continuous improvement technical assistance and customized training initiatives.
www.cma-ent.com

Jordan Associates
Consulting firm specializing in business organizational development, change management, reengineering and TQM.
www.consultants-mall.com

Cornelius and Associates
Customized consulting and training in teamwork, project management and leadership development.
www.corneliusassoc.com

Decomplexity Associates
Restructure business organizations to the order chaos boundary - or let self-organized criticality do so adaptively.
www.decomplexity.com

Design Management Alliance
Partnership of consulting professionals offering organizational development, leadership development, organizational analysis, design and implementation, operational process improvements, human resources, personal performance coaching and devel...
www.designmgt.com

Destra Consulting Group
Specializing in companies experiencing growth, restructuring or consolidation.
www.destraconsulting.com

Eagle Point Consulting
Provider of services in areas of organizational change and development.
www.eaglepointconsulting.com

Applied Futures Inc. and Strategic Synthesis, Ltd.
Develops a system view of the organization that enables it to consider options for improving the management structure, organizational structure and business performance.
www.exploit-the-future.com

Gardner Shaw Group
Provider of performance improvement and organizational learning services.
www.gardnershaw.com

Genesis Consulting, Inc.
Services include organization development, team development, change and transformation management.
www.genesisconsulting.org

Halverson Consulting, Inc
Consulting firm that strives to maximize the effectiveness of their clients' people practices by providing services such as organizational effectiveness modeling, organizational development and competency based people systems.
www.halversonconsulting.com

HGH Associates, Inc.
Specializes in improving organizational performance through productivity and quality enhancements.
www.hgh.com

Highview Group
Consulting firm providing services in project management, organizational development and financial management.
www.highviewgroup.com

Human Productivity Systems, Inc.
Specializing in organization and human development and performance.
www.hpsonline.com

Humax
Specializing in personal organizational development through the use of diagnostics tools to reveal the invisible structure and capitalize on it.
www.humax.net

Reid Moomaugh & Associates
Specializes in designing and facilitating organizational change and development for private business and industry, as well as in public settings.
www.improve.org

Interliance
Provider of strategy and organizational development services.
www.interliance.com

Integrated Organizational Development
Provider of organizational development consulting including services in human resources, strategic planning, employee surveys, supervisory training and team building exercises.
www.iodinc.com

JFA Consulting
A Dallas, Texas based firm providing employee retention, organizational productivity, team development, and customer satisfaction.
www.jfaconsulting.com

Moran Consulting
Provider of consulting services committed to individual and organizational growth and to providing performance improving training and measurement solutions.
www.moraninc.com

O'Mara and Associates
Provider fo leadership, diversity, team building and facilitation services.
www.omaraassoc.com

Dalar Associates Organizational Learning Consultants
Information on how the individual and the organization can develop and acknowledge their workplace potential through the Open Space Technology concept.
www.openspacetechnology.com

Organizational Performance Improvement
Information on modern business improvement technology and application in real-world business situations.
www.opip.com

OptiComp
Provides support and guidance in planning, developing, implementing and designing an organization's infrastructure.
www.opticompinc.com

Organized Change Consultancy
Company that provides consultation and training in organizational change, strategic planning, teams, employees, quality, total quality management (TQM) and feedback.
www.organizedchange.com

Ownership Associates, Inc.
Design and implement education and training programs concerned with ownership, participation and financial basics for employees, organization development and corporate culture change initiatives.
ownershipassociates.com

Parr Lamond and Associates
Company that improves an organization's effectiveness by facilitating a process of change and development.
www.parrlamond.co.za

Performance Dynamics Group
Specialist in custom organizational development programs to facilitate leadership, communication, trust, problem-solving and collaboration skills.
pdgteam.com

Performance Directed Management
A management training and consulting company providing organization development services to develop innovative business ideas.
www.pdm.com.au

Performance Advantage Systems
Provider of organization and management effectiveness services.
www.performance-advantage.com

Performance Link
Training and organization development consultant specializing in helping companies improve quality, productivity, and communication.
www.performancelink.com

Performance Priorities, Inc.
Management and employee development consulting firm providing business solutions to organizational and individual performance and productivity barriers.
perfpri.com

Pinnacle Consulting Group, Inc.
A full-service Wayland, Massachusetts training and consulting firm with a focus on management and organization development.
www.pinnaclecg.com

Professional Development Group, Inc.
Assesses an organization's needs, adapts its structure and develops work processes that foster leadership, teamwork, innovation, and quality.
www.prodevgrp.com

RGA Consulting
Organizational consulting firm which strives to create interdependence within the client organization: between team players, between team players and their leaders and between teams.
www.rgaconsulting.com

Thomas Wood-Young
Marketing and sales training specialist who includes organizational development and team building among the services offered.
www.salestrainingplus.com

Sparrow Hawk Consulting Company, Inc.
Assists in organizational development through planning, community development and fundraising which transform ideas to realities.
www.sparrowhawkco.com

Strategic Learning Partners, Inc.
Helps organizations maximize their potential to improve staff and organizational development.
www.strategic-learning.com

Success Profiles
Assists organizations to internalize continuous improvement efforts through change management.
www.successprofiles.com

Table Group, Inc.
Specializes in the improvement of human performance within groups through organizational development, executive development and speaking services and organizational consulting.
www.tablegroup.com

Gatto Associates
A consulting company specializing in team building and organization development, managerial and professional assessment services, job/task analysis and procedural and technical writing.
www.teamdevelopers.com

A. Lynn Scoresby & Associates
Committed to helping companies create adaptive organizations through continuous learning of leadership and management skills.
www.tregistry.com

Vicere Associates, Inc.
Specializing in the design, development and delivery of leadership and organizational development processes.
www.vicere.com

Waves of Change
Company providing customized organizational development (OD) consulting services focused on integrating people and organizations.
www.wavesofchange.com

Wellsys Corporation
Consulting firm serving public and private enterprises, non-profit organizations, local, state and federal governmental agencies and communities in assisting in organization development, research and evaluation, coaching and technology developme...
www.wellsyscorp.com

Winston J. Brill & Associates
Identifies opportunities to stimulate creativity and direct that creativity to the innovative needs of the organization.
www.winstonbrill.com

Guide to Organizational Development Consultants News and Trends

Keep abreast of the latest developments in OD consulting services

By Yvette Pryce

When you're hiring organizational development consultants, you want to make sure their methods are supported by both experience and research. Because it's a rapidly changing sector, you should keep up with organizational development consultants news and trends to ensure that your OD consultant is using the newest and most effective methods possible.

Keeping up with news and trends mean that you need to check out insider sources as well as consumer sources for organizational development consulting. Drawing from both types of sources, you'll be able to understand new developments as well as get a sense of which methods are standing the test of time. Look up the following sources of information on OD consulting:

1. Classic and new books that OD consulting companies routinely use

2. Professional organizational development consultant organizations

3. Individual organizational development consulting firms' websites that feature news

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Read books geared to both organization development consultants and consumers

To understand breaking news and trends within OD consulting, you have to understand its current state. Books can fill you in on both classic methods and cutting edge organizational development consultant tools.

I recommend: At the Free Management Library, find an overview of OD consulting as well as a recommended reading list of books for both the organizational consultant and the layperson. At the Organizational Development Portal, you can view a recommended list of basic books to familiarize yourself with the ongoing trends in OD consulting.

Join professional organizations to get the inside scoop on OD consulting news and trends

This may be too much of a financial investment if you're a smaller office and don't engage in OD consulting yourself. However, if you can afford it, joining professional organizations is the best way to understand new methods OD consultants will be using.

I recommend: The Organization Development Network is the most comprehensive professional organization for organization development consultants. Joining gives you access to three industry-specific publications, as well as reduced rates for conference attendance. ASTD targets trainers and consultants, including OD consultants. Membership in the ASTD includes access to publications that report on news and trends in the industry.

Visit organizational development consulting firms' websites for news and trends

Individual OD consulting firms often carry a good range of articles and white papers on their websites. Check these regularly to keep up on the latest news affecting how you may implement organizational development at your company.

I recommend: Toolpack Consulting includes a small but useful library of white papers and articles which is constantly growing. Kindred Organizational Consulting maintains a library of articles, and also posts upcoming events where you can learn about new trends.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• To keep up with organizational development consultants news and trends, create a strong relationship with the OD consulting firm you employ. Meet regularly to discuss new developments and how they may help your company.

Guide to Organizational Development Consultants

Organizational development consultants can manage difficult situations and boost profits

By Amy Hunter

Organizational development consultants are employed by businesses that are going through a period of change. The change can be positive or negative, welcome or unwelcome. An OD consulting firm can use a variety of approaches to assess a company and develop a strategy for easing transitions.

A successful business makes its employees feel valued, respects diversity and embraces change. When any of these criteria are not met, employee retention, productivity and profits may suffer.

There are several times in a company's life cycle that an organizational consultant may prove worthwhile.

1. When starting a business, organization development consultants determine your needs and how best to fill them.

2. Expansion is a stressful time for employees. Organizational development consultants analyze the strengths and weaknesses within the company and devise a strategy for managing both.

3. During times of corporate upheaval, an OD consultant improves communication skills and works on team building within the company.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Choose an organizational development consultant that understands your business

Organizational development consulting firms have specialties. To get the most value for your dollar, choose an OD consulting firm that specializes in your industry.

I recommend: Consultants Mall offers several choices in organizational consulting firms. Organization Development Network offers a database of organizational consultants that is searchable by state or specialty.

Consider online or workshop-based OD consulting services

In some cases, hiring an organizational development consultant is not practical. There are more affordable options.

I recommend: iSixSigma magazine lists popular workshop-based organizational training programs that focus your staff on quality standards. For those who find SixSigma a little intensive, Personality Pathways offers many workshops that use Meyers-Briggs and other types of psychological analysis as a way to improve the workplace environment.

Become your own OD consultant with the right software

Organizational development consulting is a highly specialized field, but if you are willing to take on the work yourself, there are several computer programs that allow you to effectively identify the most promotable employees, areas in the company that are at risk of retention problems and key competencies within your teams.

I recommend: Halogen Software offers eSuccession, and iCohere offers a web-based program. Both of these programs offer a variety of employee-development, communication-improving and team-building functions at a fraction of the cost of an OD firm.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• Organizational development companies should be willing to provide testimonials from clients in your industry.
• Ask each of the organizational development consultants that you interview how they measure results and what type of guarantee they offer.
• Organization development consultants train managers, work with employees to improve communication skills, and provide reports to department heads on the efficiency of their offices. It is up to you to determine exactly what you want from your OD consultant.

Guide to Organizational Development Consultants Key Terms

Understand what organization development consultants are offering by knowing terminology

By Yvette Pryce

OD consulting comes with its own language, and if you don't know exactly what your consultant is talking about, you may not get the services you want. However, if you familiarize yourself with organizational development consultants key terms before you meet with an organizational consultant, you'll have a good idea of the questions you need to ask.

Organizational development consultants use a mix of specialized language, such as 360 degree appraisal, which is a specific type of comprehensive evaluation method, and common language with new meanings, such as commitment, which may simply mean "action" in some contexts. Work through the language barriers by getting information on organizational development consultant terms from a variety of sources:

1. Check out glossaries that contain both industry-wide terms and terms that may apply to specific OD systems or OD consulting firms.

2. Turn to company websites to understand the meaning of organizational development consultant tools and methods.

3. Read blogs to understand organizational development consulting key terms in context.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Get up to speed on terminology with an organizational consultant glossary

Organizational development consulting firms all use the same basic vocabulary, so turning to an industry-specific glossary will introduce you to all the major terms, such as 'deskilling,' or simplifying a job and the skills needed to complete it, and 'groupthink,' which refers to the way a cohesive group may cling to shared views and ignore evidence that contradicts these views. Once you're comfortable with those terms, turn to glossaries that apply to specific approaches.

I recommend: Both Palgrave and San Juan College provide a comprehensive glossary that can help ensure that you and your OD consultant are speaking the same language. For a glossary that presents more specialized language, see Distinctionary.

Seek out OD consulting websites to understand tools and methods

Sometimes, just understanding the term itself isn't enough. You need to know how the organization development consultant will use a specific tool or method. For example, change management refers to the process of directing an organization's restructuring, but it can be implemented in many different ways, depending on the philosophy of the OD consulting firm's philosophy. Likewise, broad terms like 'assessment' sound clear, but there are hundreds of ways assessments can be handled.

I recommend: At Toolpack Consulting, click through a list of tools and techniques to better understand the full meaning of each term. You can also get a better understanding of techniques at Integrated Organization Development.

Read blogs to understand organizational development consultants key terms in context

Blogs addressing OD consulting services are a great way to understand key terms in context, giving you more insight into the industry. In blogs, you'll come to understand that even in a term so straightforward as 'coach,' there are nuances -- as a coach may be hired to help correct employee problems or to motivate an already stellar employee. In addition to understanding key terms, you'll also keep up with the latest organizational consultant trends.

I recommend: Gain familiarity of the terminology that organization development consultants use at the Aspen Organization Development blog. Though the Organization Development Blog is no longer active, browse its archives to better understand many key terms and phrases of the industry.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• Because individual organizational development consulting companies may use language differently, you may need to clarify the way your consultant is using terms. Your OD consultant should be able to fully explain the way their company applies a specific term.

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Guide to Organizational Development Consultants News and Trends

Keep abreast of the latest developments in OD consulting services

Read books geared to both organization development consultants and consumers

Join professional organizations to get the inside scoop on OD consulting news and trends

Visit organizational development consulting firms' websites for news and trends

Guide to Organizational Development Consultants

Organizational development consultants can manage difficult situations and boost profits

Choose an organizational development consultant that understands your business

Consider online or workshop-based OD consulting services

Become your own OD consultant with the right software

Guide to Organizational Development Consultants Key Terms

Understand what organization development consultants are offering by knowing terminology

Get up to speed on terminology with an organizational consultant glossary

Seek out OD consulting websites to understand tools and methods

Read blogs to understand organizational development consultants key terms in context

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