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Kathryn C. Church

Kathryn ChurchKathryn Church has been consulting to major organizations for the past twenty years. She has extensive experience in managing complex business change efforts; strategy development and deployment; collaboration; dispute systems design and organization alignment. Her work is centered on achieving tangible business results in complex, changing environments. Kathy can be reached at 843-557-0802

Kathy focuses on guiding clients through major organizational changes to operationalize strategy through structure and create high performance work systems.  This is accomplished by using participative approaches to strategic planning, organization design, and organization development. She has a diverse background (lived and worked all over the world) and holds a M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University and a B.A. Psychology, Clemson University.

She has authored several journal publications including:  “Culture Clash and Integration Nightmare… or win-win collaboration. Your choice” “What is Corporate Culture…and how can we change it?”  “Review, focus and renew with collaborative processes” and others.  She has also co-authored “Whole-Scale Change: Unleashing the magic in Organizations” Barrett-Koehler Publisher, Inc., San Francisco. October 2000.

Representative clients include: BASF, Microsoft, US Environmental Protection Agency, Howard University and Catholic Relief Services.

 

Albert B. Blixt

Albert BlixtAl Blixt helps organizations of all kinds work through very complex challenges to become more strategic, innovative and adaptive. He combines practical experience as an attorney, university professor and business owner with a mastery of the Whole-Scale® Change methodology to design and facilitate change journeys that engage leaders and staff so they can create solutions that everyone can support. Much of his work focuses on strategic planning and implementation. Al is equally comfortable coaching senior leadership teams or facilitating transformative large-group meetings of 50-500 or more. Al can be reach at 734-657-5772.

Al is the co-author of three books and numerous articles on organizational change. He is a frequent public speaker. Al holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan. In his personal life, Al works to create supportive independent living communities for persons with developmental disabilities including his youngest son, Andrew.

He works in all sectors including government, education, business, unions and nonprofits. Representative clients include Ford Motor Company, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, the Florida Education Association, Cadbury-Schweppes-Adams Division and the State of Michigan Office of Services for the Aging.

 

Kevin P. Boyle

Kevin Boyle is an organization development professional with key accomplishments in labor-management development efforts, participative management, strategic planning, organization development and work place design and re-design in both public/private sector business and union organizations.  In addition he facilitates groups in leadership development, conflict transformation, and team development.  Kevin can be reached at 541-754-4012

Kevin formed Boyle & Associates, Inc. in 1986, and today works internationally with public and private sector, government, union and management-led organizations, as well as communities in developing relations fostering a commitment to inclusion, trust, motivation, and excellence in performance.

Kevin’s clients include: Ashland Inc., Levi Strauss & Co., European Union, Communications Workers of America, City of Portland, Oregon, Oregon Health Sciences University, Swedtel International, OxFam America,

United Farmworkers, Service Employees International Union, American Federation of Teachers.