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Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

Leaders and managers learn to engage the enormous reservoir of untapped potential in their employees (from the president to the lowest levels) and develop their capabilities to add greater value to their customers, owners/shareholders, and all other stakeholders through their work.For the firm that is striving to both be very profitable and simultaneously regenerate its "community impact"​ or "socially responsible" success to higher levels, we have a rewarding and lasting approach for transforming the systemic impacts of your efforts.

U.S.

The Podolny Group is an owner-focused business consulting firm. We help business owners make dramatic increases in the profits generated by their business and the value of their business to potential buyers.My achievements include:- Guided a small manufacturing company to a 300% increase in annual profit in less than 18 months, with no new capital investment.- Led many companies to much-improved products and services at lower cost.- I have left owners and other employees more capable in virtually every company to which I have consulted, coached and trained people.

Carmel, Ca

Creating developmental business organizations in large and medium sized businesses.My achievements include: - Consultant to a paper mill that transformed its operational effectiveness, shifting net profits from $2 million loss per month on $10 million sales, to $1 million profit per month, in only two years. - Lead consultant and team leader responsible for leadership development across four divisions of a major telecommunications company. - Total regeneration (as part of a consulting team) of an international paper products company's approach to business, customers, employees, products, processes, and support functions. Company progressed from 24th most successful company in its industry to top quartile in only three years.- Have personally led over one hundred seminars and workshops for work groups, business teams and other groups in leadership development, strategic thinking, team building and organization redesign.

Los Angeles, Ca

Initiated the work of organization design, management, and leadership by living systems principles. Successfully changed working relationships and reduced two contracts with international labor unions from 75 pages of work rules to 3 pages of principles.

- Organized, designed, and led an ongoing process for organization renewal and culture change of a 1200-person manufacturing plant that was structured and operated as a high-performance, “technician system” organization.

Advancement Of Businesses' Capacity To Add Real Value To Stakeholders And The World

Ongoing pursuit of greater understanding and application of the working philosophies, science, and nature of living systems, especially.

B.S., Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Varsity baseball

Mba, Operations Research

Activities and Societies: Varsity baseball