Ronald Preston Email & Phone Number

New York Mills, Ny, Us

Current Home Base, Upstate New York, Prior Residence, 35 Years In Philadelphia,

Teach and facilitate Organizational Change and Organizational Training in a newly developed online Graduate Human Resources Program. A popular guest speaker in Organizational Psychology since 2000.

Villanova, Pa

Design and deliver strengths-based individual and organization development services that range from large group presentations to small group facilitation, training, and individual coaching. Mentored the development and design of an internal two-day leadership development program for a 30,000-person industrial gasses company using Appreciative Inquiry processes to improve management alignment with company objectives. Provided subcontract services in the sale, assessment, management, and delivery of safety culture change programs and services. Sample clients include Unilever, FMC Corporation, BOC Gasses, Kimberly Clark, Weyerhaeuser Company, Comcast, Aventis, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Kaiser Aluminum, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Empire Mining Partnership and others.

Subcontracted sales, project management and consulting services for a behavioral safety consulting firm. Sold and managed culture change programs in manufacturing, R&D, chemical, mining, paper and a variety of other industries. Programs delivered resulted in $3,000,000 in safety-related cost savings for a client company. Developed assessment scorecards to measure safety compliance during program delivery. Coordinated and managed cohorts of onsite consultants at client sites nationally and internationally. Developed and delivered continuing education programs employees (union and non-union), safety professionals, and managers attending regional and international annual safety and professional development conferences.

Involved in the design and delivery of managerial team building workshops for supervisoryand upper-level management employees of a national cable company. Managerial skilldevelopment topics included coaching, counseling, interviewing skills, diversity, andmanaging conflict. Developed training content and experiential role-plays. Program led tothe founding of a corporate university.

Building Manager for a 100% occupied, elegantly renovated historical office building (50,000 sq. ft) in the heart of Philadelphia. Managed 20 employees and a $1,500,000 budget. Building value increased five-fold in five years.

Certfication, Organization Systems Development And Design

Learned the Gestalt theory, concepts, methodology, tools and techniques for developing professionals, designing interventions.

Master Of Arts, Applied Psychology

Gained competence in the practical application of an array of psychological concepts, models, methods and skill-sets related to human.

Arts Bachelor, Liberal Arts Studies, Anthropology

Major: Anthropology (With and emphasis on psychological anthropology.) Minor: Psychology. Studied during Winter Term excavating.