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Mr. Selman was an early designer and continual innovator in the process of culture change, organizational visioning, and the implementation of practices producing recognized, lasting benefits. In 1976, he formed his own firm and began the research into the nature of culture and large-scale systems change which later distinguished organizational transformation as a distinct field of management theory and practice. Prior to this innovative launch of Selman & Associates (since 1988 known as ParaComm Partners International), Mr. Selman was a partner with the firm of Touche Ross & Co. In 1984, Mr. Selman co-founded Transformational Technologies, an operating network of over 70 consulting organizations in the United States and Europe. Some of his accomplishments in working with both public and private sector clients include:
Since 1998, Mr. Selman has worked with over 700 Public Service Executives in their learning to lead change. His leadership course, "Coaching for Breakthroughs and Commitment," is seen as a component in an overall strategy to transform the culture of the Canadian Government to become a more citizen-focused and effective learning organization. He has also worked with many of the major federal departments of the Canadian Government in the design and implementation of transformational strategies. Mr. Selman has spoken widely and published several groundbreaking articles including:
Mr. Selman received his BA degree from the University of Oklahoma with majors in Social Psychology and Philosophy, and he attended graduate school at the University of Florida. He has consulted internationally in French and Spanish, is a co-founder of an accredited post-graduate program in Buenos Aires and has consulted to companies throughout South America and Mexico in association with Merkabaand Susanna Von der Heide. In 2002, Mr. Selman provided inspiration, vision, and technology to the formation of the Legacy XXI Institute. He is a Founding Member of the Board of Trustees. Photo credit: Tony Perzel _______________________________________________________________
Founder and CEO of MERKABA, an organization specializing in Leadership and Organizational Transformation, since 1998, Ms. Shahinian focuses on developing individuals and organizations to invent new futures and build new areas of responsibility, commitment and leadership capability. Her projects also include redesigning the business processes of her clients with respect to their impact on achieving and sustaining cultural change relating to fostering breakthroughs in innovation, communication and coordination. Since 2002 she has been the representative for Jim Selman in Latin America and is partnered with Paracomm Partners International in offering a variety of programs and services to achieve and sustain large-scale systems change and organizational transformation. Sharon has consulted with organizations in the U.S., Europe and Japan for the past 25 years in the areas of change management and leadership and organizational development, and has conducted multi-year transformational programs inside such organizations as Intel, Nordstrom, Fisher Companies, and the Weyerhaeuser Company. In Ms. Knoll’s view, leadership resides in everyone—it is not associated with or limited to rank and position—and it can be nourished and developed. She is committed to the concept that people are the solution, not the problem. Ms. Knoll has supported effective change not only in the boardrooms of corporations and institutions, but also in the assembly halls of rural villages in the developing world. Over the past four years, she has consulted within the United Nations system. She has worked in Africa, Papua New Guinea, and the Caribbean countries with the United Nations Development Programme, with her most satisfying work being the design and facilitation of a Coaching Capacity Development Program inside UNDP’s HIV/AIDS Group. These programs varied in length from 3 months to 3 years in Ethiopia, South Africa, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, and countries of the Caribbean. This work has provided a platform for beginning to develop hundreds of South-based facilitator/coaches and has been expanded to all development issues.
Mr. Henderson helped the U.S. Department of Energy and private sector companies partner to successfully focus their energies on protecting and then restoring up the environment faster, better, cheaper and more safely. He and his colleagues have provided consulting to large capital projects in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and throughout the Americas in numerous industries (including energy, telecommunications, and environment) for such companies as Chevron, British Petroleum, Shell, Suncor and The Bechtel Group. At the heart of Allan's work is his commitment to the transformational development of leaders and organizations. He has conducted multi-year engagements with companies in Japan, France, Canada and Nepal, as well as extensive work with the United Nations. Over the years, he has conducted full-fledged organizational development programs at UN headquarters and programs to support more effective internal collaboration within Country Offices. He co-designed and facilitated the Leadership Development Program of the UNDP's HIV/AIDS Group, and has conducted programs ranging in length from seven months to three years in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Russia, Sudan, Ukraine and Vietnam. _______________________________________________________________
Trained as a performer, Shae has worked in various capacities behind
the scenes in the Canadian film, television, multimedia and IT industries.
In 1999, drawing on her passion for communicating, she created New
Leaf Communications, a marketing consultancy committed to developing
clients focused on targeting the fitness, health and wellness of
the Boomer generation as leaders in their industries.
Photo credit: Tony Perzel _______________________________________________________________ Mr. Vanry is the President of Vanry & Associates Inc., a company dedicated to coaching business leaders in the management of change. He has 20 years of experience in the energy, utility and hi-tech sectors, both in Canada and abroad, helping executives build new behavioral capabilities by focusing on “doing work differently.” In particular, Mr. Vanry helps his clients create a new "Observer” — learning to notice their cognitive blind spots in relation to how their behavior and communication practices both support and hamper their abilities to lead successfully. Mr. Vanry’s approach creates breakthroughs by focusing on developing key leadership capability sets, including Building Relationships Intentionally, Coordinating Action and Change Leadership. Mr. Vanry has extensive expertise in strengthening executive teamwork, role transitions, communicative competence, and expanding self-awareness — both one-on-one and with groups of up to several hundred. Mr. Vanry’s approach is based on his long association with Dr. Fernando Flores, global consultant, Chairman of Business Design Associates, and international pioneer in the emerging synthesis among linguistics, philosophy, cognitive biology and modern business management. Mr. Vanry’s work has been recognized by a variety of constituencies, including the Sheet Metal Contractors Association of America, The Vancouver Hospital Foundation, International Utilities Executive Conferences, The University of Calgary and the Royal Roads College Master of Leadership Training Program.
Mr. Vanry has offices in Toronto and Vancouver, and makes his home at Qualicum Beach, B.C., where he lives with his wife, Melissa, and his two sons, Ben and Max. Tim Seeton is founder of Seeton and Company, an international consulting firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington that focuses on Organizational Transformation, Strategy Implementation and Cultural Change. Prior to forming Seeton and Company, Tim was a partner in Bickson Seeton, founded in 1989, that specialized in breakthrough performance through providing organizations with a pathway to break from the past and create a powerful new future. Prior to forming Bickson Seeton, Tim founded Breakthrough Technologies, Ltd. in 1981, a pioneering firm in the area of organizational change with offices in Vancouver, Canada and Oxford, England. During his career, he has worked with over 200,000 people in leadership, culture change, communication, and productivity enhancement initiatives for such clients as Microsoft, Starbucks Coffee Company, Goodyear, Guinness Brewing Worldwide, Xantrex, The Banff Centre, The Gleneagles Hotel, Thorn EMI, The Rover Group, Campbell's Soup, ICI, Abitibi Price, and many others. He has delivered consulting engagements throughout the world in cultures as diverse as Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, the Caribbean, Brazil, Africa, England, Ireland, Scotland, Spain and Denmark. With over 20 years of experience in the specialized consulting field of organizational change and corporate renewal, Tim provides innovative programs for producing fundamental cultural change throughout organizations resulting in consistent, significant increases in performance. CEOs and senior executives regularly retain Tim for consulting in innovative solutions. He is a recognized authority on productivity programs and conflict resolution in multinational, capital-intensive industries. His managerial expertise combined with his field experience in the areas of large-scale systems change, cross-functional team work, and corporate communications enable Seeton and Company to design and deliver its commitment to provide high-quality, effective services to its clients. His understanding of the need for enlivened learning processes within the work environments of major organizations has made him one of the most broadly experienced consultants in this specialized field of consulting. With his particular expertise in implementation, Tim generates and nurtures a process which brings Visions and Strategies to Reality. An organization will often find that it has identified a dynamic Vision or Strategy which it cannot implement. Tim is committed to taking the next step and implementing these strategies with the client in such a way that it revitalizes the organization and creates extraordinary performance. From 1993 through 1996, Tim served as the special advisor to the President of the National Quality Institute of Canada. Mr. Seeton is a past member of President's Advisory Board on Quality Services for the Canadian Government. Tim’s work is represented by one of his favourite quotes:
Tim lives is Seattle with his wife, Kathy and has two grown daughters. Joanne Black Joanne Black is recognized as one of the leading-edge thinkers in business. She combines a highly successful career as a senior marketing executive in some of the world’s leading companies and years of study with pioneers in the use of linguistic distinctions in culture change, breakthrough thinking, creative leadership and teamwork. In her corporate career, she served as the first female Senior Vice President of Marketing at the American Express Co, Showtime Networks Inc. and MasterCard International. Her accomplishments have been highly visible in the marketing and advertising community, including 3 Clios, 19 Cable Marketing Excellence Awards, 2 Andy’s and numerous awards in radio, promotion and direct marketing. She has been featured as an innovator by virtually every major business publication in the country from Fortune’s “People to Watch” to the cover of Working Woman. In 1991, Ms. Black started her own consulting company to offer her unique skills as a seasoned corporate executive and a trained coach in transformational technologies. During this time she has provided marketing consulting services (including vision development, positioning, planning and new product development, creative strategy and execution) to clients including:
She has provided organizational training in the areas of breakthrough thinking consultative selling, coaching leadership, teamwork and culture change to clients including:
Ms. Black is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and has served on the board of the American National Advertising Association and the Marketing Advisory Board of the Fordham University Business School. |
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Jim
Selman is a recognized leader and authority in the field of organizational
transformation and culture change. Beginning over 35 years ago,
he was among the pioneers of organizational/management practitioners
who identified the need for manifesting organizational change, distinguishing
the leverage points for leaders and managers to generate change
and developing a technology for accelerating the pace of change.
As a coach, facilitator and consultant, he has made numerous breakthrough
contributions to his clients’ capacity to mobilize people
and build competencies in the areas of communication, relationship,
business process design, coordination and executive leadership. 
Ms. Shahinian has worked for the past 10 years for multinational corporations, small and medium-sized companies and with members of several Boards of Directors. She has broad experience in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the USA and France, offering and promising her clients new practices, interpretations and the creation of new paradigms in order to achieve unprecedented results. She is fluent in French, Spanish, Portugese, English and Italian.
Allan is principal and co-founder of GHJ Consulting, a U.S.-based international management consultancy serving public and private organizations on 4 continents for the past 20 years. Allan combines a background in economic development in less developed countries with experience in founding and running for profit enterprises in the U.S. and Asia. Mr. Henderson's specific areas of expertise include public/private partnerships, change management, capital projects, and leadership and organizational development. His work has taken him from the boardrooms of giant corporations to the asssembly halls of tiny villages.
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