Dr. S. Brett Savage specializes in taking individual experts through the troublesome transition toward manager and leader roles. Doctor Savage has done global research, trained, implemented enterprise systems and coached hundreds of industry leaders toward their stated goals and business needs, often finding ways to save them some serious coin along the way. Brett is the founder of Next Phase Leadership LLC, a research-based training and consulting firm that provides contribution consulting, assessments, training and Phase-Coaching to help professionals successfully navigate the transition into higher contributing management and leadership roles.

 

Brooklyn Derr,  his special areas of interest are management development, career development, work-family issues, conflict management, internationalizing top management and organizational development.  Dr. Derr has written 7 books and published about 40 articles and book chapters. He is currently conducting studies on cross-cultural career orientations and leadership development. He teaches international human resource management, global leadership and work-life balance. Brooke has extensive experience as a professor having taught at BYU; EM Lyon, France; the International Institute of Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland; INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France; the University of Utah, Harvard University, UCLA, and the Naval Postgraduate School. Professor Derr is American and speaks French. He graduated in political science with honors from the University of California at Berkeley and took his doctorate in organizational behavior from Harvard University.

Janis L. Keeley has extensive experience in helping businesses and organizations orchestrate behavior changes that impact the bottom line through increased productivity, customer satisfaction, and employee fulfillment. Her comprehensive experience in design and delivery cover such areas as strategic thinking and planning, career development, employee engagement, mentoring and retention issues, leadership and management skills, team building, performance management skills/programs, risk taking and innovation, influence and negotiation, problem solving, coaching skills, customer service, all levels of sales and sales management skills, dealing with conflict, and other areas of organizational development.

AC Ho has trained thousands of young and senior business executives in Asia, including China, Taiwan, Hongkong, Korea, India, Indonesia and Singapore. When not training or on consulting assignments, Mr. Ho devotes his time on community service.  He has just completed a two-year volunteer assignment as Director of Employment Resources Services (ERS) for Singapore and Malaysia.  He is a founder-member of the newly formed “Fellowship of Inventors” whose mission is to promote a culture of innovation.  He is a volunteer nature guide at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.  In 2008, he created a program called the “NO-BELLS PRIZE” whose objective is to discover people who have provided services to other beyond their call of duty. In his personal capacity, he has also served as a member of the Singapore Family Values Promotion Committee, (Ministry of Community Development and Sports) and on the training committee for the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprise (helping prisoners find employment upon their release).

Alice Larsen is an executive coach and organizational consultant, bringing more than 12 years of international business, and especially Human Resources, experience to our clients. She has worked with individuals, teams, leadership and organizations in more than thirty countries. Alice has coached and facilitated workshops with varied employee groups, from blue-collar to senior executive teams.  This has provided her with a strong understanding of the cross-cultural leadership challenges, as well as what motivates and drives people as individuals and in teams across cultures and functions. Her areas of expertise include design and delivery of performance management programs, career development initiatives, and corporate management/leadership training programs. As a former professional soccer player, Alice has a great sense for team dynamics and reaching personal goals. She has a strong passion for what she does and brings a high level of energy to the groups she works with. Her coaching style combines strong listening skills with asking challenging questions and then putting this into perspective for the client. Alice earned her Master’s in International Business from Copenhagen Business School, as well as a graduate degree in Asian Studies from Kansai Gaidai University, Hirakata Japan. She completed her CPCP (Certified Professional Coach Program) from the International Coach Academy in Melbourne, Australia.

K.Seshadri (SESH) is a consultant and trainer for personal & organizational development, with interest in assessment, development & management of high potential (talents) and coaching & mentoring of people. He has an engineering degree and masters in training & development. He is presently CEO of Gritti Consulting Singapore. With over 40 years experience in business operations and human resource development, Sesh retired as VP (Asia Pacific) of a Multinational corporation and the senior director of their Learning & Development Centre looking after the interests of about 4000 executives.  The ability to deliver learning programs with real-life examples, energy and humour are his strengths.

Colm Murphy is a leadership and team coach with over ten years experience in learning and development. As a coach, Colm combines global blue chip leadership experience with a track record of success and a number of business and coaching qualifications. Colm’s passion is in assisting leaders and their teams to achieve meaningful behaviour changes that drive business results through focused and engaging coaching and training interventions.  A key focus area is helping high potential managers and leaders prepare for the next stage in their career. He is committed to demonstrating the highest professional standards as an executive coach and is a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).  Colm lives in Dublin with his wife and triplet sons. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Masters in Accounting and was a Chartered Accountant for ten years. He also has Postgraduate Diplomas in Executive Coaching and in Training & Development. He is currently completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching Psychology at the Smurfit School of Business.

Mike Vescuso is an organizational psychologist & management consultant with more than 30 years of experience helping organizations effectively manage the strategic, structural and cultural issues associated with large-scale organizational change. Mike has led the design, planning, and implementation of a variety of corporate initiatives including: restructurings/downsizings, team-based organizational designs, corporate-wide WorkOut productivity & culture change interventions. . Mike’s core competencies include: working as a strategic advisor to CEO, senior team, and Board; realigning HR organization structure, strategy, execution and deliverables with business requirements; culture change and cultural integration initiatives transforming traditional functional organizations into flat, team-based organizations; talent management designs including HIPO identification, assessment, development, and retention; acquisition team leader for due diligence and integration; and significant international experience. Mike holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. He is an active member of the American Psychological Association: Division 13 Consulting Psychology; Division 14 Industrial & Organizational Psychology. Mike resides in Del Mar, CA.

Dr. Perry Alter has occupied a variety of roles in 25 years of Organizational Development consulting. His expertise is primarily in selection, job analysis, competency design, and training impact evaluation. He has conducted leadership development training in courses such as Performance Communications, Turning Feedback Into Change, and Behavioral Interviewing.  His greatest accomplishment was the completion of his doctoral dissertation while working full time and co-parenting young twins, all at the same time.

 

Mark Dayton’s career spans 25 years of executive level marketing, PR and general management experience in a variety of businesses from Fortune 100 global corporations to Madison Avenue agencies to high tech startups.   Mark holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BBA from Brigham Young University.