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Expertise
Ron is a Principal Consultant at Linkage, Inc. based in the Northeast region. He brings a broad business perspective to helping complex, global organizations grow and improve. Ron has over twenty-five years of consulting & coaching experience working with senior executives, especially in the areas of strategy development / clarification / execution, organizational effectiveness, leadership alignment and development, change management and strategic communication. Ron's accomplishments include:
Guiding CEO and leadership team of a global company in clarifying the company's vision, mission, values and overall business strategy, including creating a Balanced Scorecard to identify key initiatives. Involved identifying and prioritizing the key initiatives required for profitable growth, as well as creating a business culture supporting growth & improvement, and developing & assessing required leadership competencies for successful execution.
Developing and implementing an overall integrated organizational effectiveness strategy and detailed tactical plan for a global company to support many large-scale change initiatives, including change in business strategy, business process improvements, SAP implementation, supply chain reengineering and new shared services center.
Creating /implementing leadership development strategies & supporting programs for executives in a variety of organizations; specialized in applying "action learning" principles to accelerate executive development while delivering immediate results to the business. Specific areas of focus included how to become better leaders, to execute strategies more quickly, to think more strategically, to deal with change more effectively, to have conversations that build commitment and drive people to take action and to apply learnings from leaders such as Ernest Shackleton.
Coaching a number of executives at all levels of the organization (Presidents down to middle managers) to help them improve on specific leadership behaviors, as well as working with intact leadership teams to improve team effectiveness; conducting coaching certification programs that help executive coaches improve their skills, abilities and effectiveness.
Reshaping organizational culture for business growth and expansion of a national, multi-location company. This assignment involved working with thirteen culturally diverse leadership teams globally to implement initiatives and strengthen the leadership team's ability to transform cultural barriers into profitable growth opportunities.
Developing the Balanced Scorecard for the Office of Technology for a global telecommunications company, including translating the measures / targets into individual performance objectives for the CTO's leadership team and cascading it into the organization.
Developing and implementing the organizational effectiveness and strategic communication strategy for a global pharmaceuticals company as it reengineered its drug safety processes, practices and technology and transformed its culture.
Creating and implementing the marketing & business development process for several companies, including marketing strategies that build brand recognition and assessing the feasibility of a "Marketing Resources Management" approach to improve operations
Professional Background
Prior to joining Linkage, Ron served in various organizational effectiveness practice leadership positions at several major consulting firms, including Deloitte and Towers Perrin. He also has international experience working at the executive level with many global organizations undergoing significant change. He had his own consulting firm that helped organizations remove their major barriers to profitable growth.
Clients
Ron has consulted across a wide variety of industries and organizations including Allergan, Arrow Electronics, BASF, Bosch, British Petroleum, Cable & Wireless, Carolina Power & Light, Cendant, Centocor, Chubb, CIGNA, Cooper Tire, Deere, Degussa, Discover Financial, D&B, DuPont, Gilbane Builders, Government of the Cayman Islands, Grupo Vitro, Gruma Corporation, Harleysville Insurance, Highmark, Honda, Hovnanian, Johnson & Johnson, Liberty Mutual, Merck, Meridian Health, Mission Foods, Motorola, National Cooperative Bank, New York Times, NRG Energy, PP&L, PSE&G, Roche, Sandoz, Sanofi-aventis, Sears, Solutia, Tyco Electronics, Teleflex, US Steel and Wyeth.
Education
Ron has a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration degree in Organizational Behavior from Villanova University and an MBA in Management from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. |
