For Businesses

Work With Organizations

Businesses, whether family owned or Fortune 500, for-profit or non-profit, are systems too and can benefit from a broader understanding of the multiple factors impacting leadership and productivity. By applying systems thinking to individuals within an organization, I can help assess and address such organizational challenges as:

• impasses among management members or co-workers
• elevated anxiety in the workplace
• counter-productive patterns of functioning
• family matters impeding progress in family businesses

I have presented systems thinking concepts in a variety of organizational venues and design each presentation to reflect the specific population I am addressing. As a supplement to the consultation, I create questions that I hope will promote additional thinking and discussion about the concrete applicability of systems thinking to every arena of everyday life.

Examples of these questions include:

• What has changed recently within the organization or within the lives of important team members?
• What is my sibling position and how do I think that impacts my interactions with others?
• What triangles do I observe in the workplace?
• How do I react when I am on the inside twosome of a triangle or, conversely, when I am in the odd-man-out position?
• How can I become more neutral within the triangles and function as more of a resource to those with whom I interact?
• How do I respond to tension in the workplace?
• How do I respond to perceived challenges to my leadership?
• In what ways do I see my expectations of others at play in the workplace?