Meet The Changing Workplace
Why call us?
Most people resist change. No big revelation there. The problem is that life is non-stop, never-ending, unplanned and often unavoidable changes that must be faced and dealt with whether we like it or not! We all must change and keep changing. The only choice is HOW we will do it. That's where we come into the picture...
Our experience with clients, both organizations and individuals, has proven that it's possible to achieve both success and satisfaction in the midst of continuous change. We want this to become your change reality. We offer change and transition consulting, training, and coaching as well as professional development in "consulting skills" to sustain and build upon your transition accomplishments.
Workplace Services Let's collaborate on ways that you, as an organization or ministry leader, can use inevitable waves of change and disruption to empower your teams to travel farther and faster than ever before. Aim for increased organizational resilience in every change you make. We would love to be your partner in this journey!
Professional Development Support When you are ready to make your professional development and the quality of your work-life a true priority in your life we would love to partner with you. We can provide direction and accountability, encouragement and course correction (if necessary!) Your journey will be much easier if you don't go it alone...plus you can benefit from the experiences of the many others we have coached and trained across many industries and around the world!
About Us
Barb Palmer
Barb is an international Author, Consultant, and Trainer. Her corporate career started in Recruiting & Employment, culminating in the role of International Staffing Manager position at a Fortune 50 corporation. In managing this organization’s first field and headquarters layoff Barb discovered that her experience could be employed to support the struggling “employee survivors” of organizational change and guide organization and personal transition journeys. Utilizing the change management best practices of Prosci, Conner and others, Barb has directed large-scale organization change initiatives to proactively mitigate the negative impacts of those significant transitions. And recognizing that "organizations don't change, people do" (Hiatt, Prosci) she has trained many associates to build personal resilience and change hardiness.
These same change disruptions led Barb into the field of outplacement and career coaching as she worked with hundreds of displaced and derailed workers. Her experience in the employment market and in dealing with the emotional journey of job change has been invaluable to many as they navigate their career changes.
Most recently, Barb took her change expertise and expanded it into a broad organization development initiative that included competency framework development, leadership coaching, and the design/delivery of a global program to produce professional consultants empowered to address their clients’ needs in the changing workplace.
Barb and her partners are ready to lend their expertise to businesses and individuals seeking to build resilience, create high-trust relationships, and navigate change effectively.
Featured Partner
Erik is an author, speaker, and consultant, but his path to his current career has three parts. In his first career, he managed a commodity trading firm for a major Chicago brokerage firm where he was the national sales leader, and traded on the floor of a Chicago commodity exchange. When his sons were born, Erik moved into his second career, teaching. He taught English, math, science, and civics over a twenty-year career and coached numerous sports as well as debate and forensics. Erik was a teacher of the year in one of the nation’s most prestigious school districts.
Now in his third career, Erik brings his unique experiences to empower people of all ages to become competent, confident communicators. His consulting work focuses on how to improve oral communication. In his work with educators, he gives teachers a practical, proven way to improve the speaking skills of all students. Erik shares strategies for helping students create worthwhile messages including teaching good thinking (argument, persuasion, and reasoning), for helping students deliver their messages well, and for updating oral communication instruction with technology tools that can be incorporated in every classroom. In his work with business leaders and trainers, he shares a formula for making all adults more effective, engaging, and empowering speakers. Increased success with presentations, meetings, trainings, and wedding toasts result.
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Contact Us:
For a quick response, call Barb at 813-500-7541 or email [email protected].
You can also connect with us on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/blpalmer/
And on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/barbsvoice/