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Strategyflow
Facilitation Group
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415.359.7654
| HOWARD SCHECHTER, PhD |
HOWARD SCHECHTER is an organizational consultant. He is interested in working with clients who are willing to address the root causes of organizational problems and help them become effective happier organizations. He stimulates the awakening of the creative spirit and helps organizations achieve their goals.
The aim of Dr. Schechter's work is to assist management teams, work groups, or whole systems to go beneath their present symptoms and identify real causal issues. With that, solutions can be planned and implemented at the level at which real and lasting change can occur.
Howard Schechter was founder and Director of the Department of Organization Development and Transformation at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, California. He has been consulting to large and small businesses in both the public and private sector for over twenty five years.
Dr. Schechter was trained as a sociologist with a specialization in organizational structure, process, and behavior. He received his undergraduate degree with honors at the University of Michigan and his doctorate from Northwestern University in Chicago. He has been on the faculty of the Human Resources and Organization Development Department at the University of San Francisco, the Graduate School of Golden Gate University, and The Department of Business and Management of the University of California Berkeley, Extension.
Dr. Schechter has appeared on San Francisco radio and has published numerous articles in business and professional journals on organization renewal. He is the author of two books, Rekindling the Spirit in Work and Jupiter's Rings: Balance From The Inside Out.
The combination of his academic preparation, knowledge of organizational and group dynamics, as well as his extensive work in a wide variety of large and small organizations, makes him uniquely qualified to help renew the spirit and increase the productivity of your organization.
“I see three metaphors for the group leader: group leader as Learner, group leader as Guide, and group leader as Scout. The Learner permits freshness and openness - Beginners Mind. The Guide allows me to bring the knowledge I have gained through previous journeys with organizations and groups to the aid of this group. And the Scout reminds me that there is always new territory to explore and that to remain fresh it is important to go beyond the edges of what is familiar into the uncharted and Unknown.
Working as Scout means combining acceptance and risk-taking. To be respectful I must meet the group where they are. The skillfulness then lies in sensing their boundaries and mine around the familiar. The courage lies in moving beyond the boundaries into the unfamiliar territory of what’s next. Then, if sensing the new territory to be unsafe, leading the way back.”
This exerpt was part of an article that appeared in
The Organizational Transformation Connection,
Volume XII, Number 2, May 1989
“The way in which organizations can be most effective in achieving their goals is to tap into the perfection and unbounded energy with which they are naturally endowed. It is important to understand that vitality, the naturally occurring energy within all human systems, is the essential force for organizational success. Clearing away the barriers that interfere with the free flow of this life force energy is the best way to restore organizational health. The basic technique is to unblock the interpersonal pathways along which vitality runs. The process for achieving this unblocking is "expression and release," speaking the truth from the heart. "Continuous processing" within work teams is the best method for clearing the barriers to the free flow of life force and the creation and maintenance of effective organizations.”
more information about Dr. Schechter is available at www.rekindling.com
Contents of this page are Copyright 1997 by Howard Schechter
