Résumé
for Janice A. Williams
Areas of Focus
- Leadership Development and Executive Coaching
- Business and Team Development
- Process Consultation and Systemic Change
- Needs Assessment and Strategic Planning
- Teaching and Mentoring
Professional Experience
- Organization Development Consultant and Teacher/Mentor/Coach
Janice A. Williams Associates, Stratham, New Hampshire, 1984 to Present. Committed
to high quality cost effective organization development consultation; dedicated
to the development of leaders and change agents; serving both for-profit and
not-for-profit sectors.
- Staff Assistant to the Massachusetts Legislative
Joint Committee on Education,
Massachusetts State House, Boston, Massachusetts, 1983.
- Facilitator and Trainer with emphasis on group
dynamics, career development, personal growth and leadership skills,
1972-1983.
- Education Administration, Temple University
and Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1970–1972.
Education
- Post-graduate clinical certificate program: Working with Couples, Families,
and Small Systems, Gestalt International Study Center, Wellfleet, Massachusetts,
2002.
- Post-graduate clinical certificate program: Working with Individuals,
Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Cleveland Ohio, 1997–1998.
- Post-graduate organizational certificate program: Advanced Organization
and System Development, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio,
1995–1997.
- Post-graduate group-intensive certificate program: Working with Groups,
Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, 1991.
- Post-graduate organizational certificate program: Organization and
System Development, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio,
1987–1989.
- Master of Science, Magna Cum Laude, Human Resource Development/Organization
Development, American University, Washington, DC, 1985.
- Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, Communications, University of New Hampshire,
Durham, New Hampshire, 1970.
Additional Professional and Personal Development
- The Hoffman Institute Quadrinity Process, September 2008
- Executive Coaching, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, May 2008
- Power and
Shame in Organizational Life, Gestalt International Study Center, 2005
- Relational
Recovery, Terry Real, The Meadows Institute, Arizona, 2001
- Advanced Supervision
in Couples and Family Therapy, Center for Study of Intimate Systems,
Wellfleet, MA, 2001
- The Conference Model (conducting large group interventions),
Axelrod Group, Wilmette, Illinois, 1998
- Diversity Work Conference, NTL
Institute for Applied Behavioral Sciences, 1994
- Quest for Quality, Block,
Petrella, Weisbord, New Brunswick, NJ, 1994
- Shamanic Training, Carol Proudfoot
Edgar and Joyce Weir, 1994
- The Essential Other, Weir-Merrill Associates,
Rockland, Maine, 1992
- Developing the Organizational and Personal Self,
NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Sciences, 1990
- Women’s Way, Weir
Associates and Kubler-Merrill Associates, 1990
- Training Apprentice Program,
NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Sciences, 1989
- The Human Element
(FIRO) Qualifying Workshop, Will Schutz and Associates, 1988
- Holding On
and Letting Go, NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Sciences, 1987
- Self-Differentiation,
Weir Associates and NTL, 1986
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Qualifying Workshop,
Otto Kroeger Associates, 1985
Professional Memberships and Faculty Affiliations
- Dean, Faculty, Consulting Staff, Member: NTL Institute for Applied
Behavioral Sciences, Washington, DC
- Member, Presenter, Individual Affiliates
Network, Gestalt International Study Center, Wellfleet, MA
- Founding Member,
Future Search Network
- Visiting Staff, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland
- Faculty, Radcliffe Institute
for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 1999-2001. Organization Behavior
and Individual Effectiveness: Essential Theory and Practice for Working
in Organizations.
- Adjunct Faculty and Practicum Supervisor, Organization
Development Masters Program, American
- University, Washington, DC 1994-1996.
Organization Development, Current Theory and Practice.
- Associate Consultant,
John D. Carter and Associates, 1993-1997
- Affiliate Consultant, Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, 1989-1995
Publications
- “Coaching Self-Assessment for Leaders,” Copyright 2008.
- “Self-Assessment and Development Guide
for Organization Development Consultants”
Copyright 1998, updated 2002. 2004, 2006. Published by Janice A. Williams
Associates
- “Getting it Together and Keeping it Together, Models for Healthy Groups,”
written for Human Services Research Institute, 2001.
- “The Myers Briggs Type Indicator: An Opportunity for Personal Growth,”
The Massachusetts Administrator, April, 1990.
- “Strategic Planning as a Process Not a Task,” Creative
Change, The Journal of Religion and Applied Behavioral Sciences,
Fall 1987.
Workshops Designed and Offered
- Future Search Conferences. Jan has conducted
over thirty-five of these large group processes, designed to assist
organizations of all kinds to assess their past, analyze the present,
imagine their future, build consensus for direction and begin planning.
- The Practice and
the Art of Organization Development. An experiential practical program
for internal human resources, change management, and internal OD practitioners
to develop or enhance OD skills and capacity for application in their
organizations.
- Use of Self: Fresh Eyes on Your Practice.
An experiential workshop for experienced consultants and leaders
with an opportunity to refresh skills and develop deeper competency.
- Use of Self: Becoming
an Effective Intervener. A workshop for practitioners who want to expand
their skills and increase their impact as an agent of change.
- Consulting
Skills: Creating a Good Agreement. A one-day workshop designed for
the Family Firm Institute Annual Conference, 2005, 2006.
- Entry and
Contracting. An experiential workshop for consultants, leaders, project
managers, or engineers, designed to explore in depth the elements and
essential value of a good beginning
- Managing with Influence. A workshop
designed to explore and develop influence skills and build peer coaching
capacity in the organization
- Working with Resistance. An experiential
workshop designed to increase understanding and skills to work with
the inevitable results of change.
- Myers Briggs Type Indicator. An opportunity
to learn about individual style and organizational impact.
- “Are We Making
Progress? Plowing Up the Field of Gender in the Workplace.” A workshop
conducted at the Conference on Gender Experiences, Gestalt Approaches
to Narrative Dialogue and Empowerment in the Gendered Field, October,
1998.
- “Building New Partnerships between Men and
Women,” a workshop
offered at the Organization Development Network National Conference,
1990.
Professional Activities and Contributions
- Dean, Faculty, Program Designer for NTL Institute
for Applied Behavioral Sciences including: Current Theory and Practice
of Organization Development; Entry, Contracting and Values; Intervention
Skills, Human Interaction Laboratory; Interpersonal Skills for Leadership
Success; Advanced Organization Development Certificate Program; 1994–present
- Mentor
for Developing Consultants, Organization Development Certificate Program,
NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Sciences. 1998–Present.
- Designed
and facilitated a visioning conference and planning process for the Stratham
Community Church, Stratham NH 2007; and for the First Unitarian Universalist
Society of Exeter, 2007–8.
- Designed and facilitated pre-conference workshops
for the Family Firm Institute Annual Conference for family business consultants:
Consulting Skills: Creating a Good Agreement, 2005, 2006.
- Conference
Coordinator, NTL Institute Membership Meeting, August 2005, 2006.
- Member,
Board of Directors, Radius Product Development, Clinton, MA 2003–2006
- Member,
Hopkinton School Committee, Hopkinton, MA, 1982–1985, 1991–1997; Vice
Chair, 1984-85, 1994–95, 1997; Chair, 1995–96.
- Designed and facilitated
a Future Search Conference for the Arizona Native American Baptist Churches,
sponsored by American Baptist Churches, 1994
- Facilitator of the Future
Search Conference for Community Advocates, NTL, 1993
- Facilitator of a
Community Future Search Conference for Hopkinton 2000, Hopkinton, MA,
1993
- Managing Conference Coordinator, Organization Development
Network Annual Conference, Honoring Diversity, Boston, MA, April 1987-October
1988
- Strategic Planning for School Superintendents and School Committees,
MA Association of School Superintendents and School Committees, 1984–1986
