Proven Success Strategies: Client Experiences
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Members of a senior leadership team of a healthcare organization with whom I worked found the five levels of accountability to be very helpful. Specifically, they were captivated by Level-5 Accountability, where everyone on the team is at stake for the enterprise, as if they were co-owners of the business. This became the gateway to this team’s accelerated performance—and to the performance of
many other teams that I have worked with.
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​—Pete Elder
As an associate senior consultant with Guttman Development Strategies, Inc., Pete Elder develops and delivers interventions aimed at providing lasting improvements and breakthroughs in the way people view themselves and work with others and in the degree to which they add value and create impact in their organizations and communities. He is deeply committed to developing the vast potential within individuals and teams and brings to his work a strong background in interpersonal effectiveness, along with a great deal of energy and spirit.
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“A large part of our work is deeply rooted in the belief that we are all truly powerful”
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The focus of Pete’s work is on developing both greater intra- and inter-team productivity and team leaders themselves. He integrates into his interventions innovative processes, such as outdoor experiential activities, using them as powerful metaphors to identify current and/or desired states of team and leadership effectiveness.
Pete has been involved in the fields of managerial and organization development since 1987. He has worked with teams from the supervisory to the senior-management level, with project teams, and with global teams. He has consulted with a wide range of Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and non-profit organizations, both within the United States and internationally.
Education
M.S. | Organizational Management, Antioch University
B.S. | Psychology & Theater Arts, Susquehanna University
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Distinctions
Professional Affiliations
Organization Development Network of New York
Continuing Professional Education
The National Training Lab, Wier Lab and Consulting Skills
Rancho Strozzi Institute, Somatic Leadership
The Coaches Training Institute
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Certifications
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
The Insights System
The Emotional Competency Inventory (ECI)
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Speeches
“Integrating Experiential Processes in Client Interventions”
“Myers-Briggs and Leadership Development”