Cambria News and Views

A Different Kind of Coach

IKibbe — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:18:03 +0000

A Different Kind of Coach

Presenter: Richard Levin

With the video A Different Kind of Coach, Richard Levin brings humor and levity to leadership development and training. He proves the point that not just any coach will do. Richard brings 25 years of experience to today’s top business professionals with executive coaching, leadership development and team building needs.

Watch the video.

Cambria Promotes Colleen Gentry to Partner

Colleen Gentry — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:34:33 +0000

Contact Information:

Cambria Consulting, Inc.
Erin Daly, 617-523-7500
edaly@cambriaconsulting.com

Cambria Promotes Colleen Gentry to Partner

BOSTON – (March 6, 2012) – Cambria Consulting, Inc. announced that Colleen Gentry, formerly a principal at Cambria, has become a partner in the firm. Colleen joined Cambria in 2007 and now co-leads Cambria’s executive coaching practice. Leveraging her extensive experience with top-level leaders in the C-suite and high-potential executive coaching, Colleen provides talent management and HR strategy consulting to Cambria’s Fortune 500 client base.

Prior to joining Cambria, Colleen was a senior executive at Wachovia Corporation (now Wells Fargo) with specialization in OD, Leadership Development, and Change Management. While at Wachovia, Colleen spearheaded the design, development, and implementation of award-winning strategic executive coaching practices, led executive and leadership development, and drove change management initiatives.

“Colleen continues to be a tremendously effective and pragmatic consultant with our clients, and she also brings invaluable leadership to Cambria itself,” said Ellen Kumata, Cambria’s managing director and the other co-leader for the company’s coaching practice.

Colleen holds a BA from Michigan State University and an MA from the University of California at Berkeley. She is a graduate of the Newfield Network’s Coaching for Professional and Personal Mastery program. Her list of published writing and speaking engagements includes Managing Effective Strategic Coaching Practices (SIOP 2011) and co-author of Developing an Internal Coach Cadre (International Coach Federation Conference 2007).

About Cambria

Since 1985, Cambria has helped Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and non-profit organizations accelerate the development of individuals and teams. Extensive experience creating and applying best practices in all facets of talent management and development enables Cambria to rapidly implement innovative solutions tailored to each client’s business objectives.

With a worldwide network of consultants and partners, Cambria is recognized for its expertise in executive coaching, talent assessment, competency modeling, role profiling, succession planning, action learning, and online talent development systems. For more information, visit www.cambriaconsulting.com or call (617) 523-7500.

The 7 Levers of Exemplary Performance

Michael Sabbag — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:11:13 +0000

The 7 Levers of Exemplary Performance
Chat ‘n Chew, Sheraton Centre Toronto
April 22, 2012

Presenter: Michael Sabbag

As the author of Developing Exemplary Performance One Person at a Time, Michael Sabbag brings over 25 years of experience in organizational development and performance management. Join him at the ISPI National Conference in Toronto on April 22nd as he leads a conference session that will help you use the 7 levers of performance to develop and drive your company’s performance to a new level of excellence.

For more information about this session and how to attend, click here.

The 7 Levers of Exemplary Performance

Michael Sabbag — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:31:27 +0000

The 7 Levers of Exemplary Performance
City of Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
February 22, 2012

Presenter: Michael Sabbag

As the author of Developing Exemplary Performance One Person at a Time, Michael Sabbag brings over 25 years of experience in organizational and performance management. Join him at the ASTD workshop on February 22nd as he leads a presentation that will help you use the 7 levers of performance to develop and drive your company’s performance to a new level of excellence.

For more information about this session and how to attend, click here.

Agile Change-Leader Lab

George Klemp — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:48:55 +0000

Agile Change-Leader Lab
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Cambridge, MA
April 12-13, 2012

Presenters: Bill Joiner and Debbie Whitestone, ChangeWise

If you are a manager whose job requires you to lead change (i.e., most managers), check out the Agile Change-Leader Lab. This is a hands-on workshop where you’ll apply the practices used by highly agile leaders to your own change initiative. You come to the workshop with an important change initiative in mind, which you will work on throughout most of the 2 days. (It can be large or small in scale – something you’re about to start or part-way into). By participating in this workshop and its built-in follow-up tele-learning session, you will hone your skills in leading change while doing critically important work on your change project.

For more information about this session and how to attend, click here.

Fortune Magazine Prints Cambria Commentary

George Klemp — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:55:25 +0000

In “Collins on Chaos” (Oct. 17), it struck me that the theme of “relentlessness” pervaded the descriptions of the “Steady Seven” companies and their leadership. The CEOs profiled could be called “benevolent dictators” in their dedication to what they saw as the right long-term approach, reinforced with real consequences. It is true that many of the practices of successful companies that Jim Collins cites can be learned, but they can be demonstrated only by CEOs who have no doubt about their identity as leaders, a single-mindedness about the few most important things that define success, and the force of will to see things through over the long term despite uncertainty, chaos, luck, and other forces beyond anyone’s control.

George Klemp

Partner, Cambria Consulting

Boston

To read the referenced article, click here.

Krisann Davis Joins Cambria’s Consulting Staff

Colleen Gentry — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:43:16 +0000

Contact Information:

Cambria Consulting, Inc.

Erin Daly, 617-523-7500

edaly@cambriaconsulting.com

Krisann Davis Joins Cambria’s Consulting Staff

BOSTON – (November 14, 2011) – Cambria Consulting, Inc. announced today that Krisann Davis has joined the firm as a principal consultant. Davis resides in North Carolina and will bolster Cambria’s strong presence in the southeastern U.S.

“I’m delighted to be joining the talented Cambria team and I’m looking forward to contributing practical and strategic solutions to Cambria’s impressive clients,” said Davis. “This new opportunity will allow me to be involved in the exciting work that Cambria offers in executive coaching, talent development consulting, assessment and technology.”

Davis brings over 25 years of in-depth experience in talent management, organizational change and executive coaching. A recent cornerstone of her work was supporting a nationally recognized, award-winning executive coaching practice for Wachovia Corporation (now Wells Fargo). The practice was twice named a Benchmarked Best Practice by Training Magazine. Consulting both internationally and across the US, Davis has worked with senior and C-suite executives in a broad range of industries including: financial services, chemicals, brokerage, agricultural, IT, insurance, and the federal government. She is a member of the National OD Network, the International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations, the International Coach Federation, and the International Enneagram Association.

“We are delighted that Krisann has chosen to join us,” said Colleen Gentry, Cambria principal and coaching practice co-leader. “She has been an inspiring colleague for many years in her former role at Wachovia and for several years providing executive coaching to Cambria clients as a member of the firm’s global coach network. Her experience and skills as a coach and a leader will be an invaluable asset to us and our clients.”

About Cambria

Coaching Presentations Available

Ellen Kumata — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:15:20 +0000

Presenters: Ellen Kumata and Colleen Gentry

Ellen Kumata and Colleen Gentry have spent a lot of their time touring the country and contributing their unique vision and cutting edge insight into the world of executive coaching though various executive presentations and expert panels. Now, two of those presentations are available through digital download by audiotapes.com. Click the links below for more info and instructions on how to purchase these files.

The Realities of Managing an Internal Coaching Practice: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Ellen Kumata, Colleen Gentry, Marcel Henderson

Presented October 31st, 2007 at the International Coach Federation 12th Annual Conference in Long Beach, CA.
For more information, click here.

What Works in Executive Coaching: Tips and Trends from the Experts
Ann Gallagher, Marilena Beuses, Ellen Kumata, John Mitchell, Angela Wagener, Rebecca Mitchell

Presented November 1st, 2006 at the International Coach Federation 11th Annual Conference in St. Louis, MO.
For more information, click here.

Designing & Implementing Strategic Executive Coaching Programs

Ellen Kumata — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:54:11 +0000

Strategic Coaching- Designing and Implementing Executive Coaching Programs
Baltimore Hilton, Baltimore, Maryland
November 1, 2011

Presenters: Ellen Kumata and Colleen Gentry, Cambria Consulting
Bill Hodgetts, Fidelity
Erica Bovaird, NASA
Melinda Pearson, John Deere

Ellen Kumata and Colleen Gentry each bring over 20 years of experience designing and implementing strategic executive coaching programs in organizations. Join them at the OD Network conference on November 1 as they lead a discussion panel of seasoned coaching practice managers from organizations at the leading edge in their use of coaching to accelerate the effectiveness and development of their organizations’ leaders.

For more information about this session and how to attend, click here.

The New Talent Management Network Event

Steve Neubert — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:34:23 +0000

The New Talent Management Network Event
Tufts Health Plan, Watertown MA
October 4, 2011

Presenters: Laura Roehrig and Mark Dembo, DDI

Laura Roehrig and Mark Dembo from Development Dimensions International will share the outcome of their “Global Leadership Forecast.” The study uses talent management data compiled from over 2,500 organizations and over 12,000 leaders. Discussions and analysis will include Effective Leadership Development, Effective Talent Management Systems, and Management Culture of Organizations. Steve and George will be in attendance and they hope to see you there.

For more information about this session and how to attend, you can find the New Talent Management Network on LinkedIn.