INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
New England Chapter

News and Views

In this issue:

Upcoming Events

News from
the Board

New Member Profiles

IMCNE Members
in Print

IMCNE Member Profiles
Pat Kirton
David Kimball

Upcoming Events

Friday, May 25, 2007
Consultants Roundtable
Managing Virtual Teams
Rebecca's Café, Waltham, MA
8:00 a.m.

In view of augmented outsourcing efforts across a broad range of industries, virtual teams, assembled from different organizations and at remote locations, are becoming a more common setting to drive projects. This poses particular challenges and may significantly impact the success rate.

The objective of this Roundtable is to increase the awareness of risks and opportunities as a first crucial step towards leveraging the full potential of virtual teams.

Bernd Janssen, PhD, of Science&Management Consulting will lead a 30 minute introduction which will be followed by a discussion amongst participants who want to share their field experience.

Target Audience: Consultants who facilitate team building tasks, coach managers and project leaders

Dr. Bernd Janssen has more than 25 years of experience in Drug Discovery, Management of Research and Development functions and international collaborations.

Prior to founding Science&Management Consulting, a Massachusetts based firm that serves companies in Europe and the US, Bernd held various leadership and management positions in the Pharmaceutical Industry, most recently as Director Medicinal Chemistry with Abbott Laboratories, and previously with BASF Pharma. There he has launched several drug candidates into clinical development stages.

As a graduate from the University of Bonn, Bernd earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Ruhr University of Bochum (Germany). He has coauthored over 50 basic patent applications and scientific papers, revealing his inventive contributions to Dermatology, Oncology and Immunology. He was also awarded the first BASF Innovation Prize for his seminal role in moving a discovery concept into a highly successful marketed product.

Bernd is member of several academic and industrial advisory boards.

Quarterly Dinner Meeting

Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Night at the IMCNE Improv:
Think Fast: Improvise for Effective Client Collaboration
with Sheree Galpert, Future Stages
Hilton Garden Inn, Waltham , MA

As a consultant, you need to be "on." It's up to you to engage your clients, gain their trust, and ensure a quality experience with measurable results. Think Fast: Improvise for Effective Client Collaboration will help you unlock your potential! You will learn how to work more collaboratively, more creatively, and more effectively in this fun, interactive "night at the improv."

Sheree Galpert, consultant and actor, will share improvisation techniques that work in the "here and now". Learn to respond more nimbly to group dynamics and foster the all important "buy in" needed to achieve your client's goals and objectives. Join fellow consultants as we develop our improvisation skills and improve our client interactions. Please note that this will also be our IMCNE annual meeting.

Sheree Galpert is an organization development consultant and trainer as well as a professional actor, writer, and director. Her consulting company, Future Stages, uses improvisation and interactive theater to help business clients address critical organizational issues, including diversity, communication, and leadership development. Sheree is also founder of The Boston Improv Lab, a forum for consultants and trainers to explore ways of using improvisation exercises in client applications.

News from the Board

Next Event: Featuring You?

Have you read a good business book lately? Do you have a question that you would love to ask a group of consultants? Are you one of our New England members that is tired of all our meetings being held in Boston? Do you have a challenge that you are facing and would like to get feedback? Do you have a case study that would fuel a good discussion? THEN USE THIS RESOURCE!! 

It takes about three minutes to fill out a Roundtable Proposal. You give us a title and description; we’ll publicize it and handle registrations. This program helps our members Get Smart, Get Known, Get Business.  What are you waiting for?  Download the form today from our Programs page (http://www.imcne.org/programs.htm)

The Next Step in Your Professional Journey

IMCNE New Member Profiles

Maureen Kraten, MBA Enterprise Management Corporation, http://www.enterpriseman.net

I have spent the past 12 years as co-founder and director at Enterprise Management Corporation (EMC), a strategic management consulting firm based in Connecticut. EMC maintains centers of excellence in negotiation, entrepreneurship, and social policy.

I possess specific expertise in women and minority owned entrepreneurial organizations, ranging from start ups to large organizations that support entrepreneurial ventures. Prior to founding EMC, I worked in the senior executive offices of the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) and Deloitte & Touche LLP (then known as Touche Ross & Co).

I earned an MBA in International Finance and a BS in Economics and Finance at Sacred Heart University, an AACSB accredited institution in Fairfield, Connecticut. I have also conducted post-graduate research work in the area of the European Union single currency initiative.

Eric Esperne, James River Consulting LLC, http:///www.jamesriverllc.com

I moved from Washington, DC, to Massachusetts last September with my wife Jeanine and son James. I moved to Massachusetts because Washington is too political and the traffic is bad, whereas here… In any event, Jeanine is now enjoying living close to her family and James is enjoying school at Dexter in Brookline. We have already taken advantage of New England’s skiing, which at its worst is still better than Pennsylvania, and James is learning to ice skate. I have never cared much for baseball but have learned to get teary eyed when talking about the Red Sox and vomit when anyone mentions the You Know Whos. We spend most weekends with Jeanine’s father on Cape Cod, where James and I launch model rockets on Corporation Beach and tinker with model trains in the basement. I enjoy rollerblading on the Rail Trail.

Jan Rybeck, Jan Rybeck, Leadership Momentum

IMCNE Members in Print

Denise Clancey, Teledirect Partners, http://www.teledirectpartners.com, authored an article titled “Ten Tips to Ensure the Successful Launch of Your Telemarketing Plan” which was recently published in the Women’s Business Journal (April 2007). Read this article at http://www.teledirectpartners.com

IMCNE Member Profiles

Pat is a Warm Weather Kind of Gal

Pat Kirton and her husband Bob split their time between Rhode Island and Florida. They have a son and three grandkids in Massachusetts, and they love to travel and enjoy the warm weather.

With her partner Charles Perry, they founded Insight Management Group, Inc. in 2002. They specialize in helping executives improve the success rate of their projects by assessing the true status of critical projects, aligning projects with corporate goals, rescuing troubled projects, and implementing a project management office.

Pat says that her greatest success is her life after corporate America. "I knew it would be okay but didn’t know it would be so much fun."

 Ten Things You Didn’t Know about Pat Kirton:

1. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, it would be…  chocolate.
2. If I weren't a business person, I would be a…  travel correspondent.
3. Something I would like to do, but haven't had the chance… visit the Maldives .
4. The last concert I went to…  Keb Mo.
5. My favorite toy as a kid… my dad was a chemist we used to play with things like mercury and dry ice.
6. When I'm not working, you'll find me… doing nothing.
7. My favorite TV show is… Boston Legal.
8. If I could be any animal, I would be a...  cat.
9. The last movie I saw was… Roman Holiday.
10. If I could have dinner with a famous person, dead or alive, he or she would be…  Einstein.

Learn more about Pat and her business by visiting her firm’s website http://www.insightmanagementgroup.com

An IMCNE Inside Guy

Unlike most IMCNE members, David Kimball works as internal consultant. He is a financial consultant with Raytheon in the business process redesign of their financial applications. David received his CMC a few years ago when it looked like he would be leaving Raytheon rather than transferring to a new company that had bought the division he worked in. Instead, he transferred to Raytheon in Massachusetts to help install SAP software around the country.

David is a single guy who enjoys singing, playing the piano, reading non-fiction, and working with non-profits and NGOs (Non-Government Organizations) affiliated with the United Nations. He says his greatest success and surprise are wrapped up in one: passing the CPA exam on the first try while being in a technical position with little experience in accounting.

Ten Things You Didn’t Know about David Kimball:

1. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, it would be…  Raisin Bran.
2. If I weren't a business person, I would be a…  teacher.
3. Something I would like to do, but haven't had the chance… Triple Bottom Line Accounting (Financial/Environmental/Corporate Social Responsibility).
4. The last concert I went to…  Deborah Conant-Henson, a wild, demonic harpist.
5. My favorite toy as a kid… Make-shift ping-pong table.
6. When I'm not working, you'll find me… working with a non-profit group or engaging in some art form.
7. My favorite TV show is… doesn't have a TV.
8. If I could be any animal, I would be a...  Koala Bear.
9. The last movie I saw was… The March of the Penguins. 
10. If I could have dinner with a famous person, dead or alive, he or she would be…  Eleanor Roosevelt.

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