KCG's Consulting Partners

Linda works in partnership with others in addition to this team to provide consulting services to organizations in human resources, organizational systems and development, mediation, leadership and performance coaching, dysfunctional workplace behaviors, and antiharassment and civility.

Many of KCG's partners have special certifications such as Gestalt Professional Certified Coach (G.P.C.C.), Master Certified Coach (M.C.C.), Professional Certified Coach (P.C.C.), and other certifications in organizational development.

Partners bill for their work independently and provide services separately from KCG as well as in conjunction with KCG.

Founder and Principal

Linda A. Koenig, M.A. - Linda excels at bringing together professionals with unique and strong skills to provide the best, the newest and most innovative, and the most effective and successful consulting services to create solutions to your organizational problems, as well as to help leaders discover strategies to more effectively manage dilemmas.

Linda is an executive coach, as well as an organizational effectiveness and human resources consultant. She provides executive coaching in leadership, motivation, critical-thinking and survival skills in turbulent work environments. She specializes in helping executives overcome obstacles that keep them from achieving their highest potential. Linda is a certified mediator and is trained to resolve disputes between employees and groups.

Linda has a Bachelor's and Master's degree from Ohio University. She attended Kent State University for postgraduate work and has studied extensively with the National Training Laboratories Institute, the Gestalt Institute of Greater Cleveland and the Gestalt International Study Center. She holds a Gestalt Professional Certified Coach (G.P.C.C.) certificate and is a candidate for the Master Certified Coach (M.C.C.) certificate. Earlier in her career, Linda worked as the lead executive in human resources management in an organization of over 1000 employees represented by seven unions.

Linda is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Cleveland State University, she teaches in the graduate Diversity Management Program as well as in the graduate Education Department. Her classes include: Conflict Management Across Differences, Facilitation of Diversity Issues, and Diversity Issues in Human Resources. She is also a faculty member at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, and is a certified trainer of Investment in Excellence and the Emotional Intelligence Inventory.

 

Consulting Partners

Anthony E. Barabani, M.B.A. - Anthony Barabani is a trusted advisor who supports leaders and their teams in achieving outstanding levels of performance. As a leadership and organization effectiveness consultant whose expertise has been gained through 30 years of leading the HR function for business units ranging in size from $50MM to $1Billion, Tony understands what it takes to be successful. For the last ten years, Mr. Barabani has concentrated on building team effectiveness in alignment with organizational goals, executive coaching, leading change, leadership development and new leader assimilation.

Experience

As Director of Leadership and Organization Effectiveness, Tony has been instrumental in implementing corporate wide performance management systems, leadership development programs and succession planning systems. As senior Human Resources executive, he has led HR teams in organizations of a few hundred to several thousand employees with key accountability during numerous restructuring activities, culture change efforts as well as several mergers and acquisitions.

Having lived in the Netherlands and worked throughout Western Europe for nearly three years, Tony has developed a unique understanding and expertise for working in multi-cultural environments. This awareness has served him well as Tony regularly works with teams in Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Education and Certifications

Mr. Barabani has a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Western New England College with post graduate training from the University of Michigan and the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. His professional certifications include: Emotional & Social Competence Inventory (Hay Group), Clifton Strengths Finder (Gallup Corporation), Myers Briggs Type Indicator and FIRO-B, Leadership Effectiveness Analysis and Personal Directions (Management Resources Group), Leadership Versatility Index (Kaplan/DeVries), Profilor 360 Degree Feedback Process (Personnel Decisions International) and Predictive Index (Prandex Corp).

Tony is affiliated with the Gestalt International Study Center and the Organization Development Connection and is an active volunteer with The Holden Arboretum and the Art Therapy Studio.

 

Ann Attayek Carr, M.S. - Ann Carr is an experienced executive coach. She has a wealth of experience in facilitating large and small group interventions, leadership development, facilitating large scale strategic change initiatives, building high performance teams, leveraging diversity, resolving conflict productively, and designing and facilitating experiential learning programs. She continually achieves impressive results - from designing and implementing corporate-wide organizational change initiatives and an executive development institute at Freddie Mac, to leading diversity and leadership development at GE Capital Mortgage Corporation, and directing a nationwide Six Sigma project that was deemed a global best practice by GE Capital.

Ann consults within financial services, aerospace, defense, technology, healthcare, environmental, government, and large and small not-for-profit organizations. She has international development experience, first serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya where she managed a women's business development enterprise, and later leading an international volunteer program for the American Red Cross. Ann was also a performing musician earlier in her career.

Ann has a Bachelor's Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Master's Degree in Social and Organizational Learning from George Mason University. She has completed post-graduate study in Gestalt-oriented organizational consulting at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Ohio and the International Gestalt Study Center in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Ann also has the 3-year certification in Organization and Systems Development and advanced certifications in phenomenological coaching and group process consulting.

Ann is a Newfield Network certified coach and holds the Professional Certified Coach (P.C.C.) credential through the International Coach Federation (I.C.F.). Ann has also done concentrated study of integral theory in application to organizational leadership. She is certified to administer a number of assessments such as Hay Group's Emotional Competency Inventory (ECI), The Leadership Circle Profile™, the Hogan Leadership Suite, 5 Dynamics, Myers Briggs Type Indicator™, the Cultural Orientations Indicator®, and Firo-B and is certified to facilitate The Leadership Circle Leadership™ Development Workshops. Ann is a member of the faculty at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, the Gestalt International Study Center in Cape Cod, MA, and an adjunct faculty member for Georgetown University's Organizational Development Certificate Program.

 

 

H. Timothy Ewing, Ph.D. - Tim Ewing is an independent organizational development consultant specializing in Workplace Effective. His success with clients indicates that raising awareness accompanied by skills development and practice have a significant impact on employees and their organizations. He utilizes self-awareness, organizational learning, and training tools to assist clients in creating high-performing, diverse work environments where successful collaboration thrives. Tim supports organizations in cultural change processes with an emphasis on strategic planning, group dynamics, communicating across differences and strength-based development. He believes that these measures have a direct relationship to achieving a client's purpose, goals, and vision.

Of Tim's ability, one client says: I observed that Tim is able to ask probing but inoffensive questions to allow clients an opportunity to sincerely reflect upon their current mindset. In addition, he is able to design training sessions to guarantee the participants the best investment of their time to fulfill the stated objectives. Regina Morton, The Boeing Company

Along with The Boeing Company, other clients have included: the United Nations, Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company, Merrill Lynch and the TJX Companies, Inc. Educational and governmental clients include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention along with the Management Leadership Institute of Washtenaw County, Michigan, to name a few.

Tim holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech communications from Denison University, a Master's degree in International and Intercultural Management from the School for International Training, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University. His research interests include: positive transformation, positive organizational behavior along with global and domestic diversity. Tim teaches courses in: organizational behavior, facilitation skills, diversity leadership for managers and business practices for healthy global partnerships.

He has served on boards of directors for organizations such as the American Red Cross and the Pride Foundation of Seattle-King County. As a firm believer in volunteerism and community involvement, he has used his American Sign Language skills to assist in after-school programs for deaf youth. These experiences in conjunction with his extensive work throughout Europe, Latin American, Africa, and Australia allow Tim's clients to benefit from his knowledge and cultural awareness.

 

 

Linda M. Garverick, Ph.D. - Linda M. Garverick is an engineer, Gestalt-trained process facilitator, management consultant, and executive coach. She brings to her clients entrepreneurial experience, training in experiential learning and emotional intelligence, and a deep understanding of technology. She works with senior-level executives to improve business and management practice, as well as organizational effectiveness.

Examples of Linda's work include working with senior faculty to advance collegiality across schools of engineering, building supervisory and professional skills among the leadership council of a large social service agency, and coaching senior executive female leaders drawn from separate organizations to build a knowledge-generating and supportive community that is often lacking for women at the top.

Earlier in her career, Linda founded and ran a research and development company that developed technology for producing high-efficiency solar cells for powering satellites. The company performed research for NASA, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. She sold the company in 2000.

Linda's recent professional development has been focused on organizational effectiveness and leadership development. She completed programs at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland in clinical psychology and organizational development. She has also trained at the Gestalt International Study Center on Cape Cod, and at the Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western Reserve University. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Electronic Materials, also from MIT.

Linda was named one of Northeast Ohio's "Top Ten Women Business Owners" by the National Association of Women Business Owners, and one of "Forty Under Forty" in Crain's Cleveland Business. She was a Presidential Fellow at Case Western Reserve University and taught in the SAGES program. She presently serves as board vice president of the East End Neighborhood House.

 

 

Richard B. Hancock, M.A. - Richard B. Hancock is a sought-after executive coach and veteran group facilitator. He specializes in the areas of leadership coaching, team and board development, and conflict management. Richard's work builds on the skills of emotional intelligence, with an emphasis on helping leaders work with resistance. An enthusiastic speaker, Richard has presented workshops at national conferences on the subjects of communication styles, emotional intelligence and principles of leadership.

Examples of Richard's work include coaching key management in leadership for success in entrepreneurial work environments, coaching senior leadership in emotional intelligence skills, and facilitating the establishment of self-managing teams.

Richard has an undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and a graduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His postgraduate work includes organizational and clinical training at both the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and the Gestalt International Study Center. Richard holds a Certificate in Organizational Development and Change Leadership from Georgetown University and a Gestalt Professional Coach Certification (G.P.C.C.) from the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. He is a faculty member at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland.

 

 

James Macsay - Mr. Macsay is a senior organizational consultant who works with an inclusive, service-oriented, and positive 'whole systems' framework to develop executives, managers, teams, technical experts, and their changing global workplaces. He has over 15 years experience as an internal and external consultant and learning facilitator specializing in human capital related assignments.

His work centers on the themes of helping individuals, teams and whole-systems to develop strategies, tools and processes for enhanced communication, organizational spirit and performance. He has experience with a wide range of industries including manufacturing, life sciences, financial and media.

Prior to establishing his independent practice, Mr. Macsay was an HR and communication supervisor for General Motors Europe in Glattbrugg, Switzerland. He foundered SwissBizUSA, an international forum for Swiss and Americans to network and to learn from each other regarding business, education and culture related issues.

Mr. Macsay is a Swiss and American citizen and has lived for extended periods in both countries. He is acutely aware of the joys and challenges of expatriate life (business, personal and relocation dynamics). His mother tongue is English and he also works with clients in German/Swiss German. James currently resides in Zürich, Switzerland.

Education and Training
Certificate: Organization & Systems and Development, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, OH, USA, 2002
Master of Arts: Focus: Organization Development & Analytical Psychology, Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, Vermont, USA, 1995. Self directed program. Faculty in CH/USA.
Bachelor of Arts: Communication Arts & Sciences, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, USA, 1983.
Certifications: Birkman, MBTI, CPP instruments, Hay Group's Emotional Competency Inventory and MRG (Management Resource Group): Individual Directions Inventory.

 

 

Jacqueline McLemore, Ph.D. - Jacqueline McLemore, a seasoned change management consultant, executive and personal coach and facilitator, brings a lifetime of experience to helping people make important changes in their organizations and in their lives. She is experienced in supporting, collaborating with, and challenging individuals when it is time to make changes. Jacquie works with private sector, nonprofit, faith-based and higher education organizations. Her work includes organizational assessment, executive, management and life coaching, team development, strategy development and implementation, and retreat design and facilitation.

Jacquie received a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management and a Master's of Science Degree in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is on the faculty of The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and is an associate with AmericaSpeaks. She is a member of Leadership Cleveland, Class of 1999. She holds leadership positions in local and national non-profit organizations.

 

 

 

Diane E. Millett, J.D. - Diane E. Millett provides expertise in discrimination law, antiharassment law, and civility in the workplace. She is the founder of CivilSpace, an organization that promotes civility as an antidote to harassment and as the new diversity for the 21st century.

Diane writes, speaks, and provides coaching about harassment and civility. In 2010 she published an article titled, "Civility: The Antidote to Harassment" in Thomson Reuters, a division of West Legal Publishing. Other writings include "Freedom from Harassment - It's Not Enough" published in the Lake County Women's Journal and "Back to School: Education Law" in the American Bar Association's GPSolo Magazine. She has self-published a series of two charts entitled "Behaviors Creating Uncivil Space" and a "Continuum of Behavior" for use in coaching and teaching.

In 2004, Diane was co-founder of a grass-roots group in Cleveland and University Heights to establish "civility" as a priority for those communities. The group drew regional and national attention in its work with civility. Throughout her career as an attorney, Diane has provided legal services representing management in education, employment, discrimination and antiharassment. Prior to becoming an attorney, Diane worked in management positions in human resources.

Diane received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of New Hampshire, a Master's Degree from Radford University, a certificate in Labor and Industrial Relations from Cleveland State University, and a law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. She is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Cleveland Bar Association, and she presently serves on the board of directors of the LGBT Community Center of Cleveland.

 

 

Michelle Vanderlip, M.B.A. - Michelle Vanderlip specializes in accelerating organizational and individual strategic capacity. Her organizational consulting focuses on leadership development, including new leader assessment, selection and assimilation, succession planning, and effective merger integration.

Michelle's background includes impressive organizational positions in mid-sized to Fortune 300 companies. She was an internal consultant to an 1100 person law firm in the capacity of leading the human resources and organizational development function. She also served as a consultant with a major company located in New York City and Cleveland, assisting both internal and external clients with significant change initiatives. She served on a merger integration task force to integrate a newly formed professional services firm of 25,000 people and played a key role in developing the first retention strategies ever used systematically in the professional services environment.

Michelle has a Bachelor of Science from Michigan State University, a Masters of Business Administration from Cleveland State University, and postgraduate training from the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. She is affiliated with the Human Resource Planning Society, the American Societies for Human Resources Management and Training and Development and the Organization Development Network.