Authenticity Consulting, LLC
Who We Are, Our Values and Bold Beliefs
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Who We Are
We pride ourselves on our strong working knowledge of:
- Action Learning (the core theory behind peer coaching groups)
- Methods of adult learning
- Business, management and organizations
We pride ourselves on our highly practical focus, including that we:
- Focus on the doing -- and trusting that the necessary learning will occur when we and our clients remain authentic in our participation
- Make sure that our clients always master the fundamentals
- Help produce plans and reports, and make sure they're implemented, too
We pride ourselves that we've premiered the concept of peer coaching groups, including that we've:
- Taught 100's of peer coaching group coaches/facilitators across the country
- Designed programs for leaders, managers, coaches, trainers and developers, associations and entrepreneurs
- Donated 100s of hours of presentations about peer coaching groups to audiences across the country
Members and Associates of Our Firm
Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Partner
Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Partner
Authenticity Consulting, LLC, co-founder,
Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, is a nationally recognized expert
in using peer coaching groups (Action Learning) methods to facilitate
learning and organizational change.
- Carter has helped numerous businesses across the nation to customize and implement Action Learning programs.
- He has taught 100s of Action Learning facilitators and facilitated 100s of hours of Action Learning groups.
- His doctoral work included use of Action Learning-based approaches to leadership and management development.
- He has written and spoken nationally about Action Learning-based programs.
- He is founder and developer of the national, Action Learning-based Leaders Circles (SM), that now has Action Learning programs in 10 states.
- He is developer of the Action Learning Communities Program provided for members by the American Society for Training and Development -- Southern Minnesota Chapter.
- He has studied and been trained in a variety of coaching methods.
- Carter teaches the seminar "Organization Development and Change" for the Center for Nonprofit Management at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- He also teaches the seminar "OD 101" for the Minnesota Organization Development Network (MNODN).
- He developed MNODN's OD Library, one of the world's largest online library's about organization development and change.
- He sits on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Organization Development Network and is a member of the American Society for Training and Development.
- He is founder and developer of the Free Management Library (SM), one of the world's largest collections of well-organized, free, on-line resources for organizations.
- He is founder and developer of the on-line, Free, Nonprofit Micro-eMBA(SM) and Free Micro-eMBA(SM).
- He is nationally recognized expert in Founder's Syndrome, a problem encountered by many organizations across the world.
- He has written a large number of publications, including Authenticity Circles(SM), Founder's Syndrome, Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation, Field Guide to Nonprofit Program Design, Marketing and Evaluation, Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision and Managing Ethics in the Workplace (A Practical Guide).
He has 25 years of real-world management experience in a variety of organizations, including startup, public-private, nonprofit and corporate.
Carter holds a BA in Social and Behavioral Sciences, BS in Computer Science, MBA from the University of St. Thomas, and a PhD in Human and Organization Development from The Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Teri McNamara, Partner
Teri
has strong real-world experience in leadership and management.
- She has been trained as a peer learning program designer and facilitator.
- She had led many training sessions about peer learning and participated as a member in many groups.
- Teri is the primary evaluator of all of our firm's peer learning programs, along with evaluating many of our client's peer learning programs, as well.
- She has participated in the design and writing of Authenticity's peer learning publications, and is the lead editor on all publications.
- Teri is also director of all of Authenticity's publications services.
Ron Bulmer, Associate
Ron Bulmer, BSc, BEd, offers leadership
expertise built upon his success as an entrepreneur, educator
and community development advocate. Ron helps businesses and
non-profit organizations translate opportunities into growth,
and coaches leaders to focus on reflection, learning and action
to gain insights. Combining collaboration with execution results
in maximum benefit for the organization.
Ron:
- Facilitates peer coaching groups
- Is completing requirements for certification program in Authenticity Consulting's Authenticity Circles facilitation and program design
- Experience as a non-profit executive, leading a provincial woodlot-owner association
- Leads non-profit Boards in long-term planning based on appreciating strengths within the community and modeling organizational systems so that leverage points are identified for maximum return on investment
- Has his permanent teaching license in Nova Scotia
- Demonstrates personal leadership by running for election to represent his local school Board district as trustee
- Manages and develops rental properties
- Owned, grew, managed and sold a cleaning franchise with 15 employees
- Created, grew and sold a family-operated holiday greeting card business
Our Values and Bold Beliefs
We work from a set of values and beliefs that are unlike many other consultants.
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Note on intellectual property
- Authenticity Circles, Free Management Library, Free Nonprofit Micro-eMBA and Free Micro-eMBA are service marks of Authenticity Consulting, LLC, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
