Dr. Marilyn Buckner's Global Consulting Team - United States
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Lynn
Slavenski, Ph.D., Senior Consultant
Lynn is a senior consultant with Dr. Marilyn Buckner Consulting. As a former human resource executive,
she brings a wealth of business experience to her coaching sessions. Previous
to Dr. Buckner Consulting she was Sr. Vice President-Global Learning and Development and
Chief Learning Officer of Equifax University where she led several strategic
initiatives including a strategic selling program. She was formerly Head of
Education and Career Development with Coca-Cola USA, and Head of Training for
Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Throughout her career she has been responsible
for Sales Education and recently the rollout of a completely new go to market
strategy with sales skills training and assessment at the core of it. She has
done consulting with Dr. Buckner for coaching leaders and managers at Darden,
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, DexMedia, AT&T/Cingular Wireless, Bell South Enterprises,
BellSouth Corp, Department of Labor, Sanno Institute - Japan, Center for
Disease Control, the American Red Cross, Prudential Bank, Georgia Tech,
Fernbank Museum, Home Depot, Center for Puppetry Arts, and Campbell Soup. She
has published seventeen articles including a chapter in Amacon’s HR Yearbook
and has given over 40 presentations for professional organizations in the areas
of assessment, coaching, career development, high potential development and,
executive development.
Lynn has advanced degrees in Career/Organizational and Human Resource
Development and has her doctorate in management. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Lynn is active in the Human Resource Planning Society and serves on their board
and has held officer position with the Executive Committee.
Assessment Certifications: Hogan Assessments (HPI – Leadership Potential and
Leadership Challenge –Derailers), Myers-Briggs, 360 survey through several
vendors and DISC. Decision StyleView Certification –predicts top 20
percent of leaders. Assessment Center Coach
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Ron Streiker,
Ph.D., Executive Coach
For more than twenty years, Ron has been active in both the private and public
sectors improving organizational infrastructures by means of executive
coaching, human resources management, facilitation, goal attainment, and
management development.
Ron is an expert in the critical area of executive coaching and development. He
has coached hundreds of executives through a variety of transitions including
career advancement, performance issues and leadership development. Trained
executives in coaching interventions, based on an action learning approach,
which improved their management capabilities. Ron has educated numerous
executives in the management of conflict and problem resolution resulting in
improved morale and staff productivity. He has counseled numerous clients
through significant transitions in their lives on a personal and professional
level and has a proven track record in identifying executive needs and then
targeting interventions in the areas of skill building, behavioral change and
personal transformation.
Ron has been the Chief Human Resources Officer for a healthcare system and
Director of Executive Development for Travelers Insurance. He has worked for
years as an internal human resource professional and as an external management
consultant, Ron brings a unique combination of skills and experiences. He has
worked directly with senior management coaching them through all aspects of
company mergers, management development, training and human resources
integration. Ron brings both the capacity to develop the strategic design of an
issue as well as move to practical solutions. A partial list of clients
includes Nationwide Insurance, Deloitte, Home Depot, Huber, Southern Regional Medical
System, Travelers, Nortel Networks, Hanover Insurance, Equity Financial,
Fidelity Investments, Wachovia and Citigroup. He has developed coaching
interventions for Citigroup.
Ron has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Southern Illinois University. He
has served on the faculty of the University of Missouri where he taught courses
on behavioral theory, statistics and management development and facilitated
executive development seminars at the Cornell School of Industrial Relations.
Ron has been an adjunct instructor for the University of Phoenix where he
taught organizational leadership and management development. He is presently a
member of the advisory board for both the overall Executive MBA program for the
Coles School at Kennesaw State University and the Executive Coaching practice.
Ron has conducted seminars across the country on a variety of topics including
leadership development, group dynamics, strategic planning, effective
teambuilding, negotiation, selection and coaching. Ron lives in Atlanta,
Georgia.
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Nicholas
Horney, Ph.D.
Nick provides consulting, leadership
development and executive coaching that enable leaders, teams and organizations
to build and maintain resilience and adaptability within a continuously
turbulent and uncertain environment. Nick created a unique approach to
executive coaching by applying a framework called the OODA Loop – Observe,
Orient, Decide and Act. Nick has led many strategic planning and
transformation projects.
He served as Vice President of Client and Constituency Relations for the Center
for Creative Leadership (CCL) in Greensboro, NC. In this capacity, Nick
had the global responsibility for CCL’s alliances and partnerships, business
development, marketing, and the client contact center. Nick worked directly
with clients, partners and client relationship management (CRM) teams.
During his tenure, CCL was recognized by Business Week in 1999
and 2001 for delivering best-in-class leadership development products and
services in the executive education marketplace.
Dr. Horney’s consulting/coaching experience spans over 20 years – Agility
Consulting & Training, Coopers and Lybrand Consulting, Nicholas F. Horney
& Associates and ODR, Inc. He held senior leadership roles in Human
Resources Development and Quality in the consumer products industry (Divisions
of Nestle and Pepsi) and utility industry (the Salt River Project). He
currently serves as an Executive Coach for the Leadership Institute at the
University of Central Florida. Nick co-authored a book in 2000 entitled Project
Change Management, published by McGraw-Hill. He has authored or has been
interviewed for various magazines and journals (e.g., The National
Productivity Review, Training and Development Journal, CIO Magazine, Bank
Marketing Magazine, etc.) addressing leadership development and
organizational change management challenges. His academic experience includes
adjunct faculty work at Cornell University and Rochester Institute of
Technology. He also helped create the criteria for university programs in
hospitality and served on the original Hospitality Accreditation Commission.
Nick’s passion for agility was developed during his 23-years in the Navy
leading diving and explosive ordnance disposal teams. Nick retired from the
U.S. Navy reserves at the rank of Captain. The Secretary of Commerce appointed
Nick to the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award,
where he served for two years. He also helped establish and served as a judge
for the USA Today Quality Cup Award for ten years.
Nick serves on the Board of the Human Resources Planning Society (HRPS) and is
a co-chair of the HRPS Affiliate organizations worldwide.
He received his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the
University of South Florida.
Thomas O’Shea,
CMC
Tom is dedicated to helping clients make the strategic transformation to
becoming more Agile … at the enterprise, team and individual leader levels. Tom
specializes in strategic business development, leadership agility and
organizational improvement strategies.
He has more than 25 years working in the fast-paced consumer products industry
– particularly in the apparel trade with industry leaders VF Corporation and
Kayser-Roth Corporation. Tom has lived an international lifestyle having spent
seven years in Japan during his youth and two years in England during the late
1980’s heading up the European Division Human Resources, Business Planning and
Total Quality initiatives for the world’s largest apparel company. His
consulting industry experience base includes textiles, footwear, managed
services, transportation, fast food and financial services.
Tom's diverse background includes senior executive roles as VP Human Resources,
Corporate VP of Business Planning & Development and VP/General Manager of a
nearly $100 million business unit. Additional experience depth includes
new product innovation, go-to-market planning, integrated performance
management processes and total quality management design and implementation.
His background includes early career accomplishments as Director of
Compensation for a billion-dollar, 20,000 employee apparel company ~ providing
project leadership in complete overhaul of executive compensation and
performance management programs to create closer alignment and integration with
new corporate strategic direction.
Tom has a master's degree in Organizational Psychology and extensive practical
experience helping organizations and leaders re-focus business strategy to
improve organization performance and alignment. Tom also has extensive
experience in helping organizations compete in the major retail and
international markets – with a keen interest in emerging technologies. He has
been active in the sporting goods retail channel and in leadership roles within
community and state level non-profit organizations. Tom was recently named to
the U.S. Adult Soccer Veteran’s Cup Committee – he has been (and is) an avid
player and coach for many years.
Tom is a partner with Agility Consulting and is a Certified Management Consultant
(CMC) – a distinction awarded to less than 10% of professional management
consultants. He was recently re-elected President of the Carolinas Chapter of
the Institute for Management Consultants – the premier international
association of professional management consultants.
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