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Capability Statement
Michael Shays coaches successful people and those who
flunked retirement who want to get started in management
consulting or need to turbocharge their consulting
practice.
Michael's corporate client consulting helps executives resolve management dilemmas, transition and conflict. He specializes in facilitating solutions to problems where there has been resistance, lack of innovation, or lack of progress. This assistance leads not only to breakthrough solutions, but to the smooth implementation of those changes.
The focus of this approach is on what must be achieved instead of what is wrong and what caused it. Michael works with his clients to define a future solution and work backwards to create a new present instead of forcing a new present from the past. There are seven principles of effective thinking and opportunity development underlying this facilitated process, including purpose expansion, next generation solution, uniqueness, and people involvement. The mix of creative and practical steps, divergent and convergent thinking not only gets to the heart of the real issues, but also provides a faster track to crossing the finish line with the right results.
Michael also helps companies develop a more entrepreneurial environment by guiding intrapreneurial programs for their employees. Michael is a professional speaker on the subject of "Focused or Failed Leadership."
Professional Background
A former General Electric systems planner, Michael began his consulting practice with the international operations improvement firm, Bruce Payne & Associates. While at BP&A he passed his exams as a Certified Management Consultant. Coopers & Lybrand recruited him as a direct entry Partner where over the years he was given responsibility for the Systems Consulting practice in New York; all consulting to the firm's largest single client, AT&T and the Bell System; management of the Northwest Region Consulting Practice; and Communications Industry Consulting in the Pacific Coast Area.
After fourteen years with C&L, BDO Seidman recruited Michael to be the National Director of Management Consulting where he also served as Chairman of BDO’s International Management Consulting Committee. He left BDO in 1990 to open his own firm, EMS Network International, with strategic partners in four continents.
Professional Associations
Michael is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants USA and a recipient of their Lifetime Achievement Award. He was Chairman of the USA Institute in 1983-85 and again in 2001-02, and Chairman of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes in 1993-95. He is also a former outside Board member of the Association of Internal Management Consultants.
Michael was Chairman of the Board of Trustees and CEO of the Journal of Management Consulting Inc., publisher of C2M read in sixty countries and devoted to improving the practice of management consulting around the world. He has been an active member of the Institute for Global Ethics, the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center, and the Center for Breakthrough Thinking.
Typical Projects
Michael Shays is a senior management consultant, published author, facilitator and mediator. He has coached CEO’s and other executives in more than twenty-four countries in six continents to resolve conflict, manage transitions, and develop breakthrough solutions to intractable problems. During the past 40 years, he has helped over 500 clients, including AT&T, IBM, KPMG, Hewlett-Packard, and Sprint, as well as the CEOs of many medium-sized companies.
For the headquarters of a world-wide eleemosynary organization he developed a master plan for organizational effectiveness and growth to coincide with a multimillion dollar building development project. For an $8 billion utility, he managed multiple projects to help employees learn to manage the company as if they owned it.
He has mentored companies through the process of developing new products and businesses through the use of Intrapreneurs. He worked with the Executive Committee of a major public accounting and consulting firm to create and implement a new approach to delivering their core businesses. He has facilitated in-house workshops of thought leaders to develop solutions and action plans for stubborn problems.
Country Experience
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Former Republic of Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
India
Ireland
Italy
Jordan
Malaysia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Former Republic of Yugoslavia
Books written by E. Michael Shays
The Breakthrough Thinking Handbook
A step-by-step guide for reaching better solutions and making superior decisions in all walks of life
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Pricing Consulting Services
How to set fees for the value you deliver
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Focused or Failed Leadership
How you can lead in chaotic situations
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Business Consulting Wealth
How to become financially successful as a business consultant
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Articles written by E. Michael Shays
The Consultant's Role in Facilitating Change July 02, 2002 [view article]
How to Get Value from a Consultant June 25, 2002 [view article]
See also the ARTICLES tab on the Home page menu bar
Contact Details
Mailing Address
127 SW 186 Street, Normandy Park, WA 98166 USA
Other Details
Phone: 206-242-5259
Email: ems@emsnetwork.com
Website: http://ems@emsnetwork.com
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