| Martha Kathryn (MK) Key, Ph.D | President and Founder | Key Associates, LLC |
| M. K., a clinical psychologist, has over 28 years experience in healthcare and human/organization development. Currently she leads the work of Key Associates, LLC.
This follows a career as a VP of a major healthcare firm, where she headed up a national seminar/consulting business; prior to that she held several management positions in non-profit, state government and private, for-profit settings. She has published widely and is a nationally recognized speaker on topics such as leadership, managing change, creativity, CQI, and customer-mindedness. Her most recent book is Managing Change in Healthcare: Innovative Solutions for People-Based
Organizations (McGraw Hill, 1999). She also co-authored Corporate Celebration: Play, Purpose and Profit at Work, The Manual for Designing Change in Healthcare, and Thought Packages That Produce Results: Just-in-Time Modules for Continuous Improvement. | M. K earned her doctorate, masters and undergraduate degrees (Phi Beta Kappa) at Vanderbilt University,
where she maintains adjunct faculty status. | | Offerings | Founded on the
principles of continuous improvement, M. K. Key offers seminars and consultation in: | - Leadership Development
- Mediation of Differences
- Use of Creative Tools for Innovation
- Retreat Design and Management
- Corporate Celebration
- Collective Visioning Events and Future Search Conferences
- Personal Coaching
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Tutonals in Rapid Improvement and Redesign of Work Processes
- Change Management Techniques
- Team Development and Facilitation
- Working with Difficult People (including Threat of Violence)
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| | Customer Comments
| "This Presentation stirred the 'spirit' and mind for creating a culture of greatness where 'play pays.'" | "A valuable learning experience, packed with information, tools and wisdom necessary for today's (and tomorrow's) leaders." | "M. K. is wonderful!She has a very comfortable style that works well with group facilitation." | "I am very excited... people left the sessions pumped up and ready to make things happen... Thanks, M. K." | "We have
encountered numerous consultants in our tenure at Memorial, but we have never had the pleasure of engaging one who professionally and personally has a driving compassion for willingly sharing her experiences and knowledge." | "Every CEO and leader is missing a significant opportunity if they fail to attend this course. .
.the ability to evaluate your leadership from inside-out is a must for dealing with today's challenges." | "I came to this very reluctantly because of all the work I have to do, but again, M. K. has filled my head and heart with many wonderful ideas to help me every day in both my personal and professional life." |
"M. K. Key was exceptional--her enthusiasm, knowledge and teaching techniques were appreciated... She is very receptive to participant thoughts and suggestions and made them feela part..." | "This was a delightful departure from traditional non-value-added turn-key prescriptive 'consulting.'.
. . (she) helped us answer our own questions and led us into some of the most productive self-evaluation discussions we have ever conducted... M. K. also has the unique ability to make it fun." | This is the best learning experience I have ever had." |
| Seminar Topics |
| *Corporate Celebration *Conflict and Artful Practice of Meditation
*Changing The Game: Defensive Strategies for Offensive People
*Architecting Culture *
The Art of Facilitating Teams *Keeping
Customers for Life *Creative tools And Methods for Innovation
*Leading Process Improvement Teams *The New Look Of
Leadership *Co-Creating a Future Together * |
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