For Immediate Release
27 June 2024
Today, Design Group International, a leader in the field of Process Consulting, announces that Peter A. Schein (OCLI.org) has joined its Community of Practice as a Strategic Partner.
Peter and his father, the late Edgar H. Schein have been leaders in the field of Process Consulting for more than fifty years. Their body of work includes significant research, thought leadership, and practical application of corporate culture models, Humble Inquiry, Humble Leadership, and Process Consultation methods, tools, and content. The Scheins' work has been groundbreaking in fields of organizational development, organizational psychology, and interpersonal dynamics.
“I’m honored to be in relationship with Design Group International,” said Peter. “Together we share a common vision and belief that the concepts and tools my father and I developed are extremely valuable and help individuals further inform their leadership and ability to improve and innovate in the 21st century.”
Together, Peter and members of Design Group International’s Community of Practice will continue to generate new ideas and new tools for leaders that will help position their Clients for organizational transformation and growth.
Senior Design Partner Noele Stith stated “I am excited and beyond thrilled that Peter chose to join Design Group International as a Strategic Partner. I believe through our collaborative partnership of expert Process Consultants, we will continue to honor the legacies and work before us, while also designing and advancing the fields of Process Consulting, organizational culture, and transformative leadership in new ways in today's world.”
Lon L. Swartzentruber, Managing Partner, noted, “The Design Group International team is honored to build synergy with Peter in helping organizations and their leaders transform for a vibrant future. His knowledge and expertise will help Clients improve their organizational relationships, communication, productivity, and safety. Together, through our thought leadership, we can facilitate the learning of others by developing curriculum to train learners, leaders, consultants, and others on the key concepts in inquiry and the Process Consulting approach.”
As a result of this new partnership, Design Group International seeks to further develop their capacity and competency to help Clients navigate through complex business challenges for which organizational culture can help or hinder their ability to adapt and innovate. Supporting leaders to think, talk, and impact their organization’s culture has become an essential component of becoming an exemplar leader in the 21st Century. Now more than ever leaders need adaptive and practical tools to help them.
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Now in its 25th year, Design Group International practices Process Consulting, a type of organizational development consulting that relies on an iterative, collaborative approach when working with a Client. This form of human and organizational development consulting has seen an increasingly widening use that crosses all geographic boundaries, organizational forms, functions, departments, teams, and leadership modalities.
Design Group International has extensive experience with large, small, and mid-sized for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Their Clients include family owned businesses; large multinational corporations; governmental and non-governmental entities; publicly traded companies; partnerships; universities and colleges; denominations and associational bodies; Montessori and Christian schools; private and community foundations; national, regional, and city governing bodies; human service organizations: and arts organizations.
Design Group International offers expert human and organizational development counsel spanning many areas including leadership development, organizational governance, strategic planning, executive coaching & advising, organizational culture, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, strategic interim, and philanthropy all from the Process Consulting approach.
Design Group International has Process Consultants located in thirteen cities across the United States. It is led by five Senior Design Partners and fifteen consultants who work nationally and internationally serving a wide variety of Clients.
Our mission is to help organizations and their leaders transform for a vibrant future. If you’d like to learn more, please visit designgroupintl.com..
Contact information:
Lon L. Swartzentruber, Managing Partner & CEO, 616.516.9870, lons@designgroupintl.com
Peter A. Schein, Strategic Partner, 650.224.4370, peters@designgroupintl.com