Michael Sabiers

Background

About Michael Sabiers

OD EXPERTISE, STRENGTHS AND SKILLS EXPERTISE • Becoming a ‘thinking partner’ with senior executives on strategic business issues • Establishing high performance systems and work teams to improve effectiveness and efficiency • Coaching to inculcate leadership throughout the organization • Collaborating with all stakeholders in large-scale changes, ensuring active support • Creating experiential training programs that target data-defined organizational needs • Mentoring and supervising other OD professionals and support staff • Facilitating teams and resolving intra-organizational and interpersonal conflicts at all levels INTERPERSONAL STRENGTHS • Building collaborative working relationships by demonstrating competence, trustworthiness and good judgment • Demonstrating respect for others whose background, culture, and values differ from my own • Exercising discretion, tact, and confidentiality in all communications • Moving ahead when roles and responsibilities are highly ambiguous and uncertain • Adapting to new and changing environments • Staying current with OD theory and practice through professional organizations, publications and peers. TECHNICAL SKILLS • Familiar with professional practices and regulations of the Aerospace, Automotive, Education, Health Care, Manufacturing and Not-for Profit industries • Expert in both quantitative and qualitative organizational assessment methods • Developer of the Socio-Technical Systems Organizational Re-design Survey • Analyzing statistical data using SAS, SPSS and Minitab software • Writing, editing and publishing Specialties: Change Management. Executive Coaching. Communications. Conflict Resolution. Editor. Education. Employee Involvement. Facilitator. Group Dynamics. Health Care. Human Resources. Industrial Psychology. Labor Unions. Leadership. Needs Assessment. Not-For-Profit. Organizational Development. Process Improvement. Quality. Reporting. Research. Social Scientist. Statistics. Strategic Planning. Systems. Surveys. High Performance Teams. Team Building. Training. Writer.