Robert C. Chalwell

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About Robert C. Chalwell

An Educator, Senior Manager, Policy Consultant, and Development Specialist with over 20 years of international experience in the public, private and education sectors. His responsive approach to managing organizational change processes prioritizes casting a clear leadership vision and promoting distributed leadership. Consulting, lecturing, and life are all approached with the belief that there is no development challenge too large that a strategic, well-resourced, and data-informed action plan won't reap positive and measurable outcomes, while enhancing organization and individual capacity. Sustainable organizational advancement requires the buy-in of a cohesive, knowledgeable and empowered team. Multicultural environments are his specialty and he has a proven record of turning traditional barriers of race, age, culture, gender and even socio-economics, into strengths, through understanding and mutual respect. By fostering team-building, while engendering respect for differences, any group of individuals can be transformed into a high performance team. Specializations: Leadership & Team Building; Culturally Responsive Education Issue-Sensitization and Skill-Building; Intercultural Communication; Stakeholder Engagement; Mediation; Restorative Responses to Conflict & Harm; Policy Development & Implementation; Organization Capacity-Building; Issue-Based Personnel Development; Event Hosting; Performing Arts; International & Public Affairs; Social Science Research; Economic Development; Youth Development, Restorative Practices in Education; Program Assessment Speaking Topics Include: Leadership Development; Capacity-Building; Mission and Vision Development; Organizational Change; Culturally Responsive Organizational Practice; Political Economy, International Affairs, Trade & Development; Post-Colonial Development Challenges; Public Affairs; Policy Interventions vs Social Interventions; Youth Development, Education, Life-Skills; Socio-Economics; Social, Community & Local Economic Development; Program Development, Performing Arts.