Robert Travis

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About Robert Travis

Robert S. Travis is an organizational effectiveness practitioner specializing in leadership and organization development, knowledge and change management, organizational learning, meeting facilitation, and training. As a consultant, he has engaged with clients in the corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors. He is proficient in consulting with key decision makers, conducting personality and performance assessments, designing and executing organizational improvements and transformational change, managing budgets, producing deliverables, and organizing work groups to promote profitability, growth, and sustainability. Bob’s professional experience includes leadership in the nonprofit and business sectors. While on the executive staff of the Boy Scouts of America, he established and coached community units, organized and directed leadership teams on the district level, and developed experiential learning programs. Moving into banking, Bob managed branch operations and served as an internal consultant, where he coached several branch teams to achieve organizational and operational excellence, leading successful change initiatives as part of his strategy. He also established a Community of Practice among branch leadership for a local credit union. Bob holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, where his coursework included independent study in group behavior, and a master’s degree in organization development and knowledge management from George Mason University, where he has facilitated graduate classes in group dynamics. Bob's core competencies include: • Organizational Analysis and Design • Succession Planning • Strategic Planning and Execution • Workshop Design and Facilitation • Process Consultation • Team Building • Group Dynamics • Program Management • Staff and Workforce Development • Experiential Learning • Individual and Team Coaching • Employee and Customer Engagement