Emersus Consulting, Inc. Consultants

"A small improvement in how the executive conducts herself can make a big difference in how large numbers of people feel and perform.

"Character Shifts: Challenges of Improving Executive Performance through Personal Growth" R. Kaplan 1999

Joseph Connolly
Joseph Connolly, Senior Associate with Emersus Consulting, Inc., specializes in the enhancement of individual and organizational communications through clarity, meaning, intuition, teamwork, and systems thinking principles. His strengths include “incasting,” the ability to detect trends through an intuitive awareness of subtle meaning and symbolism. The result is a synthesis of highly complex issues into an understandable strategic form and compelling vision.

Joe follows the consulting model in which the client is the system expert. His skills include process facilitation, assisting organizations to create meaningful change in their social and technical processes by integrating aspects of organizational culture, leadership, employee values and strategic goals. This emphasis is particularly helpful in the areas of strategic process improvement, integrated project management, organizational leadership development, team development and individual coaching.

Joe's consulting expertise has been used by a variety of organizations, some of which include the United States Treasury, State Farm Insurance Corporation, Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce, Southwest Community Health Clinic, California Women for Agriculture and the Las Vegas Valley Water District. Joe served for 24 years as Senior Manager in the U.S. Coast Guard and now works as an Organization Development Specialist with Marshall Medical in Placerville, CA.

He holds a Master of Science in Organization Development from Sonoma State University and Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Mary Washington College. Joe is certified to administer a wide variety of assessment tools including the Meyers Briggs Type Indicator, DISC, Learning Styles Inventory, Strength Deployment Inventory, and more. He is an expert Ropes and Outdoor Training Facilitator and has designed a wide variety of training sessions.

Personal Interests…
Joe's most enjoyable moments come from sharing time with his two active sons. He also takes great pleasure in personal development and life-long learning.