Cathy R.

Cathy is a management consultant working to optimise the value and power of generational diversity in an organisation. She creates engaged communities of shared purpose and has extensive experience ensuring that people have the information and ability they need to be their most effective.

Organisations are facing increasing challenges today. The weak global economy and growing mistrust of senior management decisions, as a result of Enron-type scandals and enormous losses from mortgage-backed securities in the US, mean that business as usual is increasingly suspect.

In addition, the pressure for speed, innovation, and low cost to compete with growing worldwide economies requires that companies leverage their workforce in ways never before seen. Whether we are talking to organisational leaders in the United States, Australia, Ireland, India, China, or just about everywhere else, it is clear that these changes are creating new challenges in recruiting, training, communications, and many other areas. Over 60 per cent of US corporations report difficulties with the generational differences among their employees.

Effectively engaging a broader range of perspectives and experiences allows organisations to be more productive and innovative, learn more quickly, and keep up with the rapidly changing marketplace.

For years, Cathy has been observing the growing impact of generational diversity in the workplace. She is dedicated to bringing together the brightest minds and most skillful leaders from all different types of organisations to build healthy, vital organisations.

Cathy is a Baby Boomer who works with companies to nurture knowledge and skill at all levels. She helps ensure that people have the information and ability they need to be their most effective, whether in fulfilling an organisation’s purpose in powerful ways, participating in productive teams, or knowing how to share the value provided by a product or service.

Cathy's goal is for people to love what they do, build on the unique strengths they bring, and work effectively with, and for, others. In addition to her work with companies, Cathy is a guest lecturer at a number of universities in NY on the topic that most excites her—generational diversity and engaged communities.

Cathy's approach is uniquely rooted in research from multiple disciplines. While she tailors it to each organisation's unique needs, some of the ways that you may find her working are:

• Delivering executive presentations to raise awareness of the need to take action
• Implementing assessment techniques to identify where you are optimising the value of all generations
• Leveraging all generations in support of change efforts
• Providing workshops to support and enhance communications, teamwork, engagement, management, and other important areas
• Creating innovative interventions for your workplace
• Offering guidance in strategic and long-range planning