Partner Biographical
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Meredith
trede
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brad
kenyon
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Meredith Trede
Overview
Meredith Trede is a consultant with a thorough grounding
in theoretical and applied aspects of organizational change and development.
She has extensive technical experience in training
needs assessment, program design and delivery, strategic planning, and process
consultation. She also has management experience in a Human Resources department.
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Organization Development and Training
 | Consulted and conducted skills training seminars at
Westcom, a computer services provider, to create more ownership and
empowerment among the company’s managers and direct employees.
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| Designed team leader and supervisory training at
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, and McCloy, Attorneys at Law, which was used to
introduce a new system for supervision and work allocation among the support
staff.
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| Consulted and conducted skills training at the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, Sacramento Bee and Fresno Bee
newspapers to design and implement performance management processes with unionized
workforces.
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Human Resources
| Installed a performance management system, complete
with job descriptions, standards of performance and job specifications,
coordinating with a merit pay program at Russell Gibson von Dohlen, a large
New England architectural firm.
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| Wrote the Leader's Guide and Participant's Notebook for
American Management Association’s Fundamentals
of Human Resources Management. Trained course leaders and presented the
week-long seminar internationally.
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| Designed and presented Managing the Human
Resources Function for America’s Community Bankers. |
| Consulted and trained with Catholic Relief Services,
focusing on the development of the Human Resources Department, and the
introduction of performance measurement programs for all departments.
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Corporate Organization Development and Training
| Managed the staff responsible for international
training needs assessment, delivery and implementation at Ebasco Services, an
engineering consulting
firm specializing in electrical power generation.
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| Facilitated cross-cultural team building in Spanish for
a third-world high technology construction project. |
| Consulted to newly formed marketing teams composed of
managers and engineers—facilitating teambuilding and presentation skills
workshops which featured self-evaluation and videotape feedback.
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| Conducted management and supervisory training covering
a full range of topics including performance appraisal, career development, interviewing skills,
EEO requirements and effective time management.
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| Functioned as the liaison between Information Services
and external consultants in structuring the data base for an internal
organizational diagnosis for 6000 employees located around the world.
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| Developed a corporate job rotation system and
contributed to the creation of the company’s manpower planning model. |
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Background
Before her career with Ebasco, Meredith was a Field
Advisor for the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York, coordinating the
activities of adult volunteers. She also taught French and Spanish.
Meredith has obtained the following degrees:
| Master of Arts, Human Resources and Management
Development, The New School for Social Research |
| Master of Fine Arts, Sarah Lawrence College |
| Bachelor of Arts with Honors in French, The State
University of New York |
Meredith is currently Chairperson of the Board of Trustees
of the Warner Public Library, Tarrytown, New York.
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Brad Kenyon
Overview
Brad is a consultant with broad practical work experience
as a technician, supervisor, and manager—in both line and staff
functions. The common theme in his work is the use of influence, rather than
authority or pressure, as a means to create consensus and cooperation.
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Organization Development and Executive
Coaching
| Facilitated team building projects in support of integrating new business
teams, management transitions, mergers, conflict mediation, new business
start-ups, and organizational renewal. Client
companies include bio-technology, communications, publishing and
financial services.
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| Provided Executive coaching related to management
styles, leadership philosophy and practices, personal vision and mission,
and stakeholder/ community relations. Clients have included CEO's,
Corporate Officers, Staff and Client Relationship Managers.
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Leadership and Management Development
| Conducted leadership training seminars for Union Carbide and Praxair
Industrial Gases that grew out of corporate-wide quality efforts focused on
cultural change. These workshops, presented to both U.S. and International
managers, emphasized individual empowerment and
collaborative work redesign.
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| Designed and delivered Senior management training at General Electric Capital geared to
facilitate change to new business strategies after a major divisional
reorganization.
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| Customized a series of modular management development
workshops for managers at Zurich Kemper Financial Services where rapid
growth had led to many promotions into management positions without formal
preparation.
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| Designed and delivered performance appraisal training for Illinois Power Company as an integral
part of a company-wide upgrading of the performance planning and review
process.
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New Business Development and Customer Relations
Management
| Participated as outside faculty, trained trainers and designed courses for Union
Carbide's Personnel Development Lab, an institute focused on industrial sales
and negotiation, and sales management . His most recent course design is In-Depth
Selling, an
advanced program for senior sales professionals involved in long-cycle selling
at complex business accounts.
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| Conducted a customized new business development training process for
members of the Executive staff at DST Systems, a high technology service company, which
included joint marketing calls, individual critiques, written reports and
group workshops.
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| Designed and delivered a 5-day experience-based seminar for DST,
titled Managing Client Expectations, which has been presented internationally.
The workshop focuses on increased responsiveness to
clients, combined with a more careful allocation of support resources.
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Background
Before forming Kenyon-Trede in 1980, Brad was Manager of Employee
Development for American Management Association, and Training Coordinator and Organization Development
Consultant for Olin
Corporation.
Brad’s academic experience includes:
| Senior Organization Development and Human Resources Management Program,
Columbia University |
| Master of Arts, University of Oklahoma |
| Bachelor of Arts, University of Oklahoma |
Brad is active in the community. He is past Chief Volunteer
Officer and Chair of the Human Resources Committee at the
Family YMCA, Tarrytown, New York.
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