Matthew Rochte

Current

CSR / Sustainability Consultant at Opportunity Sustainability℠
Executive Business Coach at WorkingIntentionally℠

Past

Director of Consulting at Greenman Alliance LLC
Presenter at Public Speaking
Website Developer / Webmaster at Hiawatha Publishing

Ethics & Standards Committee at International Coach Federation
Principal at ConversationCircles.com
Education Coordinator, Membership Team, Ethics Investigator at BNI All About Business Chapter
President & Chairman (2005), Director at Minnesota Coaches Association
President at Life Coach Alliance LLC
Community Coordinator - Minneapolis/St.Paul at CoF - Fast Company
President, Boardmember at Global Minded Professionals
Business Transition Manager for ALH at Innovadyne Technologies
Operations Director, Partner at Advanced Liquid Handling
Jack of all office trades at Manpower / Kelly

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Education

USGBC LEED AP
Arbinger Institute
Coach U

Corporate Coach U International
Future Milwaukee
University of California, Riverside
University of Puget Sound

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Industry

Management Consulting

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Matthew Rochte’s Summary

I consult, write, and speak on Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainability and the opportunities to be found in green business.

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Objective:
Senior Position in Sustainability or Corporate Responsibility (CSR)

Triple-bottom-line operations experience with a commitment to growing sales and corporate profile through progressive business management

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Summary:
A confident leader with a passion for sustainability and improving business through innovative green initiatives. Believes that a consistent, pervasive commitment to an ever-lower environmental impact can enhance both growth and profitability – “Green-washing” is for the pretenders and followers. A demonstrated record of operational results within manufacturing environments and business turnarounds. A comfortable communicator who leads through participatory planning and implementation. Experienced and effective in orchestrating change using systems thinking. Committed to corporate social responsibility; driven by integrity and strong ethical principles. A strong team player and team leader; inspires and challenges others to achieve their potential.

Areas of expertise:
* Sustainability & Quality
* Strategic Planning & Integration
* Board & Team Leadership
* Operations Direction
* Change Management
* Entrepreneurial Approach
* Communications
* Systems Thinking

StrengthsFinder:
Activator, Connectedness, Ideation, Maximizer, Strategic

Short Bio:
Thought leader in green business, Matthew Rochte, LEED AP began practicing, researching, and presenting on the subject in 1994. He brings to the table seven years of triple-bottom-line (Social/Economic/Environmental) business leadership. Matthew consults, writes and lectures on how smart green business practices can, and are changing, the world for the better.

Matthew Rochte’s Specialties:

corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability, green business, ethics, leadership, systems thinking, change management, strategic planning, community leadership, coaching, manufacturing, conversation circles

Matthew Rochte’s Experience

CSR / Sustainability Consultant

Opportunity Sustainability℠

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) / Sustainability Consulting and Green Innovation Advocacy. We work with company management to navigate and realize the opportunities in taking their company green and growing sustainably. Green business is smart business.

Sampling of consulting and training topics: Sustainability, green business strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), integration strategies, employee training and communication, leadership, transparency, triple-bottom-line thinking, ethics, green-wash, risk v opportunity, waste management, supply chain management, energy consumption, green jobs, lean processes, integrated planning.

Client Industries: construction, manufacturing, transport/delivery, education, warehousing, restaurants, property management, real estate, SMEs.

* CSR / Sustainability writings syndicated and appear on CSRwire.com, Chloregy.com, DevelopmentCrossing.com
* Eat Your Elephant "Integrated Planning": proprietary strategic planning and implementation consulting to turn strategies into results. ~ 40clients, 8 retreat programs
* LEED AP

CSR/Sustainability Consulting - Opportunity Sustainability℠
Executive Coaching - WorkingIntentionally℠ - see below
Executive Business Coach

WorkingIntentionally℠

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

June 1991 — Present (18 years 6 months)

Executive coaching - predominantly SME Presidents and CEOs.

Focus: Business sustainability through authentic leadership, trust, ethics, communication, and relationship dynamics.

Frequent additional topics: green business strategy, strategic planning, change management, succession planning, team dynamics, responsible growth, corporate social responsibility (CSR), green-wash, successful mergers, strengths, MBTI, life/career transitions.

Client Industries: manufacturing, construction, transport/delivery, warehousing, finance, banking, hospitality, consulting, restaurants, dental, medical, insurance, landscaping, coaching, career development, property management, real estate, non-profit, industry associations

* Over 18 years of consulting/coaching experience working both internally and externally with more than 300 clients worldwide
* graduate of 3 professional coach training programs: 700-plus coach training hours received.
* Member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) Ethics & Standards Committee 2003-2008. Led two industry ethical code reviews; taught ethics; served as an ethics investigator

Business name change history:
1991 Life coaching
1994-2000 internal coach for ALH
2000 "LiveToExplore"
2001 "Navigator Coaching" sustainable life, leadership, and business coaching
2003 "WorkingIntentionally" executive coaching focus
2006 "CoachingIntentionally" work with seasoned coaches
2007 added "Walkabout Coaching" - intense in-person coaching
Director of Consulting

Greenman Alliance LLC

(Partnership; Management Consulting industry)

2009 — 2009 (less than a year)

Independent Contractor Assignment via Opportunity Sustainability.

The Greenman Alliance, a green human capital company, practices recruitment and consulting in a green and sustainable manner: the team embodies a dedication to your business or job search in a vigorous and socially responsible way.

* Developing and administering the Sustainable Career Advice Program. Helping green jobseekers: to understand the green job marketplace and where they fit in; to enhance job search strategies; to develop career strategies that create a sustainable career lifecycle that roles/develops into the next position.

* Developing Workforce Green program to help traditional non-green companies become green from the inside out by working with the HR departments to expand on their sustainable mission and vision; integrate sustainable/green talent in their talent searches; and developing green leadership and development opportunities for the green generation. The goal: to hire not only the best and the brightest, but the greenest candidates as well.
Presenter

Public Speaking

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

2001 — 2009 (8 years )

__Conference Presentations:__
* "Making The World Round Again"
Northland Bioneers Conference 2006, Minneapolis
10 years of research and direct experience showcasing new ways to think about and succeed in the new business paradigms caused by the convergence of business, science, and values.
http://www.makingtheworldroundagain.com

* "Co-Creating the Next Frontier: Calling All Seasoned Coaches to the Global Conversation Café"
2004 International Coach Federation Conference, Masters Track Program, Quebec City, Canada
Ranked as the top program of the conference. Co-led a conversation café of more than 70 seasoned coaches to explore the deeper issues and concerns of the coaching industry.

__Smaller Presentations & Roundtables:__
* Wisconsin Business & Conservation Leaders Roundtable 2009 - Lt. Governor’s Council - Madison
* Green Jobs - Milwaukee Jobs Camp 2009 - Milwaukee
* Strategic Planning and Implementation 2008 - Business Incubation Center - Minneapolis
* Attitudes and Perspectives℠ 2007 & 2008 - Mutual of Omaha and four other Minnesota companies
* Masterful Coaching: Ethics and Right Action 2005 - Minnesota Coaches Association
Website Developer / Webmaster

Hiawatha Publishing

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

1995 — 2009 (14 years )

Private website development firm. Designed, developed and maintained web presences for all companies/projects owned by Matthew Rochte (20-plus) in addition to several dozen for-hire and volunteer websites. HTML to content management systems (CMS) to web training videos to Web 2.0 community building and wiki management.
* Software: Macromedia, Adobe, Homesite, Joomla, Wordpress
* Platforms: Wordpress, Joomla
* Webinar author of WebsitesInAnHour.com - teaching how anyone can create a nice looking website in an hour or less.
* Micro-movie development for program promotion: (ex. Eat Your Elephant http://bit.ly/3bXx0d )
* Developed educational macromedia flash movie presentations: ConversationCircle.com - http://bit.ly/CCMovie
* Online Community Building / Social Networking: EatYourElephant (2008), LifeCoachAlliance (2005), MinnesotaCoaches.org (2004)
Ethics & Standards Committee

International Coach Federation

(Non-Profit; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

January 2003 — December 2008 (6 years )

International Coach Federation (ICF) Ethics & Standards Committee
* Led two industry ethical code reviews - researching, wordsmithing, mediating discussions, tracking and documenting changes.
* taught ethics programs
* served as an ethical complaint investigator
Principal

ConversationCircles.com

(Management Consulting industry)

2002 — December 2008 (6 years )

Convener and facilitator of conversation circles (5-20 participants) and conversation cafes (20+ participants). Conversation circles are a powerful communication tool to engage, teach, and learn with an audience. They are useful for building consensus, finding common values, meaning, and purpose - ideal for team development or issue dissemination. Conversation circles are the natural way humans think together. They are the ultimate knowledge management tool.

* 2002-2006 Convened bi-weekly community circles (4-22 people)
* 2005-2007 Convened bi-monthly MCA Seasoned Coaches Circles (5-12 people)
* 2004 Led 70 member international conversation cafe at the ICF Conference in Quebec City, Canada (see speaker details)
* 2003 Developed training / information video on conversation circles
http://conversationcircles.com/?page_id=7

http://www.ConversationCircles.com
Education Coordinator, Membership Team, Ethics Investigator

BNI All About Business Chapter

(Management Consulting industry)

April 2006 — November 2008 (2 years 8 months)

BNI, Business Network Int'l, is the world's largest referral organization. Its mission is to help members increase their business through a structured, positive, and professional "word-of-mouth" program by developing long-term meaningful relationships with quality business professionals.
* Charter member of the chapter
* Served on the Membership team
* Led ethical violation investigation team
* Led weekly network-education programs
President & Chairman (2005), Director

Minnesota Coaches Association

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2002 — December 2006 (4 years 4 months)

President & Chairman 2005 (20-30hrs/wk)

World's second largest regional coaching organizations with 300 active members. Led organizational turnaround from collapse to national leader to become a model for coaching associations by growing membership from 80 active members to more than 250 in two years.
* Re-energized the organization's volunteer board by reinventing the leadership team, tapping into their individual strengths, and connecting the work to their values.
* Increased operating budget 200% and maintained a positive cash flow.
* Established a sustainable leadership infrastructure for minimal disruptions during annual rotations.
* Created and maintained a modern web-presence by creating an online community with a private content management system (CMS)

http://www.minnesotacoaches.org
President

Life Coach Alliance LLC

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

Hired to create and manage a national coaching company to provide pay-by-the-minute life coaching through a telephone call center using multiple nationwide marketing media: radio, television, print and web.
* Set vision, strategic plan, and tactical plan for company.
* Managed 19 staff and R&D team members and recruited 50 subcontracted coaches.
* Created guidelines and structures for qualifying and supervising coaches and training call center staff.
* Developed private social networking website for teams and coaches
* Managed & developed corporate website presence
Community Coordinator - Minneapolis/St.Paul

CoF - Fast Company

(Management Consulting industry)

September 2002 — April 2004 (1 year 8 months)

Company of Friends was an idea sharing business network. It was created to allow Fast Company’s passionate readers, visionary and forward-thinking business leaders to connect, communicate, innovate, and collaborate with each other, both online and face-to-face, in communities around the world. (from Fast Company website)

Accomplishments:
* Reinvigorated the Minneapolis/St.Paul Community after a 2 year CoF dormancy.
* Led monthly roundtable discussions
* Coordinated four national speaker events with partnering organizations - Steve Farber of Radical Leap (MCA), Ben McConnell of Creating Customer Evangelists (NCC), Julio Olalla of Newfield Network (MCA), Hyrum Smith of Galileo Project (NCC)
* Managed community website/ social network
President, Boardmember

Global Minded Professionals

(International Trade and Development industry)

1996 — September 2001 (5 years )

International way-station for expats in Milwaukee. We built a community forum and venue to bring together people of diverse backgrounds and experience to exchange ideas, cultural traditions, experiences, and friendship in Milwaukee.

* One of the founding board members
* Served as president of the organization for its last year
* Maintained database of 300+ members
* Developed web presence
Business Transition Manager for ALH

Innovadyne Technologies

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Biotechnology industry)

March 2000 — September 2000 (7 months)

Innovadyne purchased the manufacturing rights and intellectual property of Advanced Liquid Handling's (see below) precision liquid handling equipment and moved production from Wisconsin to California. Primary role was to facilitate production shutdown and restart in new location.
* Provided training to transfer ALH knowledge to Innovadyne employees on topics such as assembly instruction, parts procurement, scheduling, BOM and billing software, and product testing and quality.
* Coordinated and managed 20 vendor relationships through transition.
* Developed scalable production techniques through integration of "kanban" systems.
Operations Director, Partner

Advanced Liquid Handling

(Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

1994 — 2000 (6 years )

An aggressive international start-up manufacturing company specializing in liquid handling technology.
* Developed and implemented socially responsible management practices.
* Turned around a $150k product disaster into the catalyst for the company's eventual sale.
* Continuously evaluated environmental and fiscal impact of processes: substituted eco-friendly solvents whenever possible; encouraged recycling; redesigned shipping containers to be reusable, modular, and interchangeable; reduced number of component variations; purchased high quality refurbished machining equipment; utilized true color florescent lamps at all workstations; natural lighting; repurposed unused materials and equipment.
* Coordinated 3 manufacturing facility moves with zero down time.
* Coached team members to gain their unique insights, leverage their individual strengths, and connect these to the company needs.
* Helped formulate and promote the triple-bottom-line corporate culture and vision.
Jack of all office trades

Manpower / Kelly

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

1987 — 1993 (6 years )

The recruiters at Manpower and Kelly marked my file as a go-getter and problem-solver that could be placed anywhere and exceed expectations in time, quality, and initiative. Flexible assignments usually lasting 3-6 month intervals during college:
* HP Labs - human-computer interface with respect to searching and sorting library information;
* HP Credit Union - collections department floater from phones to check clearing;
* HP - HR department application processing;
* AFGA - financial planning office coordinator and tech guru;
* Benham Capital Management - wire-in retirement fund transfers;
* TRW - executive assistant.

Matthew Rochte’s Education

USGBC LEED AP

LEED AP , Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional , 2009 — 2009
Arbinger Institute

Graduate , Advanced Coaching & Leadership Training , 2004 — 2006

Arbinger is best known for the best selling business leadership books "Leadership & Self Deception" & "Anatomy of Peace." The focus of their work is on the relationships within organizations, communities, and individuals to achieve real results.
* Arbinger Mastery Training for Coaches CIC 1.0 (2004) - Intensive 9 month training program to become an authorized user of Arbinger material and practices in coaching work.
* Arbinger Mastery Training for Coaches CIC 2.0 (2005)
* Arbinger Choice at Work (2006)
* Arbinger The Choice in Personal Growth (2003)

Activities and Societies:

Member of the Arbinger Helping Professionals Network (AHPN) since 2004
Coach U

graduate , Professional Coaching , 2001 — 2003

Professional Coach Training Program (ACTP)
225 Credit Hours of Coach Specific Training in addition to training at CCUI
Corporate Coach U International

Graduate , Corporate Coaching , 2001 — 2002

Corporate Coach Training Program (CCTP)
173 Credit Hours of coach training
Future Milwaukee

Graduate/Certificate , Community Leadership Training , 1999 — 2000

Community Leadership Training Program
Class of 2000.

The Future Milwaukee Program is an intensive study in leadership, volunteerism, and management. It engages 42 community leaders in an in-depth look at the social, political, and economic issues to learn how to work together and position themselves to become tomorrow's city leaders.

* Team Project 1: Neighborhood Awareness & Urban Revival - collaboratively coordinated tour and led panel discussion on Riverwest's future.
* Team Project 2: Constructed up-to-date searchable database of regional palliative care providers and education agencies for the Wisc. Association of Palliative Care

http://www.futuremilwaukee.org
Future Milwaukee is now a program of Marquette University
University of California, Riverside

BA , Psychology , 1992 — 1994

Emphasis on Industrial / Organizational Psychology - applied psychology. Fascinated by psycholinguistics (how we process ideas, thoughts, and language), human function engineering, and organizational leadership and development.
University of Puget Sound

1988 — 1990

Activities and Societies:

Adelphian Concert Choir, Varsity Crew Team, Phi Mu Alpha

Additional Information

Matthew Rochte’s Websites:

Matthew Rochte’s Interests:

sustainability, innovation, leadership, thought leaders, bigger games, conversation circles, organizational development, strategic planning, strategic thinking, spiritual development, coaching, rowing, indoor rowing, nature, walks, morning person, international travel, coffee, tea, architecture, conversation, history, reading, choral singing, learning

Matthew Rochte’s Groups:

Thought Leader Gathering, Heartland Leader Circle, Heartland Circle, NetImpact, ISSP, USGBC, Green Drinks, Eco Tuesday, ICF Ethics & Standards Committee, International Coach Federation, BNI, International Association of Coaches, Coachville R&D Team, Coachville, Fast Company, SJSU, Los Altos High School, Apollo Male Chorus, Bach Chamber Choir, Bel Canto Chorus, Adelphian Concert Choir, Phi Mu Alpha,

http://www.conversationcircles.com

Net Impact
Executive Suite
GreenTek
Opportunity Green
International Society of Sustainability Professionals
Sustainability Working Group
Green & Sustainability Innovators & Innovation Network
CSR Week
Green Corporate Network
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Development
♥ LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) 3000+ Members
Green Professionals
Think Green
Minnesota Coaches Association
Corporate responsibility
Sustainable International Development (SID) - MojaLink
CSRwire, The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire
GreenBiz.com -- Green Business Professionals
CSR International
Future Milwaukee Leadership Program
BRICS Sustainability: V-360.org member
THE AMERICAS Sustainability: V-360.org member
Thought Leader Gathering Member Network
The Responsible Business Group
Justmeans - Green, CSR, Good Work, Sustainability, and Social Enterprise News and Updates
Corporate Responsibility Officers Association
Chief Sustainability Officers Network
The Greenman Alliance
3BL Media - CSR, Sustainability & Cause Marketing Communications
Greener Jobs