Loretta Donovan

Current

• Global Council and Partner at Appreciative Inquiry Consulting
• President and Founder at Worksmarts Group

Education

• Teachers College of Columbia University
• College of Mount Saint Vincent
• Manhattanville College

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Recommended

7 people have recommended Loretta

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Loretta Donovan’s Summary

By facilitating action-oriented approaches, I accelerate the ability of clients to meet today's critical challenges and tomorrow's vital opportunities.Involving managers and employees in focused dialogue that retains and grows collective intelligence, getting to commitment and alignment of strategic initiatives - these are central to raising the bar. The result: a shift in thinking and performance can happen in real time. With the addition of Web 2.0 technologies for social networks and communities of practice (CoPs) parallel to these crucial conversations, new routes to current and future innovation and market success are created with reliability and high energy.

Loretta Donovan’s Specialties:

Core Strategy Planning, Change Management, Cultural Competence, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Innovation, Knowledge Ecology, Organizational Learning, Social Network Analysis, Web 2.0 & Social Media

Loretta Donovan’s Experience

• Global Council and Partner

  Appreciative Inquiry Consulting

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

  AI Consulting offers a collaborative, strength-based approach to strategic change and transformation. At the heart of our practice is a set of generative methods that analyze and reapply the competencies and values of the client business. The core of each client's change agenda and compelling goals are uniquely their own. Our partnership includes the greatest concentration of Appreciative Inquiry expertise in the world.

• President and Founder

  Worksmarts Group

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1997 — Present (12 years )

  Worksmarts Group plays a pivotal role in shaping clients' emerging strategy, change and innovation solutions. The models, principles and values we use are based on generative and inclusive values. Social Network Analysis, Appreciative Inquiry, Peer Assist, Open Space and World Café are often integrated in the design of long-term interventions, large scale events and intensive think tanks. With vast experience in OD and strategic learning, we have assisted national and local companies and nonprofits to expand their capabilities in leadership development, community engagement, collaboration, virtual teams, program development, organizational mergers, and strategy planning and implementation.

Additional Information

Loretta Donovan’s Interests:

> Strategic planning, organizational change, development of new products and services, and increasing capacity through strengths-based processes. > Leading projects in the healthcare industry that embrace and tap the possibilities of complexity and positive deviance.

Loretta Donovan’s Honors:

Academy of Management: Best Paper in Organization Development and Change, 2007
AECT: Mentor to Award Winning eLearning Instructional Design Team, 2007
Kappa Delta Pi, National Education Honorary Society, 1993
WPIX (Channel 11), Community Service Award, 1989

Certifications:
BarOn EQi Emotional Intelligence
MBTI
Center for Creative Leadership: Benchmarks and other instruments
Campbell Interest & Skills Survey

Loretta Donovan’s Contact Settings

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