President, positive eye consulting, inc.; Change Management Experts
Portland, Oregon Area
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- Non-tenured faculty at University of Oregon
- President at positive eye consulting
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- participant at Corporation for Positive Change
- Education
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- Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
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Jean Meeks, Ph.D.’s Summary
Jean Meeks, founder of positive eye consulting, is a passionate and energetic organizational strategist. With nearly two decades of executive management experience, Jean builds empowered partnerships focused on creating sustainable, bottom-line profits.
Through positive eye consulting, Jean brings a multi-dimensional perspective of organizational transformation and change. She has expertise in action theory, organizational learning, systems theory, social construction, and complexity theory. Jean’s expertise in these five theories of organization dynamics uniquely positions her to select strategic change initiatives that match the unique characteristics of an organization.
She has led major strategic organizational changes, increasing functionality, efficiency and effectiveness. While keeping a vigilant eye on profits, her heart stays committed to the essence of what breathes life into an organization: its people.
Jean holds a master of accountancy degree from Southern Utah University, and she will receive her Ph.D. in Organization Systems at Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center in San Francisco, Fall 2008. Her dissertation title is, “ESTABLISHING A META-THEORY FOR THE PROCESS OF CHANGE—A THEORETICAL ARCHIVAL DISSERTATION”.
She is on faculty in the Management Department at the University of Oregon’s Lundquist College of Business. She has piloted both Appreciative Inquiry and Strengths-Based Management, grounding her teaching in looking at strategic solutions that foster inquiry and creates a deeper understanding of the value, strengths and competitive advantage of an organization. Her course expertise is “Management – Valuing the People,” helping students from a variety of majors to become visionary leaders and managers in their chosen profession.
By blending people, planet and profit in a powerful, strength-based organizational model, Jean helps individuals and organizations unfold endless opportunities.
Jean Meeks, Ph.D.’s Specialties:
leadership transitions, change management, culture change, organization reorganization, strategic planning and cost modeling
Jean Meeks, Ph.D.’s Experience
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Non-tenured faculty
University of Oregon
(Education Management industry)
September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
None-tenured faculty member at the University of Oregon, Lundquist School of Business, Management Department. Specializing in teach Management-Value the People.
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President
positive eye consulting
(Management Consulting industry)
August 2003 — Present (6 years 4 months)
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participant
Corporation for Positive Change
(Management Consulting industry)
2004 — 2008 (4 years )
Jean Meeks, Ph.D.’s Education
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Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
2002 — 2008
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Jean Meeks, Ph.D.’s Interests:
agent of change, change management, organization strategist, leadership transition, sports transformation, team-building, compassionate confrontation
Jean Meeks, Ph.D.’s Groups:
Academy of Management, SHRM, Organization Development Network
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