Bio - John McGuire

John's diverse work history includes senior business management positions in corporate settings, a leadership and organizational development consulting business, and a practice in counseling psychology.

He has held such senior business positions as U.S. Manager of Technology Consulting at Digital Equipment Corporation, Director of Management and Organizational Development at Fidelity Investments, and recently served as Director of Business Development for the Center for Creative Leadership. In private consultation, John has extensive experience across industries and in private, public and not-for-profit sectors.

John's current work as Senior Faculty Member, focuses on organization-wide change through leadership. He is the research and development practice leader for the Change Leadership team, practicing organization culture transformation through balancing change management with change leadership. This practice focuses on developing corporate cultures, leadership strategies, and core organizational capabilities. A key tenet of this practice is assisting clients in overriding the high failure rates in change management by connecting leadership across the organization in its key tasks of setting direction and achieving alignment and commitment. Research indicates that a balance in change leadership with change management increases and organization's likelihood to achieving a sustainable change-ability.

His results-oriented work with teams and organizations combines over twenty years of practical corporate line and staff experience with research-based approaches to help solve client's business problems. John is interested in providing client's teams and organizations with sustainable solutions while simultaneously providing practical results at each step in the process.

In addition, he is an active member of several professional associations and has served in a variety of community development and corporate oversight positions. John holds Masters degrees from Harvard and Brandeis University, and has received a variety of Excellence Awards for his service in corporate, public nd non-profit institutions.

CCL Research White Papers & Reports:

• Leadership Strategies for Culture Change: Developing Change Leadership as an Organizational Core Capability
• Interdependent Leadership in Organizations: Evidence from Six Case Studies

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