Partners
Authenticity Consulting LLC, www.authenticityconsulting.com
Authenticity Consulting, LLC, cofounded in 1998 by Carter and Teri McNamara, provides customized peer coaching group programs and consulting services for a wide variety of applications around the world, including for professional and organizational development, facilitator training, coaching, problem solving, team building and support.
Center for Emerging Leadership (CEL), www.womensleadershipcommunity.org
CEL is a nonprofit, educational organization providing programs, publications and learning communities. Their women’s leadership community is a self-governing learning community for women in leadership seeking more authenticity and greater influence in their lives and work. Ginny Belden-Charles, Marcia Hyatt and Debbie Ackley co- founded CEL in 1998.
Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA), www.mntop.us
ICA is a nonprofit organization whose primary objective is to promote positive change in communities, organizations, and individual lives around the world. Ginny Belden-Charles began her affiliation with ICA in 1991, and is a mentor trainer for the ICA "Technology of Participation" methods.
Marcia Hyatt LLC, www.marciahyatt.com
Marcia is a leadership and life coaching around questions of voice and vocation. Through coaching, retreats, leadership development and presentations she works with individuals and groups to explore what it takes to bring out the best of ourselves. Marcia and Ginny were cofounders and partners in Waterline Consulting from 1991 to 2009.
Meadowlark Institute, www.meadowlarkinstitute.org
The Meadowlark Institute, co-founded by Jerry Nagel, is a resource and incubator for developing collective capacity for social, relational and organizational change. In addition to co-hosting civic dialogues, Meadowlark provides follow-up services to help communities or organizations develop a vision for their future, begin a strategic planning process, focus creative thinking on a specific issue, build community, identify core values and community ideals, and develop strategies for action.
SMark, Inc., www.michelesimonconsulting.com
Michele Simon of SMark Inc provides consulting, coaching and facilitation in strategic planning, team building, and leadership development. Michele has an MBA from the University of Minnesota, received an ASTD Professional Excellence Award for Organizational Impact, and serves as executive director for the Center for Emerging Leadership and its Women's Leadership Community.
Waterline, www.waterlineconsulting.com
The Waterline Method deepens individual and peer coaching practices to develop the ability to learn and change by exploring "below the waterline" of an issue, shifting mindsets and uncovering new possibilities. Waterline was developed by Marcia Hyatt and Ginny Belden-Charles in their work in Waterline Consulting.
Clients
For Profit
- 3M
- AERA Energy
- American Express
- Benfield Group
- Best Buy
- Bayer
- Cargill
- Carlson Companies
- Cox Communications
- Delta Dental
- Donaldson Corp.
- General Mills
- GMAC
- JLBuchanan, Inc.
- JL Pope Inc.
- Land O’ Lakes
- Levi Strauss Canada
- MedImmune
- Medtronic
- Microsoft
- MTS Systems Corporation
- MusicMatters
- Partners ObGyn Clinic
- RSM McGladry
- Sappi Fine Paper Co.
- Target Corporation
- Travelers
Non-Profit
- Archdiocese of Minneapolis & St Paul
- Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs & the Battered Women’s Justice Program
- Greater Minnesota Housing Fund
- Growth and Justice
- Hope for Adoption
- Lutheran Brotherhood
- Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid
- Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women
- Minnesota Women's Press
- Phillips Foundation
- Sexual Violence Center
- St. Mary of the Lake
- St. Paul YWCA
Government/Community
- City of Brooklyn Center
- City of Brooklyn Park
- City of Minneapolis
- Little Earth
- Minneapolis Park Board
- Minnesota Department of Health
- Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Minnesota House of Representatives
- Ramsey County Active Living
- Ramsey Teen Coalition
Education
- City of Lakes Waldorf School
- Education Minnesota
- Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs
- Immaculate Heart of Mary School
- Integrative Training & Consulting ltd., Singapore
- Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MNSCU)
- St. Paul Public Schools
- Talmud Torah
- University of Minnesota
