Pieter Kark, MD
Mountain View, California
Tel: 650.380.9717 E-mail: pieterk@post.harvard.edu
CONSULTING FOR ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT and EXECUTIVE COACHING
SUMMARY
Consultant and coach who finds consensus under conflicts to create aligned, high-performance teams; and who coaches key people to polish interpersonal skills so they can inspire others to succeed. Sees underlying nature of problems, creates constructive suggestions, and motivates alignment and success. Enabled improved state law by resolving conflict, trained 1500 professionals to train their colleagues in compassionate end-of-life care; authored 89 medical and ethical communications by coaching individuals and teams. Reputation for inspiring people of many backgrounds, cultures, and positions to tackle thorny problems and turn them around quickly and ably.
CORE COMPETENCIES
· Organizational development
· Communication in teams
· Conflict resolution
· Reconciling cultural diversity
· Executive coaching
· Tools of consciousness
· Facilitating seminars and workshops
· Editing, writing, speaking
CERTIFICATION
Certified, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Trainer of Trainers (Facilitator), Education for Physicians (Professionals) in End-of-life Care
Licensed Avatar® Master
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant practice in neurology, medicine, end-of-life care, and research and teaching: Boston, Bethesda, Los Angeles, Shreveport, Syracuse, more than 15 years
Associate Professor of Neurology at UCLA and LSU; Founding Chief of Neurology Service, of Hospital Based Home Care Outpatient Program, and of Geriatric Outpatient Program, at VAMC Shreveport; Lecturer in Medical Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Owner of Neurological Consultations
· Enabled modern State law for the terminally ill by discerning consensus underlying divisive conflict on Bioethics Committee of the Medical Society of the State of New York to create compromise that permitted a unanimous opinion of the Committee for the Legislature and Governor’s office.
· Saved 4-fold ROI annually for medical center by reducing patient re-admission rates on neurology service from 20 per month to almost none, by organizing and directing multi-disciplinary team using modern treatments.
· Authored 89 original medical/scientific communications on genetic and toxic diseases, and on medical ethics; improved quality of practice and patient advocacy by forming >30 aligned teams of physicians, guest scientists; medical, graduate, and college students; and physician extenders: teams doing clinical, educational, and research activities; and especially coaching teams and members to work effectively and humanely.
· Ensured >150 terminal patients got quality of life and treatment they preferred by resolving conflicts with families and healthcare staff over dogma, uncertainty and guilt and by coaching the participants.
· Produced modern, scientifically-based, humane, driving regulations about health in NY State by discerning consensus underlying conflicts on the DMV Medical Advisory Board and coaching Board members.
· Coached and tutored 50 medical students in groups of 10, monthly for 2 years for each group, on improving inter-personal relations and in writing and discussing divisive political and ethical topics compassionately and with respect for opposite opinions, in Medicine and Society programs.
· Inspired effectiveness and quality in more than 20 teams of physicians treating acute illnesses of artists to enable them to perform; and to teach performers to continue their profession by avoiding and reducing stresses that lead to disabling problems.
· Produced first book on pathophysiology and treatment of Inherited Ataxias by organizing International Symposium, raising funds, ensuring all aspects of Symposium ran smoothly, and coaching authors to write clearly and concisely.
and AMA/RWJohnson Foundation/Northwestern University Program in Education for Physicians (Professionals) in End-of-life Care: New York, California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Mexico Trainer of Trainers (Facilitator) (1999-2006)
· Trained 1500 physicians, nurses, social workers, administrators, chaplains and other healthcare workers in effective, compassionate ways to care for dying people so as to maximize quality of remaining life, and themselves to train their own colleagues; by aligning and inspiring 20 faculties from 5 states to facilitate EPEC Program.
· Added to success of 12 NY Programs by writing and facilitating modules on Cultural and Spiritual Diversity and on Stress Reduction for the Practitioner.
Life Loan Foundation, Palo Alto, CA Medical Director 2005-2008
· Created non-profit to loan funds to dying people to improve their quality of life by inspiring team, resolving conflicts, and writing much of business plan. (Market collapse of 2008 blocked further efforts).
Star’s Edge International, Orlando FL and SF Bay Area, CA Licensed Avatar® Master 2005-2011
· Learned and used skills and tools to help others with self-discovery, self-empowerment and enlightenment, and learned to, and forged, aligned and effective teams.
· Guided several hundred people to learn skills and tools to succeed enjoyably in aspects of life which they had not found enjoyable or successful, by guiding (coaching) and working as a member of and aligning numerous groups and teams.
Enterprise Resiliency Group (ERG), Silicon Valley Senior Partner 2009-2011
· Created ERG by bringing 12 experts into cohesive emergency and disaster planning team, and finding non-profit beta-test site;
· Wrote 32-page report of prioritized suggestions to non-profit, by leading core team and 6 others through successful test in minimal time and resolving conflicts among the team so report was unanimous.
· Made the non-profit resilient – able to withstand a broad range of potential emergencies and disasters -- by guiding management and staff to implement our recommendations.
VOLUNTEER WORK IN SILICON VALLEY
Abilities United, Palo Alto, CA Board of Directors 2008-2011
· Assured agency flourished despite loss of 20% of State funding by inspiring and coaching departmental managers of silos to align, to explore viewpoints and methods outside their comfort zone, and to collaborate on social enterprises;
· Resolved 28 health and safety issues for disabled clients by investigating nature and degree of problems, clarifying priorities, and working with Board and departmental managers to create effective solutions.
· Developing living All-Hazards Disaster Plan by inspiring, coaching, and coordinating work of a team representing all silos.
American Red Cross – Silicon Valley Chapter, Santa Clara County CA 2007-2011
Coordinator for Mentoring, DAT Captain, Sheltering Supervisor and Instructor; Health and Safety Instructor.
· Engaged 10-15% more volunteers for new Chapter by organizing and leading a mentoring program: acclaimed by Executive Director and Board as major success for Chapter’s first year.
· Inspired key people to collaborate in new Chapter by resolving conflicts between people from two disparate, culturally-distinct, former chapters during merger.
· Led more than 15 focused teams to aid clients effectively and compassionately in local and national disasters, by coaching members of the team while in action.
Toastmasters District 4, SF Peninsula, CA Club President, Area Governor, Club Coach. 2005-2011
· Motivated a failing club at an IT firm to succeed by coaching and inspiring members to align purpose, mission, and activities.
· Coached and inspired officers and members of 5 individual clubs, 4 of them at IT firms, so as to lead the Area to be Distinguished.
· Used skills as a consultant for dysfunctional teams to coach a club, that had failed with an earlier coach, to achieve in five months the Select Distinguished status, the second highest club award.
ProMatch (Nova/Connect!/EDD), Sunnyvale, CA Facilitation Team; Co-Lead Problem-Solution-Results &Resumes Team; Author and Presenter, Workshops on “Breaking Free When You’re Really Stuck” 2010-2011
· Assured > 100 professionals had effective resumes by re-writing presentation and handouts for Targeting Your Resume Workshop to emphasize importance of T-charts and Result-Solution statements, and using latter to create exciting Summary statements.
· Ensured > 150 professionals created solid Problem-Solution-Result statements and effective resumes by facilitating workshops and coaching one-on-one.
· Trained >150 professionals to facilitate by co-facilitating Facilitation Skills Workshops.
· Trained >100 professionals in mental exercises to reduce stress quickly and effectively.
EDUCATION
· MD cum laude in general studies, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
· BA with Second-Class Honours and MA, Oxford University, Oxford (Medicine and Animal Physiology, largely neurophysiology and biochemistry).
· Multiple courses from American Red Cross.
· Trained to train other trainers (facilitation method), EPEC Program
· Selected to co-facilitate with National Training Team of EPEC Program.
· Facilitation Skills Workshop (ProMatch, Nova/Connect) then Facilitator/Co-Facilitator for 5 Facilitation workshops and multiple PSRR workshops
· Multiple courses in management at VAMC, Shreveport
· Courses in tools of consciousness that improve interactions, reduce stress, support creativity in others, align teams, and inspire groups and individuals to improve, Star’s Edge International, Altamonte, FL
Establishing aligned teams; coaching, mentoring, teaching and tutoring basic science, laboratory research (biochemical, genetic, toxicologic, pharmacological, monoclonal antibodies), basic clinical matters, specialized clinical matters, patient care, medical research and medical ethics for many years at several medical schools. Facilitating open, clear, honest communications to improve end-of-life care for more than 10 years in 20 EPEC programs.
