Pieter Kark
Mountain View, California
Tel: 650.380.9717 E-mail: pieterk@post.harvard.edu
CONSULTING FOR ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATION and EXECUTIVE COACHING
SUMMARY
Consultant and coach who resolves difficulties including conflicts and team’s dysfunctions, who mentors teams to communicate well, and who coaches key people to improve interpersonal skills. Determines underlying nature of problems, creates constructive suggestions, and motivates alignment and success; seasoned writer and editor. Enabled improved state law by resolving conflict, trained 1500 professionals to communicate persuasively; authored 89 original communications by coaching individuals and teams, increased volunteer engagement 10-15% by creating mentoring program. Reputation for inspiring people of many backgrounds, cultures, and levels within organizations to tackle thorny problems and turn them around quickly and effectively.
CORE COMPETENCIES
· Organizational development
· Communication in teams
· Conflict resolution
· Executive coaching
· tools of consciousness
· Editing, writing, speaking
CERTIFICATION
Certified, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant practice in neurology, medicine, end-of-life care, and research and teaching: Boston, Bethesda, Los Angeles, Shreveport, Syracuse, San Francisco Peninsula more than 15 years
Associate Professor of Neurology at UCLA and LSU; Founding Chief of Neurology Service at VAMC Shreveport, Lecturer in Medical Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Owner of Neurological Consultations.
· Enabled modern State laws for the terminally ill by resolving divisive conflicts on Bioethics Committee of the Medical Society of the State of New York to create compromises that permitted me to present a unanimous opinion of the Committee to the Legislature and Governor’s office.
· Saved several $100K 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, improved quality of practice and patient advocacy by forming over 30 aligned teams of college, graduate and medical students; physician extenders, guest scientists, and physicians: teams doing clinical, educational, and research activities; and especially coaching them to work effectively and speak and write clearly.
· Ensured more than 150 terminal patients got the quality of life and treatment they preferred by resolving conflicts with families and healthcare staff over dogma, uncertainty and guilt; and by writing clear reports and recommendations.
· Produced scientifically-based, humane, modern driving regulations about health in NY State by resolving conflicts on the DMV Medical Advisory Board so that I could prepare unanimous, timely, written reports.
· Inspired effectiveness and quality in more than 20 teams of physicians to treat acute illnesses of artists so they could perform; and to teach performers to continue their profession by avoiding and reducing stresses that lead to disabling problems.
Program in Education for Physicians in End-of-life Care Trainer of Trainers 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 life, and training their colleagues; by aligning and inspiring 20 faculties for EPEC Program.
· Added to success of 12 NY Programs by writing modules on Stress Reduction for the Practitioner and on Cultural and Spiritual Diversity.
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 inspired and leading 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 forge aligned and effective teams.
· Guided several hundred people to learn skills and tools to succeed happily in aspects of life where they had not succeeded and were unhappy, by 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 6 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 recommendations.
VOLUNTEER WORK IN SILICON VALLEY
Work with all volunteer groups has involved people in high tech from staff level to CEO and Board level.
Abilities United, Palo Alto, CA Board of Directors 2008-2011
· Assured agency would flourished despite loss of 20% of State funding by inspiring 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 managers to create effective solutions.
· Improving financial accountability and receipts by providing business expertise to each department, by convincing Board to hire a Volunteer Coordinator;
· Developing living All-Hazards Disaster Plan by inspiring, teaching, 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 Chapter by organizing and leading program of team of mentors: recognized by Executive Director and Board as major success for new Chapter’s first year.
· Inspired key people to collaborate in new Chapter by resolving conflicts between people from two disparate former chapters during merger.
· Led more than 15 focused teams to aid clients effectively and compassionately in local and national disasters.
Toastmasters District 4, SF Peninsula, CA Club President, Area Governor, Club Coach. 2005-2011
· Motivated failing club at IT firm to succeed by inspiring members to align purpose, mission, and activities.
· Inspired officers and members of 5 individual clubs, 4 of them at IT firms, so as to lead 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 PSRR Team 2010-2011
· Assured 25 professionals would have effective resumes by re-writing presentation and handouts for Targeting Your Resume workshop to emphasize importance of T-charts and R-S statements, and using latter to create exciting Summary statements.
· Trained 75 professionals to facilitate by co-facilitating Facilitation Workshops.
· Ensured more than 100 professionals created solid PSR statements and effective resumes by facilitating workshops and giving one-on-one assistance at drop-in sessions.
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).
· Multiple courses from American Red Cross.
· Courses in tools of consciousness that improve interactions, reduce stress, support creativity in others, and inspire groups to improve, Star’s Edge International, Altamonte, FL
Establishing aligned teams; coaching, mentoring and teaching basic science, laboratory research, basic clinical matters, specialized clinical materials, patient care, and medical research for more than 15 years at several medical schools. Mentoring open, clear, honest communications to improve end-of-life care for more than 10 years in 20 EPEC programs.
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