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About Us

Don L. Morgan, Ph.D.

Don L. Morgan, Ph.D. is a business consultant and executive coach. He taught in the Graduate College of Penn State University, and is Professor (retired), Clarion University. His doctoral thesis involved a study of employee attitudes relative to innovation and change. His experience includes administrative positions at Amana and Iowa City school districts, and Clarion University. His post-doctoral work includes:

• Leader Effectiveness Training (LET) Facilitator—personally certified by Thomas Gordon.
• ISC Assessment Consultant—trained and personally certified by John Geier
  
• Executive Coach—trained and personally certified by George Anderson
  
• Positivity Coach—trained and certified by the Positivity Institute

He is a twenty-eight year member of the National Society for the Study of Education. Factors that contributed to the development of LBO are stated below.

After retirement from the university, I was contacted by former students to provide consulting and executive coaching. The following needs became increasingly apparent:

• Professionals promoted into management positions where effectiveness of others became the significant criteria for success.
• Applicable research and organizational theory summarized for busy executives.
  
• Merger of the most promising management and motivational techniques into a synergistic system.
• “How to” handbooks for a turnkey program, so that the net cost of installing an advanced people management system is within the means of small businesses and struggling non-profits.

I was challenged by my three daughters—an executive coach, a graduate student in organizational development, and an agency manager. While describing my variation of Drucker’s Management by Objectives (MBO) to the recently promoted agency director, she said, “Write it up!” I did.

The first version of Leadership by Objectives contributed to an overwhelmingly successful transformation of a large social services agency. This success provided motivation and feedback for revising LBO. After an extensive review of the literature on employee motivation and organizational effectiveness, I revised and added to the original material. I was able to incorporate concepts from Jim Collins (Good to Great), Wagner & Harter (12-The Elements of Great Managing), Buckingham (First Break All the Rules), Welch (Winning), John Geier (DISC Profiles), and many others.

Patricia K. Morgan, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist

Patricia has two college degrees in business and psychology, two Master’s degrees in education and psychology, and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Her dissertation explored the lived experiences of seven young women who had undergone mastectomies.

Dr. Pat’s experience includes:

Union President (AFCSME)
Public Speaker
College Instructor
Organizational Effectiveness Consultant

• DISC Profile assessment and interpretation
  
• Teacher Effectiveness Training
  
• Adventures in Attitudes
  
• Performax
  
• Continuous Quality Improvement

Certified Positivity Coach
Certified Executive Coach
Certified Anger Management Facilitator
Lead therapist for a family-based mental health program

Patricia encouraged the development of Leadership by Objectives and contributed considerably by editing and proofreading the printed material. She has natural talents for executive coaching (phone or on-site) and for facilitating meetings.

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