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  Bill Bryan is Vice President of Leadership and Organization Development for CSSR, and in charge of internal operations, to include staff professional development. Bill provides districts and schools with technical assistance to enhance system and leadership capacity in the implementation of Breaking Ranks II and Breaking Ranks in the Middle strategies. He is an expert in change leadership and provides schools with the skills required to implement major change initiatives, e.g., advisories, smaller learning communities, student led conferences, etc. Bill has 30 years experience in applied competency and talent research that has led to individual, team, and organization development coaching practices and programs designed to improve performance in a variety of settings. He is also responsible for providing districts and schools with strategic planning services.

After graduating from Dartmouth College, Bill entered the Army, where he held several command positions and achieved the rank of Captain. Following his Army service, Bill obtained a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from George Washington University. He then held a variety of positions including college teaching and private clinical practice focusing on children, adolescents, and families. Based on his clinical and academic experience, he was hired to create and direct the student counseling services at Bryant University. His interest in communication skills training and work with businesses led to a position as project director with McBer and Company (now a part of the Hay Group), a Boston consulting firm specializing in applied motivation and competency research.

In 1983, Bill founded Bryan Associates, Inc. (BAI), and ran this very successful management consulting firm until he entered the education arena, i.e., CSSR, early in 2006. BAI provided organization, management, and executive development services to a wide variety of companies in the private, non-profit, and government sectors. Two of his specialty areas were performance assessment and professional development. A sample of clients served includes Anheuser-Busch, AT&T, Entergy Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Major League Baseball, Mobil, the New York Stock Exchange, Southwestern Bell, the YMCA, and the U.S. Navy.

Bill is a highly skilled professional consultant/coach and executive with demonstrated expertise in the following areas:

  • Leadership capacity development - change and distributed leadership
  • Manager and leader coaching and professional development
  • Infrastructure capacity development
  • Implementation of major organization initiatives
  • Creation of high-performing organizations (HPOs)
  • Design and development of organizational strategies, processes, and structure
  • Alignment of operational and human resource capabilities with organizational objectives
  • Development and implementation of performance standards at all levels
  • Performance assessment for individuals, teams, and organizations
  • Competency and talent assessment, research and application for human resource systems, e.g., performance appraisal, training, professional development, succession planning, and the creation of staffing plans
  • Competency-based curriculum design, development, and delivery
  • Team building and meeting facilitation  
  • Facilitator/trainer training
  • Stakeholder needs and satisfaction research
  • Project Management
  • Entrepreneurship

Bill is an experienced speaker at both the local and national level. He is a member of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, the National Association of Secondary Principals, and the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence. He served for a number of years as a member of the advisory board of the Executive MBA Program at the University of Rhode Island. His involvement in academia includes teaching psychology courses at Providence College; organizational behavior, human resources, and labor relations courses in the URI MBA, Labor Studies, and Executive MBA Programs; and a professional development course in the American University/NTL Master’s Degree program in Human Resource Development. Bill has written many white papers and articles and professional development programs. He is currently a lead author for the upcoming Breaking Ranks II and Breaking Ranks in the Middle Implementation Guide.

 

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