Organizational Concepts
Managers Must Lead
We know from years of experience and the social science literature that successful managers, among their many skills, possess the following qualities:
• Excellent at communicating with individuals at all levels of the organization and the external environment;
• Responsive to the needs of senior executives of those at other organizational levels;
• Upfront about what they can contribute to any task or work product;
• Able to produce their own quality work and to facilitate excellent work from others.
What We Do
-Improve your ability to make strategic decisions.
-Build your capacity to effectively assign work.
-Strengthen your ability to manage multiyear projects.
-Show you effective ways to manage the expectations of others
-Expose the barriers that derive from working in an organization.
We are coaches, master-trainers, researchers, consensus planners, and technical-assistance providers. We have expert knowledge of approaches to management and organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
We use collaborative and multidisciplinary techniques to plan, implement, and coach new and seasoned managers.
Our Values
Our values derive from years of working with managers like you. We focus on work that is meaningful and compelling to managers and reflects your needs in the context of new and existing realities.
We assist managers in making better sense of their work now, rather than something to understand in the distant future. We energize managers to act efficiently and effectively – and have a positive effect on their mindset and commitment to fulfill organizational goals. Accordingly, you will find us to be:
-Confidential
-Accurate
-Timely
-Respectful
Our History
Founded in 1995, Organizational Concepts is a private, Culver City-based independent consulting group that provides professional support to managers in their decision-making; in their effort to assess the impact of public policy, and their effort to mobilize resources and design programs that make communities better places for families to live, work, and thrive.
The group is both collaborative and interdisciplinary, with years of documented success coaching, training, and advancing the needs of managers in foundations, nonprofit organizations, government, and business. Organizational Concepts is lead by Dr. Melvin L. Musick in partnership with two highly respected and accomplished principal consultants: Ms. Sally Lew and Ms. LaNiece Jones. Sally Lew is President at Eastwind Consulting, LLC; and LaNiece Jones is Managing Principal at LA Jones and Associates.