James Krantz, Ph.D. is a leading voice in the areas of organizational change, leadership, and the design of work for high performance.

Prior to founding WorkLab (formerly Nautilus Consulting Group), Jim worked as a consultant with the Wharton School’s Center for Applied Research and the Tavistock Institute in London. He has held faculty appointments at Wharton and Yale, and has taught in numerous other settings including INSEAD, McKinsey’s Center Asian Leadership, and Columbia University. In addition, he served as Assistant Director of Wharton’s Leadership Program.

Jim’s collaborative model of consultation recognizes that the unique characteristics of each organization must be understood in order to arrive at individually tailored, workable solutions. He helps clients address the need for significant change by emphasizing the importance of careful analysis to avoid  prematurely jumping from “symptom” to “solution/technique” without understanding the critical underlying systemic factors. He also works extensively with leaders and teams, helping them face difficult issues and improve decision-making.

Jim has helped a broad range of clients by simultaneously focusing on systems analysis and the psychodynamics of organizations. Among the central principles that inform his systems psychodynamic practice are: 1. organizations are shaped jointly by social and technical forces; 2. they exist in increasingly dynamic and unstable environments; 3. clarity of objectives and tasks provide an essential basis for high performance; and 4. adapting to emerging conditions requires people in organizations to learn from experience.

Jim has published widely on organizational performance, the impact of emerging social trends on the challenges of management, and issues of leadership in contemporary organizations. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Organisational and Social Dynamics, and Socio-Analysis. He is a past president of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations and Fellow of the A.K. Rice Institute. Jim holds a B.A. in Economics and Philosophy from Wesleyan University, and received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Systems Sciences from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Leadership coach and advisor Dannielle Kennedy, Ph.D., is passionate about getting her clients the information and support they need to deepen awareness, drive success, and develop and inspire their teams.

Drawing on her background in psychology and group dynamics Dannie helps executives to understand and leverage their talents, identify and address limitations, personal and organizational, and to read and influence organizational forces that shape outcomes. Through an holistic, systems-oriented approach that often uses verbatim 360° feedback, she asks clients to locate themselves, their roles, and their goals in the surrounding mix of values, work processes, and competing agendas. Her method enables leaders and teams to surface hidden obstacles and develop personal and organizational strategies that create forward motion and growth.

Dannie is a former president of the Board of Directors of the Boston Center of the A.K. Rice Institute and has directed conferences on authority and leadership in the Tavistock tradition. She is on the faculty of the Executive Coaching Program at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology and has served on the Case Series Editorial Board of the Family Firm Institute. As an adjunct faculty member at Simmons College and guest lecturer at Harvard University and Smith College, she has taught courses on leadership, executive coaching, organizational theory and consultation, post-merger integration, applied research methods, and group dynamics. Prior to joining WorkLab (formerly Nautilus Consulting Group), Dannie worked as a senior consultant at KRW International, an executive development boutique.

Dannie holds a Ph.D. from Simmons College and is a graduate of the Advanced Studies in Organizational Development Program at the Boston Institute of Psychotherapy. Her clients include Fortune 500 corporations and institutions in electronic information, financial services, advertising, publishing, testing and assessment services, human resources and university administration.

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Allison Dunn is an organizational consultant who specializes in coaching individuals, helping them to clarify their goals and achieve their strategic objectives.

She also works with teams, facilitating the improvement of their capabilities in both the task and interpersonal realms, and with organizations, enabling them to become more effective and efficient by overcoming the technical and organizational barriers to change. Before becoming a consultant, Allison spent seven years in the financial services industry, working in brokerage, credit services, and online banking, focusing on marketing, analysis, and operations management.

Allison holds a Masters in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from New York University where she was a Masters Scholar. She is on the board of the Organization Development Network of Greater New York and is a member of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

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Laurence Gould, Ph.D., works as a psychoanalyst and organizational consultant.

He is a former Director and Professor of Psychology, the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at the City University of New York; Founding Co-Director, The Program in Organizational Development and Consultation at the University of Tel Aviv; Society Member and Director, The Socio-Analytic Training Program, Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR); a Member of The Israel Association for the Study of Group and Organizational Processes (OFEK); and, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Social Analysis (AISA). He was also founding Co-Editor of the Journal of Organizational and Social Analysis, and is a founding member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations.

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Errica Moustaki is a UK and international Leadership Development Consultant and Executive Business Coach.

Errica has extensive experience as a consultants’ trainer and coaching supervisor.  She has over 20 year’s experience in this field which is underpinned by substantial academic and professional qualifications spanning in–depth psychology and psychotherapy through to organizational consulting and leadership coaching.

She assists her clients to align corporate and personal business aspirations, and realize their unique potential, by facilitating a better understanding of the sources and contexts of what may prevent them applying their strengths and talents effectively.

She coaches senior executives and board members on a broad spectrum of areas including: career transition and leadership development; role consultation; team building; managing organizational change; work relationships; and handling difficult employees.

She works with multinational organizations both in the UK and at their other offices in different parts of Europe and both sides of the Atlantic. Her clients include Accountancy Firms in the big four league, Law firms, Financial Services, Insurance, Hotels industry.

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Nancy Penner, M.S., specializes in helping organizations and teams implement change within the context of complex and unstable environments, short and long term business goals, and the culture and capability of the organization.

She excels at helping clients distinguish systemic patterns and interrelationships in complex and often confusing situations and at using this learning to facilitate the design and implementation of practical solutions.  Nancy applies this same strength to her coaching work, helping leaders make sense of the complex organizational and individual issues that are impacting their performance, and then using this clarity to chart a pragmatic course of action.

Nancy has applied her organization analysis, work design, change facilitation and financial management skills in a broad spectrum of business contexts including strategy implementation, organizational restructuring, work process change, technology implementation and new business development.  She has also worked across sectors and in a wide range of industries including financial services, oil and gas, real estate, professional services, consumer products and education.

Nancy brings 15 years of global client service experience with KPMG to her consulting practice.  During that time she was one of the senior leadership team responsible for the development of KPMG Russia’s newly formed St. Petersburg office.  She holds a M.S. in Organization Development from American University and a Certificate in Organizational Consultation and Executive Coaching from the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.  Her accountancy, audit, and financial management skills stem from her training as a Canadian Chartered Accountant.  She is regular guest faculty in the Columbia Business School MBA program. 

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Peter Szabo’s work centers on the interplay between organizational aspiration and action.

For two decades, Peter has counseled CEOs and senior managers of corporations, private foundations, nonprofit organizations, and public agencies.  Through an approach that involves a unique blend of intensive partnership, rigorous critical thinking, and sensitivity to organizational dynamics, Peter helps clients translate their mission and goals into successful actions.  Often working at moments of organizational transition or crisis, he works with clients to understand context, craft effective strategies, plan and implement new initiatives, assess performance, and manage change. 

Serving as Deputy Commissioner of a large public agency and helping design and launch a number of social ventures has given Peter the benefit of management experience to inform his consulting practice.  While his advisory work has encompassed a range of settings, he maintains ongoing relationships in philanthropy and the environment.

Representative of his consulting work, Peter has helped structure and facilitate a board-level strategic planning process at a leading psychiatric hospital, and advised the new CEO and senior management of a global environmental organization on the development of a strategy and ten-year goal.  He has analyzed the competitive environment for a large social service agency, and assessed opportunities in ecosystem services investment and adaptation to climate change for social investors and foundations.  His consulting background also includes experience formulating manufacturing strategy and guiding cost reduction efforts for consumer products companies.

Peter received a Masters in Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management and an M.A. in International Affairs from Yale University.  He holds a B.A. in History and Political Science from the University of Rochester.  Peter is a member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations and a part-time lecturer at The Milano School for Management and Urban Policy at The New School. 

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