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.