Michael Seto
Michael Seto is an organizational effectiveness consultant focused on maximizing the performance of individuals and teams through organizational design, work process optimization, and employee engagement.
Michael holds a master’s degree in industrial-organizational psychology from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from U.C. Berkeley. Prior to Worklab, Michael served as a Marine Corps infantry officer, held various roles over a decade with Morgan Stanley, and chaired a non-profit board. He also donates pro-bono consulting services to non-profits dedicated to hunger and poverty alleviation. Through these roles, he honed his skills in business development, change management, training and development, people analytics, and business and strategic planning.
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.
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.
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.