ChangeAgent Adds ``Shaping The Future'' Coauthor Bill Belgard As Vice Chairman; Belgard Will Help Dallas-Based ChangeAgent Expand and Shape Client Organizations.DALLAS -- ChangeAgent, a consulting services firm focused on strategic alignment, announced today the appointment of Bill Belgard as vice chairman. Belgard is author of the business best-seller Shaping The Future; A Dynamic Process for Creating and Achieving Your Company's Strategic Vision and executive director of The American Center The American Center is a high-rise tower in Southfield, Michigan. It was built in 1975 and stands at 26 floors, with one basement floor, for a total of 27. The building's main use is that of a typical office tower. It also includes a parking garage and retail spaces. for Strategic Transformation. "Bill Belgard has helped many diverse firms change the future of their organizations, including Boeing, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Shell Canada Shell Canada Limited (TSX: SHC) is one of Canada's largest integrated oil companies. Exploration and production of oil, natural gas and sulphur is a major part of its business, as well as the marketing of gasoline and related products through the company's approximately 1,800 , Quaker Oats and many others," said ChangeAgent President Scott Bennett. "Prior to joining our firm, he was founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of The Belgard Group, a company specializing in organization transformation and leadership development." ChangeAgent helps companies increase customer satisfaction and improve financial performance. The company's client strategy focuses on helping challenged businesses organize to deliver a quality customer experience. Belgard's appointment as vice chairman follows the company's September announcement that Dr. David Spong, two-time Baldrige Award winner who recently retired after a 40-year career with Boeing as president of Aerospace Support, had joined the firm as vice chairman. According to Bennett, "Belgard will expand ChangeAgent's consulting services and programs for organizations needing to improve the quality, speed, morale, flexibility and responsiveness in the work environment. He will also help the firm develop training materials, implementation tools, assessments, simulations, backgrounders and exercises that support transformation issues." Belgard's other professional commitments include directing "Transforming the Extended Enterprise," an advanced practicum practicum (prak´tik  m),n See internship. and fellows program at the Center for Telecommunications Management, Marshall School of Business The Marshall School of Business (also known as USC Marshall School of Business) is the business school at the University of Southern California. It is the largest of USC's 17 professional schools. The current Dean is James G. Ellis. at the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . In addition to "Shaping the Future" (AMACOM AMACOM American Management Association 2004), which addresses innovative ideas about how managers and leaders at all levels of an organization can share their future, Belgard is coauthor of Corporate Transformations; Revitalizing Organizations for a Competitive World (Josey Bass), and the best-selling Tips for Teams (McGraw Hill). About ChangeAgent Founded in 2000 and based in Dallas, ChangeAgent is a consulting services firm focused on strategic alignment. We help companies increase customer satisfaction and improve financial performance. We do this through out Customer Value Management methodology, which assures that a company is organized to deliver a quality customer experience by prioritizing customer values and aligning them with organizational methods and success. The company is located at 4242 Renaissance Tower, 1201 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75270-2011. The Web site address is www.changeagent.com, or call 214-965-8310. |
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