 Who is Lynne Brown?
Here is my
story.
My teachers
As
part of my career path, I had the opportunity to become a member of a high
performing leadership team for a "pilot" division of a Fortune 100 Company. We
built a highly innovative team-based manufacturing facility, resulting in
benchmarking requests by many Fortune 100 companies and training houses.
We built our business from the "ground up". Not only did we build the
manufacturing plant to support our goals, we also designed and implemented a
culture that would support a high performing team environment.
Concurrently, I was attending Pepperdine's M.S. in Organization
Development Degree Program. Therefore, everything that I was learning at
Pepperdine I was able to apply in our company's "learning lab" environment.
Our success
We were quite
successful in our endeavors. One of our engineers analyzed our success as a
topic for her Master's Thesis and compared our productivity with the
manufacturing plant that previously built our product. She measured a 50%
increase in productivity over an 18-month period of time in comparison to the
original manufacturing plant. Our processes were eventually tried in other
parts of the organization and resulted in similar successes.
What
I learned
One message that rang loud and clear for me is that it
was vitally important for "every voice to be heard." By doing so, we created
commitment and a common vision among our 200 employees and streamlined work
processes to meet our rigorous goals.
I feel employees can "breathe
easier" if they get their voice heard in the work place -- people own what they
help to create! Once I had this
experience, I had to share it
I created my consulting business,
Lynne Brown and Associates, LLC, in 1996. My products evolved as a result of
the research, design, and implementation of systems that worked for us. The
mission for my business is that every voice is heard.
I help leaders hear their own
voice and discover their own authenticity; this helps them create a culture of
trust and collaboration. My education
and experience
I have an M.S. in Organization Development from
Pepperdine University, Malibu, California and a B.A. Degree in English from
Arizona State University.
For over twenty years, I was a human resources
and organization development leader with domestic and international experience
in both the commercial and government sectors.
Why clients hire me rather than another organization
development consultant
I have been where most of my clients have
been. I have held leadership roles in the manufacturing environment, both
commercial and government, and the financial services arena. I have experienced
their frustrations (why won't my people do what they are supposed to do?),
their fears (how do I hold them accountable and still keep their trust?), and
their successes (we met our goals and built our team!).
I have had the
opportunity to add value to all types of organizations (for profit, non-profit
and public institutions) in all parts of the world -- the United States, the
Middle East, and South America. I work with all levels within the organization:
from those who do the day to day work to those who lead the
organization.
This is how my clients experience
me
I am informal. I am authentic with my clients in order to
model the behavior I coach them about. I make the implicit explicit. People
tell me I am an excellent communicator, direct and clear and honest, while
still maintaining their dignity. I have a sense of humor and never take myself
too seriously. I do take my clients seriously. I use a lot of
theoretical models based on sound business research and translate these into
practical processes for leaders to build a collaborative culture. I answer my
clients' questions with questions because I believe my clients have the answers
-- I am just a guide to help them discover who they are as
leaders.
Would you like to talk to me about how we
might work together? Contact me to discuss
how I can add value to your business!
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