Our Gestalt Practice includes the following performance improvement solutions:
The International Gestalt Organization and Leadership Development (iGOLD) ProgramMA Rainey Associates is a global organization and leadership development consulting practice. For more than 25 years, we have helped executives and executive management teams of some of the world's most prestigious companies improve their outcomes and effectiveness through our wholistic approach to organization and leadership development.
We serve clients in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Their businesses span a variety of sectors: energy, retail, healthcare, government, education, banking and finance. A partial client list includes: Boehringer Ingelheim, Educational Testing Service, Office of the President of Champlain College, ONTOS Global, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ralph Lauren, Society of American Archivists, Yale New Haven Hospital System and YSA Developing Leadership.
Our founder, Dr. Mary Ann Rainey, is an organizational effectiveness consultant and executive coach based in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in the application of wholistic perspectives to improve individual, team, and organizational performance. Her work with leaders focuses on developing executive presence and increasing leadership effectiveness using her RSVP Fundamentals of Leadership Model.
Mary Ann has broad executive leadership experience as former Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness for Exelon Corporation and former Vice City Manager of the City of East Cleveland, Ohio. She is co-founder of GestaltOD Partners LLC and co-chairperson of the International Gestalt Organization and Leadership Development Program (iGOLD Program).
Currently serving as Adjunct Professor of Business Ethics and Responsible Leadership in the Executive MBA Program at Loyola University in Chicago, Mary Ann also teaches in certificate programs in change management and organization development in Oxford, England; Mumbai, India and Singapore. Other teaching experience includes management and doctoral programs at Case Western Reserve University and Benedictine University.
Mary Ann holds a Ph.D. in organizational behavior, a M.S. in counseling and human resources and a B.S. in business management. Her published works cover leadership, personal presence, and organizational change and resistance. Professional affiliations include Academy of Management Association, Organization Development Network (ODN), and NTL Institute of Applied Behavioral Science.
Many of her published works are available in our Resources Section. Feel free to download any that would be of value to your business, non-profit organization or consulting practice.
Mary Ann has conducted considerable research on organization effectiveness and development, resulting in a significant body of published work. We have compiled some of her most popular work in our Resource Center. You may download them here.
In addition, she has delivered numerous presentations to audiences around the world. We invite you to view several here.