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Consulting Services
Solutions for Work Teams, Individuals & Communities
- Lead Change
- Improve Service
- Make Decisions
- Vision the Future
- Plan for Results
- Solve Problems
- Measure/Evaluate Success
- Balance Life and Work
- Engage Diversity
The Vallarta Institute associates Recreate more of what works best for individuals, work teams and
communities. Associates work on-site, over the phone and/or at the inspirational Vallarta Institute Retreat Center
in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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Organizational Effectiveness
Vallarta Institute Associates quickly assess an organization’s core needs and develop a clear plan to arrive at desired
outcomes. Client needs are matched with Associate expertise to insure the client ends up with the desired outcome
and a stronger internal capacity to face similar needs in the future. Examples of organizational effectiveness
consulting interventions include:
- Strategic Planning
- Organizational Assessment
- Decision Making and Problem Solving
- Community and Government Relations
- Greater Employee and/or Union Engagement
- Quality and Operations Improvement
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Facilitation
Vallarta Institute Associates facilitate results-oriented meetings, retreats for corporate and non-profit leaders and
international activist coalitions. Our seasoned facilitators can cut time and cost for groups who have communication
issues or simply want to achieve a specific outcome by a certain deadline. Vallarta Institute Associates bring
exceptional skills in:
- Group Dynamics
- Decision Making
- Interpersonal Communication
- Planning
- Conflict Resolution
- Appreciative Inquiry
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Training
Organizations are becoming flatter, faster, and more complex. Continuing education and learning have become
essential strategic requirements in both businesses and non-profits. Vallarta Institute Associates deliver and/or design
custom trainings. Our training is always customized to the client’s business and management needs, to deliver the
ROI they want. We conduct the training at the client’s workplace, at the Vallarta Institute Retreat Center, or at a
place of the client’s choice. Our associates specialize in topics that include:
- Team Decision Making
- Interest-Based Problem Solving (vs. Positional Problem Solving)
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Enneagram Personality Types
- Myers Briggs (MBTI)
- Leadership
- Diversity and Cross-Cultural Sensitivity
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Retreats
Getting away from the daily routine helps people recharge and recreate more of what works best. Vallarta Institute
Associates design facilitated and/or self-directed retreats for a variety of groups:
- Work Teams
- International Project Teams
- Networks of Community Leaders
- Professional Groups
- Women’s or Men’s Groups
- Couples Groups
The Vallarta Institute Retreat Center in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico is known as a center of creativity and recreation. The
facility is ideal for small groups. It includes meeting rooms for up to 20 people, home cooked meal service, seven
master bedrooms with king size beds, private baths and scenic balconies. Larger groups can expand into nearby hotels
and guesthouses.
The Vallarta Institute CONSULTING SERVICES
Jeff Jackson MBA directs Consulting Services of The Vallarta Institute. He brings to our team of consultants over 20
years of experience as a senior manager for large and small organizations. Most recently Jeff was Director of
Consulting Services for The Permanente Medical Group in Northern California and prior to that he spent 7 years as
Director of Finance/Operations for Kaiser Permanente and the AFL-CIO's National Labor-Management Partnership.
Jeff's background includes operations leadership and/or consulting for David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Kaiser
Permanente, Daughters of Charity National Health System, Organization Development Network, Project Open Hand,
Bay Area Health Ministries, Rotacare Free Clinics, University of Guanajuato, Christopher Reynolds Foundation, Pan
American Development Foundation, Maryknoll, and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.
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