Resources and Events

Speaking

Greg is committed to expanding the awareness of the power of values-based leadership and organizations and its ability to create alignment within organizations and drive performance which satisfies customers and clients.  To further this aim, he is interested in speaking to groups both small and large, from Rotary Clubs to professional conferences, and from executive units to teams of entrepreneurs.

Some suggested topics:

  • The Power of Values-Based Leadership
  • Driving organizational performance through Values-Based Leadership
  • Faith and Work in a secular marketplace
  • Ethics in a multi-generational, multi-cultural workforce
  • Setting the foundation for sustainable organizational change
  • Mastering the complexities of the now and future work environment

Professional Services

  • PROXUS – www.proxushr.com – Full-service Human Resource management and outsourcing firm featuring HR services, payroll administration and benefits
  • Lacher Associates – Insurance services for business and individuals – www.lacherinsurance.com
  • Brian Gast at Quadrant International – Executive coaching and team alignment – www.quadrantinternational.com
  • Tricia Gast – Bodytalk health and healing – www.bodytalkdenver.com

Professional Associations

  • Barrett Values Centre – www.valuescentre.com – Organizational culture assessment tools
  • Institute for Management Consultants – www.imcusa.org – Promoting excellence and ethics in management consulting through certification, education and professional resources
  • Society for Human Resource Management – www.shrm.org – World’s largest association devoted to human resource management.
  • Colorado Thought Leaders Forum www.ctlf.org
  • Denver Institute for Faith and Work www.denverinstitute.org 
  • Fort Washington Business Alliance www.fwbaonline.com 

Books and Articles

Leadership 

  • “Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t”, by Jim Collins
  • “Managing Corporate Lifecycles:  How to Get and Stay at the Top”, by Ichak Adizes
  • “Built to Last:  Successful Habits of Visionary Companies”, by Jim Collins & Jerry Porras
  • “Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness”, by Robert Greenleaf
  • “Leadership is an Art”, Max DePree
  • “The Business of Wanting More: Why Some Executives Move from Success to Fulfillment & Others Don’t”, Brian Gast

 Organizational Culture

  • “The Values-Driven Organization: Unleashing Human Potential for Performance and Profit”, by Richard Barrett
  • “Organizational Culture and Leadership”, by Edgar Schein
  • “Cultures and Organizations: Software of of the Mind”, by Geert Hofstede, Gert Jan Hofstede, Michael Minkov
  • “From Concept to Scale: Creating a Gospel-Minded Organization”, by Steve Graves, Dave Blanchard, Josh Kwan

Human Resource Management

  • “Transformative HR:  How Great Companies Use Evidence-Based Change for Sustainable Advantage”, by John Boudreau & Ravin Jesuthasan
  • “Aligning Human Resources and Business Strategy”, by Linda Holbeche
  • “High Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage”, Michael Beer
  • “The Balanced Scorecard:  Translating Strategy into Action”, by Robert Kaplan and David Norton

Consulting Practice

  • “Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used”, by Peter Block
  • ” The Ultimate Consultant: Powerful Techniques for the Successful Practioner”, by Alan Weiss
  • “Management Consulting: A Guide to the Profession”, edited by Milan Kubr

General

  • “A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions that are Transforming the Faith”, by Brian McLaren
  • “Angel in Black: A Musical Life in Letters, 1925 – 1973”, by Beverly Gast
  • “Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life”, by Richard Rohr
  • “The Purpose Driven Life”, by Rick Warren