Jean S. Frankel
Principal Partner

Jean S. Frankel's Resource Center

Consulting Accomplishments and Expertise With more than 25 years of management and consulting experience, Jean has led large scale planning and organizational change efforts for major corporations such as American Express, Motorola and AT&T, and has had functional responsibility in strategic planning, marketing and sales, information technology, customer service, engineering, manufacturing and human resources. She is a proven strategist and facilitator, with group process and analytical skills enhancing her ability to develop collaborative solutions with clients in the areas of strategic and business planning, leadership development, organizational structure, process and culture change. As an experienced professional, Jean brings a unique blend of innovative organizational and strategic solutions to her consulting assignments, which have included:
	Governance and leadership development efforts focused on building the individual and team core competencies required to establish and sustain organizational success
	Strategic planning initiatives designed to guide organizations in the development of comprehensive and cohesive vision and strategy through four key planning horizons, which link core ideology and envisioned future with strategic and annual business planning
	Organizational reshaping efforts designed to support an organization’s long-range vision by building an effective organizational infrastructure, increasing resource effectiveness, improving underlying work processes, and promoting a culture of knowledge-based decision-making
	Securing support for acceptance of significant organizational change, such as restructuring, governance redesign, strategic planning outcomes, name changes and dues increases
	Overcoming barriers to organizational effectiveness in governance, staffing, communications and programs
	Identifying opportunities responsive to the changing environments in which organizations operate and creating plans to capitalize on those strategic opportunities
	Designing and facilitating educational experiences that enable boards and leadership teams to become more strategic in focus
	Assessing key stakeholder needs and creating programs to better to meet them
Client Portfolio Jean’s association clients range from medical and technically related professional societies to national trade associations. Current or recent clients include: National Collegiate Athletic Association, American Nurses Association, American Massage Therapy Association, Credit Union National Association; IEEE, Project Management Institute, Society of Women Engineers; Casualty Actuarial Society, Canadian Medical Association; Professional Insurance Agents Of Ohio; American Academy Of Ambulatory Care Nursing; Association Of Real Estate Licensing Law Professionals; American Society Of Association Executives; Alpha Chi Omega, and Rutgers University. Education, Professional Affiliations and Community Involvement
	Co-author of two ASAE best-selling books on organizational change and strategy, The Will to Govern Well—Knowledge, Trust and Nimbleness, and Building A Knowledge-Based Culture...Using 21st Century Work And Decision-Making Systems In Associations
	Co-designer of the curriculum and member of the faculty of the ASAE Symposium for Chief Elected and Chief Staff Officers series
	Frequent speaker on strategy and leadership at conferences and symposiums
	Authored articles on governance and strategy in a variety of industry publications

A graduate of Muhlenberg College, she is an active member of the American Society of Association Executives, the New Jersey Society of Association Executives, and the Florida Society of Association Executives. She is also an active volunteer for the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce, and the Women’s Executive Forum of Palm Beach County.

As a Principal Partner with Tecker Consultants, LLC, Jean S. Frankel is President of Ideas for Action, LLC.

To learn more about how Jean and Tecker Consultants can help your organization,
contact us at 215.493.8120.