KURTZ CONSULTING, LLC
SARASOTA, FLORIDA

Unlock the power of your team's potential. Align your business units to be your greatest assets in support of strategic objectives. Our strategies have successfully helped focus the efforts of senior teams, cross-functional teams, and project teams around the world. Cultivate the talent and capability of your leaders to multiply their impact on their business and community. Develop a context for leadership through one-on-one executive coaching. Our coaching client was rewarded for getting results “by doing whatever it takes.” When changes in management style and company culture were initiated the coaching assignment was clear; support the executive to embrace a new mental model for leading. Creating personal reasons for shifting behavior was essential to head off ‘acting-out’ behavior that would limit his career path. Key to the initiative was building trust with the client to support his efforts to become the model for the new leadership style. His continued results, while embracing collaborative behaviors, have been rewarded over time with a promotion to Region Head. The traditional lead function in this classic retail fashion house belonged to our client. Uncompromising quality was a company hallmark and the new Head Designer threatened timelines and quality as materials and designs shifted. The VP SC perceived change as the enemy of consistency and predictability. The coaching breakthrough enabled the client to articulate and hold firm to key quality standards while uncovering opportunities to build in process flexibility across 5 seasons of design changes. Making the shift from country line management to Global CFO meant letting go of many of the duties and tasks that defined the coaching client’s identity. Taking on the Global mindset became the basis for learning new sets of skills to influence results and support the global strategic direction. Her efforts have supported seven consecutive quarters of growth on top and bottom lines. Marty is passionate about creating productive workplaces. His work unlocks collaboration and unleashes the potential of teams to achieve breakthrough results. Marty is the founder of Kurtz Consulting Group, Inc., an Organization Development and Executive Coaching firm operating in the United States and internationally. Simplifying how clients work together, Marty has navigated matrix and complex organization structures for over 30 years. His work in creating productive tension across functions has supported the success of brand teams, account teams, innovation and product development on the local, regional and global levels. His industry experience spans consumer products, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, food, finance, and fashion. Marty’s corporate experience includes the Warner-Lambert Company, where he directed Global Corporate Program Development. Before joining Warner-Lambert Co., he was the Director of Organization and Management Development for Automatic Data Processing. A sample of companies supported include Johnson & Johnson, Mars Inc., Novartis, Coach, Sara Lee, Campbell’s, L’Oreal, Chase, UBS, and Cadbury-Schweppes. Unlock the power of your team's potential. Align your business units to be your greatest assets in support of strategic objectives. Our strategies have successfully helped focus the efforts of senior teams, cross-functional teams, and project teams around the world. Cultivate the talent and capability of your leaders to multiply their impact on their business and community. Develop a context for leadership through one-on-one executive coaching. Our coaching client was rewarded for getting results “by doing whatever it takes.” When changes in management style and company culture were initiated the coaching assignment was clear; support the executive to embrace a new mental model for leading. Creating personal reasons for shifting behavior was essential to head off ‘acting-out’ behavior that would limit his career path. Key to the initiative was building trust with the client to support his efforts to become the model for the new leadership style. His continued results, while embracing collaborative behaviors, have been rewarded over time with a promotion to Region Head. The traditional lead function in this classic retail fashion house belonged to our client. Uncompromising quality was a company hallmark and the new Head Designer threatened timelines and quality as materials and designs shifted. The VP SC perceived change as the enemy of consistency and predictability. The coaching breakthrough enabled the client to articulate and hold firm to key quality standards while uncovering opportunities to build in process flexibility across 5 seasons of design changes. Making the shift from country line management to Global CFO meant letting go of many of the duties and tasks that defined the coaching client’s identity. Taking on the Global mindset became the basis for learning new sets of skills to influence results and support the global strategic direction. Her efforts have supported seven consecutive quarters of growth on top and bottom lines. Marty is passionate about creating productive workplaces. His work unlocks collaboration and unleashes the potential of teams to achieve breakthrough results. Marty is the founder of Kurtz Consulting Group, Inc., an Organization Development and Executive Coaching firm operating in the United States and internationally. Simplifying how clients work together, Marty has navigated matrix and complex organization structures for over 30 years. His work in creating productive tension across functions has supported the success of brand teams, account teams, innovation and product development on the local, regional and global levels. His industry experience spans consumer products, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, food, finance, and fashion. Marty’s corporate experience includes the Warner-Lambert Company, where he directed Global Corporate Program Development. Before joining Warner-Lambert Co., he was the Director of Organization and Management Development for Automatic Data Processing. A sample of companies supported include Johnson & Johnson, Mars Inc., Novartis, Coach, Sara Lee, Campbell’s, L’Oreal, Chase, UBS, and Cadbury-Schweppes.