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Ken Perlman

Adjunct Professor of Management and Organization

Ken Perlman is a consultant, facilitator and presenter with 25 years’ experience consulting to executives and teams at Fortune 500 companies. Ken has built his expertise in leadership, change, program management, culture, organization design, communication, innovation, business process improvement and technology adoption. His clients include Levi Strauss & Co., Warner Bros., Kaiser Permanente, NetApp, Coty, Nordstrom, Southern California Edison, and Nestlé. Bringing in his experience implementing large IT systems like SAP, and with process improvement methodologies like Lean Six Sigma, Ken recognizes that leadership is the greatest single differentiator between high-performing organizations and those that that struggle. Ken earned his M.B.A. from USC and his B.A. from Claremont McKenna College, where he served as research assistant at the Kravis Leadership Institute.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenperlman/

Current Courses:

Psychological Safety: Unlocking Your Team’s Full Capabilities

Create a safe environment for speaking up, taking risks, and unleashing your team's full potential.

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Current Workshops (On-Demand) :

Getting My Team to Speak More in Meetings

Workshop on how to get your team to speak more in meetings and increase participant contributions, collaboration and information sharing.

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Retaining Your People

Workshop on application of tools and techniques that adjust workforce strategies, to increase the ability to retain their talent.

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Leading a Change Initiative

Learn to apply the essential skills and techniques necessary to become one of the successful 30% in leading change initiatives within your organization.

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Programs for Organizations:

Leadership, Change Management, Culture and Organization Design, Communication, and Innovation – Custom Designed Curriculum for Programs for Organizations

Articles & Research:

Feedback in the Time of Now, Ken Perlman, CultureSync, July 10, 2020

Reflections from a White Guy on a DEI Panel, Ken Perlman, CultureSync, August 7, 2020

Psychological safety: an overlooked secret to organizational performance, Joanne Dias and David Altman, Chief Learning Officer, December 1,  2020

Teamwork on the Fly: How to master the new art of teaming, Amy C. Edmondson, Harvard Business Review, Crisis Management, April 2012
Articles & Research:

Feedback in the Time of Now, Ken Perlman, CultureSync, July 10, 2020

Articles & Research:

Reflections from a White Guy on a DEI Panel, Ken Perlman, CultureSync, August 7, 2020

Articles & Research:

Psychological safety: an overlooked secret to organizational performance, Joanne Dias and David Altman, Chief Learning Officer, December 1,  2020

Articles & Research:

Teamwork on the Fly: How to master the new art of teaming, Amy C. Edmondson, Harvard Business Review, Crisis Management, April 2012

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