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Home Process Improvement Strategic Planning Teambuilding Delighted Clients Projects Benefits Publications Presentations About Us Contact Us	Improving Organizational Leadership and Decision-Making Through Systems Thinking Invited presentation to the Academic Leadership Academy, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2009. Understanding Organizations as Systems: Practical Applications of Organizational Systems Theory Guest lectures, Nonprofit Leadership Program, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2006-2009. Flying Solo: Applying Behavioral Systems Analysis to a Small Consulting Firm and Its Clients Invited colloquium. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, October 2009. Strategic Planning for Busy Organizations Invited encore presentation. 2008 Day Conference, Kalamazoo Human Resource Management Assocation (KHRMA), Kalamazoo, MI, May 2008. Strategic Planning for Busy Organizations Annual conference of the Michigan Council of the Society for Human Resource Management (MISHRM), Kalamazoo, MI, September 2007. A strategic planning model for county departments With D. Nitz.  Annual conference of the Michigan Association of Counties, Harbor Springs, MI, 2002.     Consulting interns: A cost-effective approach to continuous quality improvement (CQI) With R. D. Terronez. Annual conference of the Michigan Association of Counties, Gaylord, MI, 2001.     Systems thinking: What is it and how can I do it? With D. M. Brethower.  Annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL, 1999.     Systems thinking (and systems doing) With D. M. Brethower.  Annual conference of the International Society for Performance Improvement, Long Beach, CA, 1999.	“ Dr. Dams was professional, insightful, clever, and efficient. He kept people on track, ensuring a timely product, and provided a path toward clarity that I believe we would not have achieved without him. ” Sandy Roethler Executive Director A.S.K.
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