Effective Systems is a Houston based Management Consulting firm that provides services in the areas of Organizational Development, Leadership Development and Executive Coaching. The firm was founded in 1980 by Dr. Miguel Bernal, a pioneer in the field of applied behavioral science. In 1990, Chris Bernal joined his father to help expand the firm and is the current President. He brought his systems perspective approach to integrate technology and applied behavioral science to create practical talent development programs and interventions. Effective Systems has provided services to both Fortune 500 companies and small companies in the USA, UK, Europe, Mexico and many Latin American countries.
Simply stated, our mission is to convert knowledge into action and move from action to results. Effective Systems’ best contributions are made within a cross-cultural setting where the best characteristics of different cultures are forged in an effort to optimize business strategies and results.
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"We at Effective Systems are committed to provinding the highest level of consulting services to our clients.
My areas of professional focus and passion are Executive Coaching, Team Development, and Organitational Development.
I enjoy combining the latest technologies with proven applied behavoral science ideas, concepts, and processes."
-Chris Bernal
President
Our approach in developing leadership capability is not to assist leaders to understand the principles of leadership, but rather how to apply them. The idea is to help them translate theory and research findings into practice in their day-to-day activities in support of business strategy and results.
These programs are focused on aligning executive behaviors to business strategy, assessing leadership practices, and leveraging the leadership capacity throughout the organization.
Reaching high levels of team performance is not a trivial feat. Along the way are many pitfalls teams must overcome to sustain a high level output. We help team members establish the right conditions for success tailored to their specific conditions. Once teams establish a solid grasp of their group dynamics and create strong working relationships, they are more likely to commit to achieving common objectives.
Collaboration, ownership and open communications are a by-product of committed individuals solving real business challenges together. Team effectiveness is neither learned in a classroom nor does it happen by accident, it's achieved thru deliberate action on the part of their leader and members.
Applications include leadership development, individual coaching, team development, and Organization Development utilizing the Birkman Methodology.
These projects are aimed at helping organizations capitalize on the knowledge and expertise of the entire workforce, which facilities the evolution away from traditional top down structures to the formation of high performing workplaces.
Business simulations, including, The Flying Starship Factory®, People's Express Flight Simulator®, and Vision Web® are used to provide experimental based learning to maximize application. "Getting the Whole System in the Room for Vision, Commitment and Action!"
Our approach is to help clients connect business strategy to competency-based workforce development and to identify high performers and successors for key positions to sustain the "Leadership Pipeline".
These interventions are aimed at helping clients improve their skills at perceiving, understanding, and acting upon the process events that occur within the client's environment. This way they achieve higher levels of commitment/ownership of the solutions they identified and the actions they are ready to take to bring about the desired changes.
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