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Organizational Development Consultants Northwest (ODCNW)
services include a comprehensive consultation to assist and support leadership in assessing/identifying organizational needs, gaps, and opportunities. Then, work together to develop a tailored plan to address the needs, fill the gaps, press into the opportunities, and meet objectives. Accomplished by using a Lean, value add to the customer and community focus.
ODCNW Mission – To support and assist organizations gain efficiencies, build capacity, and be successful in meeting their goals, achieving objectives, and fulfilling their mission. (Using strategies to assist them in being highly respected and valued in their community, build capacity through coaching/mentoring/contributing, gaining organizational efficiencies and alignment, increasing positive working relationships/partnerships, securing funding, increasing their sphere of influence as a key stakeholder in the system, reducing non-value efforts, and increasing value added elements to the customer.)
ODCNW Vision - The contributions made by ODCNW result in well connected/high functioning organizations and community systems, where end-user customers receive the best and most valuable services possible.
ODCNW Values
- Always act with integrity, respect, humility and courage
- Support and encourage respectfully stated differing views
- Inclusion, diversity, value everyone equally, and collective wisdom
- Organizational development strategies should all connect to
organizations mission, vision, strategic/business plan and value
to the end user customer
- Give credit where credit is due and share it generously
- Support a healthy work-life balance
- Be active in serving/volunteering within your local community
Our suite of services to help support meet your organizational development needs can be found within our "Services" page.
Present Consultant
Matt Bench is our present consultant. He has a reputation in Washington State for modeling the values of ODCNW, building cohesive, synergistic partnerships, and building efficient, focused, value added business models. He also has a reputation for providing a rational and calming influence during times of organizational stress.
During his career with Employment Security Department (ESD), he most recently served as the Employment Connections Organizational Effectiveness Consultant. In this role he coached and mentored New Regional Directors and Leaders. He also led projects, including the framework of a Leadership Academy.
He has established rapport, wrote grants, developed budgets, and made presentations to secure over
$50,000,000 in funding.
Matt has received awards and recognitions locally, statewide, and nationally by: ESD leaders, Department of Labor (DOL), National Association of State Workforce Agencies, WA State Labor Council, Governors, International Association of Public Employees, DOL-Vets, and community organizations for leadership, building teams, best practices, top WorkSource center in the state, individual contributions, and leading/achieving top performance.
He is also actively engaged in volunteer work.