“Business cannot succeed in a world that fails”

— Bertrand Collomb

Organizational and Business Consulting

Thomas Joseph Doherty provides consultation on leadership, behavior change, and culture building for socially-responsible and triple-bottom line (people-planet-profits) businesses and organizations. He applies his unique expertise in the psychology of sustainable health and behavior to improve organizations at all levels:

• Leaders: Clarify your ideas and motivation and implement your vision--personally and across your organization.

• Organizations: Create a productive, profitable, and authentic work culture and internal brand --and inspire and retain high quality employees.

• Individual level and group levels: Team building, focus groups and coaching to facilitate dialog, identify core values, mobilize diverse stakeholders, overcome resistance to change, and build high-performing teams.

By creating insight, compassion and empowerment at all levels, Thomas empowers the next generation of sustainable leaders and organizations.

Thomas teaches Environmental and Counseling Psychology at Lewis & Clark College and Business at Pacific University. He has provided talks on behavior change and motivation to groups including the Association of Oregon Recyclers, The Natural Step Network, and the New Season's Markets Green Teams. His work has been featured in media such as the Oregonian, the New York Times, Common Ground and the Monitor on Psychology.

"Sustainable design is the careful nesting of human purposes with the larger patterns and flows of the natural world."

— David Orr

Talk Example: Natural Step USA, Portland September 9, 2009

Thomas spoke at the Oregon Natural Step Network’s fall breakfast series on the topic of maintaining motivation and inspiration.  His talk “Master of Two Worlds” uses the Hero’s Journey metaphor to describe how innovators and change agents can maintain their vision and avoid burnout amid the challenges of daily life and work.

Read a transcript summary of the talk: “Renewable Energy for Sustainability Practitioners"

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