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"Krios Consulting is a leading
provider of services and tools in support of
strategic decision making. From small
businesses in our own backyard here in
Michigan to global conglomerates on the other
side of the planet, we customize our products
and services to meet the specific needs of our
client-partners."
Core Competencies
Mission, Values, Vision (MVV) Developing and
revisiting these baseline organizational tenets is the
foundation of our work. A strong MVV set paves the
way for organizations that work effectively, efficiently,
and productively. Without them, a great deal of energy
is used with very few lasting strides forward.
Internal Assessment is the process of asking the
hard questions of ourselves before we move forward.
Sometimes these stretch through an entire
organization. Other times they are focused only at
higher levels. The type of query depends upon the
needs of the organization, but can range from
assessing skills, communication styles, leadership
abilities, staff opinions, teamwork, and more.
If there is a need to look outward, our experienced
Survey Instruments team can help to develop,
design, and deploy print and/or online surveys. Krios
Consulting has survey experience from the smallest
team levels samples, to large scale sample into the
thousands of respondents. A well designed survey
instrument can assist organizations in getting the
pulse of a target community. Thorough analysis
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combined with easy to understand results are the
hallmarks of our work.
Imagining where an organization's next moves may
take it, and what the potential implications of those
inherent decisions may be are ideas that fall under
Strategic Exploration. This concept, molded by futurist
Joel Barker, uses patented processes to map out
scenarios based on a given set of inputs. The resulting
reports provide leadership with unmatched, risk-aware,
information to help make critical decisions with greater
confidence.
When challenging decisions emerge, it is sometimes
necessary to bring in Strategic Advisors to help
uncover the best path forward. Krios specializes in
working with individual leaders and teams to make sense
of complex strategies. We also work with organizations
to develop written strategic plans and the steps
necessary to implement them effectively.
It's not enough to provide solutions
ad-hoc. Krios offers several proven
Training Programs designed to teach
organizations skills and provide them
with tools to make better decisions
themselves long into the future.
Meetings may seem simple. They are
unfortunately one of the biggest time and
energy wasters in business. Krios
provides expert Meeting Design and
Facilitation to ensure action-focused
results from meetings of all sizes.
See the following pages for a more
in-depth look at each of our areas of
expertise.
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THE KRIOS PROMISE
"We provide products and services of the highest value to our client-
partners, surpassing their expectations while rewarding them with
measurable results."
STRATEGY
How to get from here to there
"We do a lot of strategic
planning work. It's truly the
indigenous language of Krios
Consulting."
A great deal of our
client-time is related to
strategy. Sometimes it's
simply playing a reflective
role for leadership, allowing
them to express their ideas
and then providing honest
feedback and advice. Other
times our role is more
comprehensive, helping to
create an action plan and
offering key skills and tools
to ensure successful
implementation.
One of the thought-
leaders with whom we
closely partner is Joel
Barker. Mr. Barker is a
futurist and author best
known for his influential
work on the paradigms of
business. He has
developed a process and
philosophy about strategy
that we strongly support.
Barker's model suggests
that in the standard practice
of planning businesses often
miss something very
important. His term for the
practice is Strategic
Exploration, but you might
simply call it pre-planning
evaluation.
We often decide to
move in a given direction
without first
spending
the
time
necessary
to fully understand
or "explore" its potential
implications to the
organization, both positive
and negative. Spending time
to purposely explore the
many potential implications
of a decision is critical to
building the level of
confidence needed to
move ahead vigorously.
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Mr. Barker has created
two impressive tools to help
organizations formalize a
strategic exploration
process. The first is called
the
Implications
Wheel®.
This
fascinating
graphical
tool helps to
map out all
the different
potential
results of a
decision.
The tool is
software based, and works
well to get valued input from
large groups of
stakeholders.
We've facilitated this
process in groups as small
as 25 and as large as 600.
The beauty of the IWheel is
that it can be accomplished
either synchronously
(everyone in the same room
at the same time) or
asynchronously (participants
contributing at their own
pace, over time.) Either way
the results are always
impressive and invaluable to
leadership in decision-
making.
The other Strategic
Exploration tool developed
by Joel Barker is called the
Strategy Matrix®. It is
designed as a multi-
dimensional evaluation
structure measuring the
potential impacts of
organizational initiatives
against strategic goals,
values and key
characteristics. These tools
add tremendous value to
any strategic planning
process.
Click here for a sample
client report.
Visit
the Krios website for our
white paper on Joel Barker's
Strategic Exploration tools
along with logistics and
pricing scenarios.
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MANAGING CHANGE
Change may be constant but...
"The rate of change, its helped start the Dallas- Kotter himself, aspires to Change process, which has
pace forward, is moving based corporate learning create leaders of change at proved itself very effective
faster and faster. This management firm iSB all levels of an organization. with hundreds of
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change and its significant training programs based on well-researched See more at
impacts on the individuals these best-selling business 8 Steps of www.leadingboldchange.com
who serve it." authors. He co-authored the
Since 2005 Krios curriculum for the Leading
principal consultant and Bold Change™ program
owner Bill Palladino has based on the work of
immersed himself in the Harvard's John Kotter.
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MEASURING IMPACTS
It takes the right tools
"Krios has also clear and verifiable method TBL criteria part of everyday
developed its own body of of measuring success, or to decision-making. By
work supported by a set of inform course corrections. measuring its successes
tools to help client- Through pre-designed based upon how its
online assessments for initiatives, plans, policies
partners measure the
internal use covering and purchases affect each
impacts of their efforts."
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Meeting planning & facilitation
"No-one likes one more bad meeting.
Krios can ensure that your meetings are
efficient, effective, and even
pleasurable."
Too often meetings are taken
for granted. This is especially true
if the meeting is part of a routine
process within an organization. We
can help staff through direct
facilitation or through coaching to
understand where meetings break
down, where to apply energy, and
when to hit the eject button!
Sometimes its simply a better choice
not to have the meeting at all.
DELIVERING THE MESSAGE
Public Speaking & Lecturing
"Reinforcing key messages across an
organization or community is critical.
Any initiative is more effective when
more people understand the basic
premises involved."
Krios Consulting has a cadre' of
consultants who have become sought
after experts in several fields of
business. Part of our service package
includes providing public speaking to
address specific issues including
Change Management, Innovation,
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
Extending Our Capacity
"As a small company, we pride
ourselves on our ability to be focused
and nimble."
Part of our long term strategy
however is to provide our client-
Our process starts with a simple
set of questions designed to make
sure the meeting is truly
necessary, and that
everyone's
attending the
meeting for the
right reasons. We
clarify objectives,
actions, timing
and intended outcomes before
you post the agenda.
Many of our facilitation clients
bring us in to help run high value and
high contention meetings. A skilled
Meeting Facilitation, Presentation
Planning, and Strategic Direction.
So whether its providing a keynote
to start a conference, helping a staff
member create the most effective
presentation, or lecturing to an
Executive MBA program, these are all
areas that Krios can provide expert
speakers & support for your event.
Our consultants have been
booked by some of the world's leading
companies and speaker's groups
partners with whatever products and
services suit their needs. To this end,
Krios Consulting maintains active
partnerships with several other
consulting firms and individuals.
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facilitator from Krios Consulting can
make the difference in how a meeting
is perceived and how its objectives are
accomplished.
Experienced students of quality
meetings know that all meetings are
not equal. There are different meeting
structures for specific needs. Each
type of meeting comes with its own
requirements and expectations.
Krios Consulting can help your
organization become fluent in the
language of meetings through
coaching, providing workshops, or
practical hands-on facilitation.
including: the International Speakers
Bureau, Big Speak, the State of
Wisconsin, Acura, Coca-Cola, Kaiser-
Permanente, the University of Notre
Dame, dozens of conferences and
many others.
These strategic partners allow Krios to
fill in areas of expertise in places we
ordinarily would not venture providing
us with a broad reach for a small
organization.
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A WORD ABOUT NONPROFITS

Krios Consulting works extensively
with nonprofit organizations and non-
governmental organizations (NGOs). It
has been a passion of ours since the
earliest days of the company. In fact,
Krios Consulting started in 1989
specifically to serve nonprofits. Since
then we have grown to serve
businesses, organizations, and
government entities of all types and
sizes.
We believe strongly that many
nonprofit organizations today suffer
Something we know well
from the misconception that being
mission-driven gives them permission
to discount the financial and market
considerations that drive most
commercial businesses. Our work
with nonprofits and NGOs is often
directed at teaching them the lessons
of the business world, while still
focusing on being guardians of their
mission. These elements are not
mutually exclusive!
Any organization's mission is
better served by financial stability
and constant two-way
communication with the markets it
serves, rather than a blind push for
social service.
Krios Consulting provides
significant discounts on its fees to
qualified nonprofit organizations,
especially if they serve the
communities where we live and work.
Download our fee structure document
here. Please contact us directly for
further information.
info@kriosconsulting.com

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CLIENT PERCEPTIONS
“In a world of "Let's have lunch sometime" approaches to
business relationships, Krios sails a different course. Bill has
brilliant insight in business strategy and planning and follows
through with integrity and reliability. He's helped this
entrepreneur more than a few times plot a better course for my
business.”
Timothy Fitzgerald Young - President Food For Thought, Inc.
“We've had a number of good consultants over the years,
but none that bring the energy, focus, fun, and action-oriented
approach like Krios Consulting. The Michigan Land Use
Institute is a smarter, more effective organization as a result of
Bill's expert touch. We are sure to lean on his talent again in
the future.”
Hans Voss - Executive Director Michigan Land Use Institute
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“Bill delivered a mass presentation to 400 top business
men and MNCs in Cairo- Egypt. Feedback was excellent and
he mastered the hall professionally. His talk was down to the
earth, practical and full of excitement.”
Amr El-Fass - CEO ZAD Group Cairo, Egypt
“Bill was great to work with. He was a solid collaborator,
an innovator, and a leader who took the initiative on major
projects. Under Bill's leadership, our region began to pursue
technology projects with vigor -- and success. Bill is an
empathetic listener, and an inspirational professional...”
Doug Luciani - President and CEO Traverse City Area Chamber of
Commerce
“Bill Palladino is a first-rate speaker at both large and
small events. He can make the driest of information come alive
with his wit, humor and intelligence. A great presenter!”
Mary Rogers , Owner , Marigold