Teri Goodall & Associates

Biography




Dr. Teri Goodall-Komar is president of Teri Goodall & Associates, LLC and is a nationally known consultant. Her thirty years of consulting, coaching, facilitation, and training focus on innovative organizational development and performance improvement in both private and public sector organizations. She has developed and improved strategies for a diverse client base, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small, not-for-profit agencies, creating innovative processes to meet divergent client needs and to solve complex problems.


Examples of her now nationally known expertise include the following:

  • Merger and acquisition Management Team support for Columbian Financial Group with focus on cultural and Business Plan assimilation
  • Monthly Leadership and Performance Development, Team Building and Effective Quality Process Training for DMV International Nutritionals (now Friesland Domo)
  • Executive reorganization strategy development and implementation for the United Methodist Homes
  • Strategic Planning Facilitation for Tompkins Cortland Community College
  • Process development, analysis, and implementation for the New York State Library
  • Supervisor process and succession planning for the Columbian Financial Group
  • Organizational Audits and Climate Survey Reports for the Corning (Inc.) Federal Credit Union
  • Two-day seminars on Cross-Functional Teams and Customer Satisfaction for Chrysler Corporation
  • Confidential executive support and team development for Syracuse University
  • Guidance in the development and implementation of Quality Improvement and Cultural Awareness training for the New York State Governor's Office of Employee Relations
  • Creation and development of Quality Teams (as well as TQM and Process Analysis) for Crowley Foods, Inc.
  • Focus Groups for United Health Services
  • Transition Team Training for GM Hughes, an international defense industry downsizing their acquisitions
  • Sessions on Communications and Team Processes for the Link Flight Division of CAE
  • Leadership skills development for the School Library System Directors of the New York State Education Department

In these organizational cultures, Teri has successfully:

  • Provided confidential support for executive problem solving and decision making
  • Secured successful merger and acquisitions by facilitating communication and supporting dialogs between management teams
  • Revitalized stagnant organizations
  • Solved problems of morale and trust
  • Aligned individual and team performance to achieve strategic vision
  • Dramatically increased employee effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity.

At the same time, she has coached and mentored individual supervisors and managers, preparing them to assume broader roles and greater responsibilities while she strengthened their team.

Teri brings to her clients a high degree of professionalism combined with sensitivity and confidentiality so critical in-group learning experiences.

She serves on boards in both the public and private sector, and maintains active collaborative relationships with state and national professional associations and economic development agencies to benefit clients. She has secured Woman Owned Business Status in all client states.

Teri Goodall's professional career has included years of management and leadership experience, including the following:
  • President, Entrepreneur, & Creator of Teri Goodall & Associates, LLC
  • General Manager and Corporate Manager of a Micro-Age Computer Store
  • Director of Training and Corporate Accounts with NYNEX
  • Director of Educational Communications of a city school district in New York State
  • Director of Program Evaluation and Human Resource Development under the Pennsylvania Department of Education
  • Coordinator of Media Services and Librarian in a Pennsylvania school district
  • Chair of a $22 million private foundation

Her degrees include a D.Ed, in Education Administration from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park Pennsylvania; a M.S, in Sociology and Psychology from Elmira College, Elmira, New York; and a B.S. in Communications and Library Science from Mansfield University, Mansfield, Pennsylvania.

Teri is a past recipient of the New York State Small Business Development Center Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and has been identified as an outstanding consultant to Chrysler Corporation.

Let Dr. Teri Goodall-Komar and Teri Goodall & Associates, LLC share this expertise and experience with you by becoming your consultant and your partner.

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