Tom Curren has worked with senior executives and leading companies for 30 years.

• Solving core business problems. With a concentration in marketing, Tom has been a Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey and an advertising Account Executive for Procter & Gamble, where he developed the rigor and insight to solve core business problems, analyze opportunities, and deal with business complexity in a variety of settings.

• Top Management Experience. Throughout the 1980s, Tom served as Senior VP of Corporate Planning and Business Development at Marriott Corporation, helping the company grow from $1 billion to $7 billion.

• Whole Systems change. Over the last 15 years, Tom has focused on the development and application of traditional and leading edge techniques to resolve issues at an individual, work group and whole systems level. He works with clients on practical ways to improve both the decision-driven and behavior-dependent aspects of performance.

• Professional Coaching. Tom is trained as a coach and senior “thinking partner” and has worked with dozens of CEOs and other top level executives. In addition to advising based on his own experiences, he helps executives discover their own answers through the use of powerful questions, reflective listening, challenging of assumptions, and holding executives accountable for delivering on what they say they want and need.

• Self Awareness and presence. Decades of "inner work" help Tom connect in a personal way with the goals, concerns and values of his colleagues and clients.

Experience

• MBA Wharton Graduate Division, 1967. Finance and Marketing, with honors. Also a B.A. from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

• Entrepreneur, 1966-67. Co-founded Allen Curren Electronics, designing and manufacturing psychedelic lighting systems to discotheques in Philadelphia and New York.

• U.S. Naval Officer, 1968-71. Operating off Vietnam.

• Compton Advertising, for Procter & Gamble, 1971-73. Learned the fundamentals of packaged goods marketing as Account Executive on Cascade Dishwashing Detergent.

• McKinsey & Company, 1973-77. Senior Engagement Manager. Built basic consulting skills, with an emphasis in analytical problem solving. Specializing in marketing and strategy. New York Office.
  
• Marriott Corporation, SVP Strategy Development, 1977-90. Helped the Company grow from $1 Billion to $7 billion in the 1980's. Among the top ten executives in the company. Member of the Finance Committee.

• New Venture Manager, Courtyard by Marriott, 1982-84. A two year assignment to create and launch the most preferred hotel product in the middle market.

• Center for the Study of Human Relationships, 1988-94. Royal Oak, Maryland. Individual, couples and group process experience and training.

• The Hawthorne Group (Early Phase), 1990-95. Founder of a consulting boutique focused on strategy, group dynamics and coaching. Early work focused on strategy development.

• Expanding the Tool Kit, 1990-ongoing. Continued the on-going process of learning, synthesizing and packaging the most relevant tools and methodologies for strategic thinking or organizational alignment. (5-10 days annually in this type of training). Examples: creative thinking methodologies, conflict management, polarity management, situational influence skills, Strategic Assumption Testing, Appreciative Inquiry, Real Time Strategic Change, SimuTeal, Open Space Technology, Psycho-Dynamics, Dialogue Mapping, training games and methods.

• McKinsey Change Center, New York, 1995-97. As a Fellow at the McKinsey Change Center, participated in a two year effort to understand and apply leading edge technologies for managing change in large organizations. Have applied and expanded upon this foundation in client work over the subsequent decade.