New Firm Targets Cynicism, Tackles Change

In the US, business consultant Paul Trout has launched a new consulting firm, Shift Worldwide, to provide customized research, team facilitation, training and coaching services to executives and their teams.

Trout says the company will aim to help clients 'convert organizational cynicism' as they adapt to a shift in business, technology and communications.

'Organizations may have strategies in place to deal with such shifts but the real question is: Can they implement?' says Trout. 'Our approach is to increase their odds of implementing their strategy by tackling hidden - and sometimes not so hidden - attitudes and behaviors while simultaneously instilling a sense of organizational hope.'

Shift Worldwide operates four businesses: Strategic Initiatives Consulting, International Business Consulting, Professional Services Business Development Training and Business Bed and Breakfast Leadership Retreats. It offers qualitative market research in addition to what it describes as 'leadership team 360 feedback'.

Trout was formerly a Partner with Akina Corporation, which offers coaching and mentoring-based sales training for attorneys and corporations. He was previously a consultant at IBM, and has a BA in Urban Studies and Planning from the University of California at San Diego and an MBA n in Marketing and Information Systems from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

His firm is headquartered in Chicago and has consulting alliances on four additional continents, Asia, Australia, Europe and South America.

Web site: www.shiftworldwide.com .