Profound Conversations
Creating Conversations that Matter
A respected coach, mentor, and innovative thinker, Neil Samuels has successfully worked with leaders at all levels for nearly 30 years. He has demonstrated value in helping senior leaders develop themselves, their teams, and their organizations as they navigate through complex, large-scale change.
Neil devoted 27 years of his career to Amoco/BP in the US and West Africa, first as a geologist and then as an internal consultant. In his final internal role with BP, he worked in London as a manager of organizational development for Europe, leading a team of consultants serving 30,000 employees in 13 countries.
An expert in the field of Appreciative Inquiry, Neil served as adjunct faculty at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management where he earned his MS in Organization Development. He has published in the education, management and organizational development fields in the US and UK and has presented his work at the Academy of Management, the International Conference on Appreciative Inquiry, and the National Safety Council Congress.
What We Do
Develop Exceptional Leaders
Leaders today work hard to better handle the complex challenges they face. Through conversation-based coaching inspired by Appreciative Inquiry (AI), we can create long lasting change in leaders leading to positive change across their workplaces.
Build Executive Teams
Superb individual leadership is necessary but insufficient in today's world. Executives must not only manage their own parts of the business, but also come together to lead and take mutual accountability for the success of the entire enterprise.
Guide Organizational Change
Change in today's VUCA world (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) cannot be "managed" The traditional change frameworks, tools, and mindsets may be helpful but Conversations are critical. Successful change emerges through deep and meaningful conversations throughout the organization.
Create Strengths-Based Workplaces
Peter Drucker, the father of modern management said; "The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths in ways that make a system's weaknesses irrelevant." Such a strengths-based workplace leads to lasting engagement throughout the entire business and therefore greater success.
Client Testimonials
The value he creates is manifested through more transparent, supportive behaviors across the leadership that then permeate throughout the organization – giving rise to more informed and efficient decision-making, on-target communications and performance results measurably worth far more than his own costs...
