IMD crafts customized people solutions for organizations that align enterprise goals to achieve maximum results. This can be accomplished through:


Management /Leadership Focus
Are leadership talents measured and valued?
•Is there a solid management model?
•Is management focus placed on positive development?

Goal Alignment with Management Strategy
•Are objectives and goals of the organization consistent with those of individuals and teams?
•Are feedback and incentive processes effective and having the desired result?
•Is corporate culture aligned with Senior management goals?


Maximizing Individual Talent and Contribution
•Do individuals feel understood and valued by the company and their teams?
•Do key executives understand how to maximize both personal performance and professional development and the performance and development of employees?
•Do individuals have a sense of how they can contribute in a positive way to the organization?

Building and Developing Teams
•Are your teams constructed for success?
•Is diversity valued in terms of thoughts, personal styles, strategic focus and talents?
•Do teams know how to work with diversity to be effective?
•Do team members have the skills to navigate the challenges of developing a high performing team?

IMD has a unique combination of experience, skills and validated tools to bring about the organization needed to meet today’s business challenges:
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Our Team
We offer a unique integration of senior leadership and management business acumen and scientific organizational psychological expertise and experience for practical and systematic assessment, training, consulting and coaching skills developed in a variety of functional areas and industries:

Stephen Connelly, MBA:
A Senior Executive with over 25 years of diverse experience in the planning, development and management of rapid-growth marketing-driven businesses. Roles have included P&L responsibility for billion-dollar operations in North America, South America and the Pacific Rim, with notable successes in:

•Strategic and tactical business development, joint ventures and corporate partnering
•Corporate structuring and finance, including consolidations, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
•Multinational and cross-cultural marketing, manufacturing and operations
•All aspects of marketing, sales and marketing management
•Research and development of high-technology products/processes
Mr. Connelly as president and chief operating officer, had full P&L responsibility for a $500 million NYSE listed medical technology and device company which competed in the critical care ventilation market, pulmonary diagnostic market, neuro diagnostic market and had divisions that specialized in orthopedics, enteral feeding disposables and sleep therapeutics.

Mr. Connelly also had full P&L responsibility for RPR’s, a $6 billion pharmaceutical company, for their businesses in North and South America and prior to that was based in Tokyo with full P&L responsibility for RPR”S Asia/Pacific region. Functional responsibility included marketing, sales, business development finance, human resources, medical affairs and clinical development. He also served as a member of the Corporation’s Executive Committee, Operating Committee and Strategic Planning Committee.


Christine Jacobs, MBA
An experienced executive with a broad range of functional and management experience within a variety of industries including pharmaceutical, electronics, power generation and out-sourced services.
While holding such titles as Division President, Senior Vice-President of Operations, and Executive Director of Supply Chain Management, Christine has led large complex organizations to superior performance aligned with company needs.
Christine’s drive for efficiency and process improvement comes both from industry experience and her educational background. She holds both and degrees in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from Stanford University.
As a change from executive roles, Christine’s experiences and accomplishments have led to several main focused interests in consulting:

•Companies built through mergers and acquisitions often lose sight of the value of a common culture to impact results. Alignment across the company is critical to this effort.

•Programs and projects need leadership, consistent behaviors, expert teamwork and proper reward systems to be effective. These must all be evaluated and assessed to ensure success

Thomas N. Tavantzis, Ed.D.,
Organizational and Leadership Psychologist, has over 25+ years of experience as a Consultant and Coach, working with Leaders and Teams in Global Pharmaceutical, Energy, Banking, and Manufacturing Industries as well Federal and Local Governmental Agencies (USDA, EPA, FDA, DOD, FEMA etc) and Institutions of Higher Education. Dr Tavantzis, has held a number of Senior management positions in both education and non-profits over his career and since 1996 has been Director of Organizational Psychology and Leadership for both Undergraduate and Graduate Education at Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA. He is the author of numerous articles on Leadership, Assessment and Team Development. Additionally, given his bi-cultural background, along with his research and teaching in cross-cultural understanding, Dr Tavantzis also brings a unique vantage point to understanding leaders and teams. His latest book was “Don’t Waste Your Talent” (2005, 2and ed). Dr Tavantzis founded IMD in 1986.


Martha Taylor Tavantzis, MSW
IMD's co-founder, has over 25 years post-graduate experience facilitating positive change and development of human potential in people, families, groups and organizations. She has received rigorous training by outstanding leaders and theoretical founders in the fields of Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Couples Therapy, and Eriksonian Hypnotherapy early in her career. Martha integrates these Systems Theories with her unique style providing excitement, practicality, creativity and genuineness in her corporate coaching, consulting and training.

Besides her current role as consultant, international trainer, and coach in large corporate settings, Martha has extensive experience in Direct Marketing and Public Relations. She has held several management positions including a Senior Management Position in the largest for profit Behavioral Health Provider in the nation. These rich leadership experiences bring depth to her work with companies, helping managers face complex issues- with themselves, their teams and the organizations they run - with success. Martha's guiding philosophy and talent lies with identifying the unique strengths and abilities of individuals, expanding their emotional intelligence quotient in a way that allows for maximum growth, productivity, and fun in the work place.

She is a Board Member of the Women's Resource Center, Wayne, PA, and involved in community activities.

Martha, a Licensed Qualified Clinical Social Worker, received her Master's Degree in Social Work from Syracuse University in 1979, and holds an undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Albany.