“Consultants do not change people's behavior. Consultants provide information that allows people to decide whether to change their behavior. If they decide to change their behavior, the consultant helps them learn how to change.” - Orlando Blake, Ph.D.
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Orlando Blake, PhD, CPT
Orlando’s career has spanned more than twenty years and includes senior management positions at Mercantile National Bank, Warner Bros., Inc. and GUESS?, Inc., the multinational apparel manufacturer and retailer.
Orlando’s industry experience is uniquely diverse, from printing to food processing, from health care to construction. Dr. Blake is a monthly columnist at the maquilladora-focused Twin Plant News™ covering workplace learning and performance improvement.
He received his masters from the University of Southern California, with a specialization in applied behavioral sciences. He followed this with a doctorate and breakthrough research at Claremont Graduate University that discovered new and unique techniques to solve interpersonal and organizational disputes. Harvard has included his research in their study of critical moments in negotiation.
In addition to his successful mediation and organizational consulting practice, he currently serves on the University of California, Riverside Extension Advisory Board, where he teaches mediation and at Claremont Graduate University, where he teaches in the School of Behavioral and Organizational Science.
He is passionate about human development and strives always to ensure that every individual, team and organization he works with is able to achieve its short and long term goals. As a result of his commitment to human performance improvement, he received the experienced professional designation of Certified Performance Technologist (CPT) form the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) and the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD).
A certified mediator since 1994 and a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, he is also a member of SHRM.
Irma Federico, MBA
Irma has more than twenty years of culturally diverse experience in facilitation, team building, and leadership development. Her career includes senior executive positions at General Electric and American Express.
Her fluency in Spanish and English has aided her in her work as a master facilitator and in the development of unique and innovative bilingual training programs. As an associate for multinational consulting organizations, including Right Management Consultants and Lee Hecht Harrison, she has developed and delivered a full range of bilingual career transition and organizational change programs.
Irma’s perceptiveness and intuition around human behavior continues to be a catalyst for change for many of the world’s leading organizations and her breadth of experience is unrivalled in the development area.
Irma currently serves as a key instructor for California State University, Pomona, Extended University. She received her MBA at the University of Phoenix and a BA from the University of Arizona. She is a certified legal investigator and a member of SHRM, PIHRA and The American Society for Training and Development.
In Closing…
We are pleased to provide this overview of our services and products to you and it is our sincere hope that we can be of service to you and your organization.
Whether it is through our consulting or training services, one-to-one leadership and executive coaching, or the unique Leaders Path Institute™ here at Rancho de Dos Locos, we strive to meet your needs and interests.
If you have any questions or want additional information, please contact us, or stop by the ranch if you are in Southern Arizona.
We look forward to working with you and helping you become even more successful.
Yours truly,
Orlando Blake, PhD & Irma Federico, MBA
