Dr. John Fennig is the Managing Partner for DRI Consulting, and a licensed psychologist.  He is in his 25th year of successful organization and human resource development work as co-founder of four companies, manager, board director and consultant. He was recently made Fellow in the American Psychological Association - Society of Consulting Psychology, an honor bestowed on only a few of its thousands of members each year.

John has worked for large, international consulting firms, designing, planning and implementing change processes for clients in many industries, from Fortune 50 to start-up. He is recognized most for his work team facilitation skills, strong analytical abilities, creativity and producing the results clients want quickly and effectively.  John and staff provide:

Organization and Work Team Development

Includes planning, implementing, managing and developing:

• More effective operations
• Human resources in mergers and acquisitions
• The corporate culture
• Teams and teamwork
• Strategic planning
• Talent management systems

Executive and Management Development

Includes strategic and on-the-job coaching of managers, management teams and individuals to increase effectiveness, make decisions, solve problems and improve their leadership skills. John authored the Real World Leadership Toolbox used by over one thousand people to date.

Psychological Assessments

Working closely with you to produce methods for gathering, understanding and applying predictive and descriptive information about individual and team-wide work personality. Used for:

• Initial screening and new hires
• Selection and assignments
• Promotions and development
• Career Planning
• Legal situations and litigation
• Auditing total human resource picture

Training/Development

Assessment-based training ensures the individual learner, company and team needs directly drive training methods and content. Hands-on work sessions, seminars and presentations covering the following topics.

• Leadership and management skills
• Quality improvement processes
• Team building
• Planning and goal setting
• Maximizing skills of the gifted, talented, high potential
• Stress management
• Assertiveness training
• Interviewing
• Communication skills

John received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the Ohio State University, with emphasis on organization development, work personality assessment and performance coaching. His professional research focuses on the role of self-efficacy in optimizing team and individual performance. He has taught at the corporate, university and graduate level for seventeen years.

Other things he is doing these days include:

• Co-chair, Society of Consulting Psychology/Society of Psychologists in Management joint conference 2009. Website.
• National consultant to the consultant.  First ever distance delivered training of the competencies of a consulting psychologist.  See more.
• Church Board, Stewardship Chair. St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal
• Girl Scout Troop Co-leader
• Enjoying being a husband and dad
• Member - Portuguese Waterdog Club of the Twin Cities
• Being an avid cross-country, downhill and water skier; volleyball player