Effective Managers™ Announces Partnership Agreement with Praxis Consulting

Praxis Consulting to provide Effective Managers^TM Manager Assessment and Effective Point of Accountability® services.

Regina, Canada. Dwight Mihalicz, President of Effective Managers^TM announced today the signing of an agreement with Praxis Consulting, based in Regina, Saskatchewan. Praxis Consulting is comprised of several of Saskatchewan’s top practitioners in research, consulting and project management. Praxis works collaboratively with clients in the facilitation of growth and excellence.

Leveraging an unmatched wealth of experience across multiple sectors, Praxis strives to:

• Inform clients with primary research, market research and economic impact studies, providing relevant insights into various sectors and communities;
• Strategize, working with executive teams to address complex issues with organization-wide strategies, plans and interventions.
• Execute strategic plans, portfolios and projects by facilitating internal project management, change management and communication capacity.

“I am delighted to welcome Val and the Praxis Team to the family of consulting firms that are using the Effective Managers^TM methodology to help their clients improve organizational performance”, said Dwight Mihalicz. “Our approach is a natural for Praxis to support the strategy execution of client organizations.”

The partnership was launched at an executive briefing in Regina with 16 executives from Saskatchewan organizations.

Valerie Sluth opened the event: “Praxis is pleased to have entered into a partnership with Effective Managers and to leverage the skills and expertise of Dwight Mihalicz. Our two firms offer a synergy of complementary skills that we believe is valuable to our Saskatchewan clients. We are particularly excited to be able to offer the Effective Managers assessment tool to our clients.”

The Effective Manager^TM Assessment uses a proprietary survey methodology to engage managers specifically to assess their overall effectiveness, and the key factors that impede or support them in their work. The benchmark shows that managers are, in fact, working at only 55% effectiveness. The results can provide insights to CEOs and Heads of HR on how to align their managerial work force so that strategy execution can be enhanced. Results offer insight prior to a major change initiative in the organization that can help shape a new organizational design, like a merger or acquisition.

The Effective Managers^TM Assessment is a 94-question confidential survey has been developed to gather data directly from managers, who can log on to a secure web site to provide their direct input on these measures. Traditional employee surveys require all employers to participate. With this survey, a CEO can get the results with an investment of 20 – 30 minutes of each manager’s time.

CEOs will receive a report that details the findings in their organization, grouped together with benchmark results. Each measure is described in detail to ensure an understanding of what the results mean. The report concludes with the high level findings, customized for their organization, together with the areas of greatest strengths and greatest opportunities. If a CEO can understand the relationships between these measures and effectiveness in their organizations, action can be taken that will improve effectiveness.

More information on the survey approach, the researchers, and the findings can be found here.