About the Authors

TOJO THATCHENKERY
Thatchenkery’s recent books include Making the Invisible Visible: Understanding Leadership Contributions of Asian Minorities in the Workplace (September, 2011), Positive Initiatives for Organizational Change and Transformation (2011), Building Competencies for Sustainability and Organizational Excellence (2011), Positive Design and Appreciative Construction: From Sustainable Development to Sustainable Value (2010), Leveraging Global Competiveness for Organizational Excellence (2010), Enhancing Organizational Performance through Strategic Initiatives (2009), Handbook on Management Cases (2008), Appreciative Inquiry and Knowledge Management (2007), and Appreciative Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn (Harvard Business Review 2006 Reading List). He has also researched contemporary themes such as technological culture and globalization which resulted in another book, Information Communication Technology and Economic Development: Learning from the Indian Experience (2006).

Thatchenkery has extensive consulting experience in change management, organization development, and knowledge management. Past and current clients include Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, IBM, Fannie Mae, Booz Allen, PNC Bank, Lucent Technologies, General Mills, British Petroleum, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, United States Department of Agriculture, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Tata Consulting Services (India).

Thatchenkery has over twenty years of experience in teaching at various Public Policy, MBA, Organization Development, and executive development programs in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. He also founded the Organizational Learning Laboratory at the George W. Johnson Learning Center and served as its director from 1995 to 2000. During this time the facility was featured as one of the leading laboratories for organizational learning and knowledge management by the Academy of Management and the Project Management Journal.

Thatchenkery's research has been funded by agencies such as the United States National Science Foundation, U.S. Postal Service, and National Security Agency. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences and the Journal of Organizational Change Management. Dr. Thatchenkery is also the book review editor of the Journal of Organizational Change Management and the past Program Chair of the Research Methods Division of the 18000-member strong Academy of Management.

Tojo lives in Chantilly, Virginia, with his wife and can be reached at tojo@appreciativeintelligence.com.

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CAROL METZGER
For over 15 years, Carol Metzker has helped clients tap into their success stories to uncover best practices, share knowledge and communicate clearly for successful outcomes. She has worked successfully in educational, non-profit and corporate environments. She has a Masters degree in Organizational Learning from George Mason University.

As contributing editor for Investor Relations Update, her stories about executives in Fortune 500 companies appear in monthly print and online publications of the National Investor Relations Institute. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications including Global CEO, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Management Next and the Association for Financial Professionals’ journals, Pulse and Exchange.

Her past experience as Director of Client Services at Anderson Leadership Group, a leadership communication consulting firm, cultivated her interest in leadership development and gave her the opportunity for close observation and experience with top-level leaders. Her work as a writer and consultant has led to interviews of hundreds of executives about their successful and innovative practices, providing a closer look at companies and their members. Her work as an interviewer and writer for a National Science Foundation-sponsored study on the impact of Information Technology on India’s development provided an exceptional view of a variety of social and business cultures

Carol’s volunteer service inspires her and also provides the subject for articles and frequent speaking engagements. She has served as a mentor for FIRST. As a Rotarian, in 2004 she experienced the polio eradication program firsthand, participating in and leading National Immunization Day trips to India.

She lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania, with her husband and two daughters, and can be reached at echmetzker@aol.com or 610-793-4387.

For more information, please visit www.successfuloutcomes.com.

Appreciative Intelligence^®: Working for You

How effective and happy are you in various aspects of your life? By further exploring and enhancing your Appreciative Intelligence, you can make a lasting, positive difference in your workplace, home and community.

How can Appreciative Intelligence help your organization? It can be applied to

• Identifying high potential individuals for succession planning,
• Unlocking creativity and innovation,
• Capturing and expanding best practices,
• Setting goals and objectives tailored to your organizational culture, and
• Transforming your organization for a successful future.

Toward these outcomes, Tojo Thatchenkery offers small-group workshops, consulting, seminars, and speaking engagements for business, non-profit, government, and educational organizations.

For more information or to schedule an event, please contact us at tojo@appreciativeintelligence.com.