Northeast Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition  Author Biographies and Presentations

John A. Haas, Ph.D.
Management Strategies Group

Since founding Management Strategies Group in 1987, John Haas has helped small- and mid-sized organizations which are experiencing and needing to manage major changes. Most clients are privately held owner-managed companies, and many are family businesses. He also works with a number of non-profit and cause-related organizations.

Working in close collaboration with the CEO/entrepreneur and other senior executives, Haas helps assure that practical and strategically sound solutions are developed, implemented and maintained. The focus is always on custom-tailored approaches to improving organizational effectiveness within each unique organizational setting and culture. 

Prior to founding MSG, his consulting experience included 16 years with the New England office of The Hay Group, a worldwide Human Resources management consulting firm. At Hay he served as project leader on many complex assignments in a wide variety of industries, in both private and public sector organizations, ranging from the Fortune 500 to small privately-held companies.

Haas holds a B.A. in psychology from Tufts University, and an MBA and Ph.D. in organizational psychology from the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business. He is a licensed Psychologist in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and a former member of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, APA’s Division of Consulting Psychology and serves on the Board of the New England Society for Applied Psychology. He is a frequent speaker and seminar leader for many small business and professional organizations, including the Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE), TEC Worldwide, CEO Roundtable Forums, The Survey Group, Financial Executives International (FEI), The Employers Association and the (former) Boston Computer Society. Presentations and seminars include such topics as incentive compensation, developing a professional services practice, performance management, managing change, shaping corporate culture and organizational effectiveness.

Presentations

2005 Conference
Effective Approaches to Managing Change:  Getting People on Board!