Randal Joy Thompson

About Randal Joy Thompson

BUILDING ON EXISTING STRENGTHS A talented and experienced International Performance Improvement and Organization Development Consultant, Randal Joy Thompson’s expertise lies in recognizing an individual’s and organization’s specific strengths. As President of Dream Connect Global, and Excellence, Equity, and Empowerment (DBA) for more than three years, Randal is adept at identifying ways to improve further on those strengths to afford maximum impact. In fact, Randal’s ethos is that by evaluating, nurturing and appreciating those abilities, they can be appreciated and further cultivated to have a positive impact on performance, visions, dreams, and aspirations. STRENGTH-BASED APPROACH TO IMPROVEMENT Randal provides consulting services for continuous performance improvement, monitoring and evaluation, and capacity development. Her method is in adopting positive, strength-based approaches, with a particular focus on inclusive leadership, cultural awareness, and organizational synchronicity. CERTIFIED PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIST Randal’s professional and academic accolades include Master of Arts, Philosophy, and MBA, Business from The University of Chicago, and Masters Degree, PhD, Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University. As a Certified Performance Technologist (CPT), Randal has developed the capacity of individuals and organizations in Romania, Ukraine, Morocco, and Cameroon, as well as other countries on short-term assignments. Randal’s varied career has given her insight and experience in civil society development, project design, health and child welfare, and management of the development process. Randal is also a successful proposal writer, author, and mentor; she has a number of published articles and is responsible for the design and implementation of training courses. Randal has presented conference papers, being an active member of Associations, including, among others, the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI).

Experience

1. Consultant

   Leadership Kinetics, Llc

   May 2020 — Present

Education

• Georgetown University

  Certificate, Organizational Development Consulting

• University of Chicago

  Master of Arts, Philosophy

• Fielding Graduate University

  Masters Degree, PhD, Human and Organizational Systems

• Capitol Bible Seminary and Graduate School

  Biblical Exposition, Bible

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

  Master of Business Administration

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), Philosophy