Mark D. Nevins, Ph.D.
Mark is an advisor and consultant who works with individuals, teams, and organizations to help them function more effectively and efficiently. As the President of Nevins Consulting, he develops programs and helps solve problems in the areas of leadership, management, organizational design and development, change management, communication, and the creation of training curricula. For more than fifteen years he has been advising and consulting to senior executives of both large and small organizations in many industries, in the private and public sectors.
Mark has studied leadership, management, and organizational development extensively. He is a moderator for The Aspen Institute's Executive Seminar on Values-Based Leadership as well as the special seminar Leading Change; he also serves as Director of Marketing for the Aspen Institute's Seminars Program. Mark regularly guest lectures on major business school campuses, and he writes in his areas of expertise. Recent publications include The Advice Business (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2003), a book on management consulting of which he is co-editor and co-author, and "21st-Century Leadership: Redefining Management Education," in the journal Strategy and Business.
In his corporate career, Mark had worldwide responsibility for Organizational Development and Training for Booz,Allen & Hamilton, one of the world's leading management consulting firms. He was also Global Vice President of Human Resources and Professional Development for Korn/Ferry International, the world's leading executive search firm. At Booz,Allen he was the primary architect of the Booz,Allen Curriculum and one of the drivers of the firm's human resources strategy, with responsibility across the whole portfolio of human capital initiatives including: formal and informal training and development programs for all levels of staff; leadership development; MBA recruiting; diversity; and staffing and career development. He also consulted with a number of Booz,Allen's largest clients around the world on management development and organizational change challenges. Recruited to Korn/Ferry immediately after their listing on the NYSE, he led organizational and cultural change to help the migration from a private sales-focused partnership to a publicly held professional services firm. At Korn/Ferry he developed and implemented the human resources strategy and organizational development initiatives by renewing operations and management processes; developing a performance management system; building a common culture; and improving consulting skills.
Prior to his career in the private sector, Mark taught at Harvard University for nearly a decade, where he also held several administrative positions. He was graduated with honors from the College of the Holy Cross, and took his Ph.D. in English Literature from Harvard University, during which time he received awards for his teaching as well as scholarships for research and study in the United States and abroad. Mark sits on the Boards of Directors of the private equity firm Claredon Partners and The Ricardo O'Gorman Center, an experimental school in Harlem. He has traveled, worked, and taught in more than 50 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Mark is an advisor and consultant who works with individuals, teams, and organizations to help them function more effectively and efficiently. As the President of Nevins Consulting, he develops programs and helps solve problems in the areas of leadership, management, organizational design and development, change management, communication, and the creation of training curricula. For more than fifteen years he has been advising and consulting to senior executives of both large and small organizations in many industries, in the private and public sectors.
Mark has studied leadership, management, and organizational development extensively. He is a moderator for The Aspen Institute's Executive Seminar on Values-Based Leadership as well as the special seminar Leading Change; he also serves as Director of Marketing for the Aspen Institute's Seminars Program. Mark regularly guest lectures on major business school campuses, and he writes in his areas of expertise. Recent publications include The Advice Business (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2003), a book on management consulting of which he is co-editor and co-author, and "21st-Century Leadership: Redefining Management Education," in the journal Strategy and Business.
In his corporate career, Mark had worldwide responsibility for Organizational Development and Training for Booz,Allen & Hamilton, one of the world's leading management consulting firms. He was also Global Vice President of Human Resources and Professional Development for Korn/Ferry International, the world's leading executive search firm. At Booz,Allen he was the primary architect of the Booz,Allen Curriculum and one of the drivers of the firm's human resources strategy, with responsibility across the whole portfolio of human capital initiatives including: formal and informal training and development programs for all levels of staff; leadership development; MBA recruiting; diversity; and staffing and career development. He also consulted with a number of Booz,Allen's largest clients around the world on management development and organizational change challenges. Recruited to Korn/Ferry immediately after their listing on the NYSE, he led organizational and cultural change to help the migration from a private sales-focused partnership to a publicly held professional services firm. At Korn/Ferry he developed and implemented the human resources strategy and organizational development initiatives by renewing operations and management processes; developing a performance management system; building a common culture; and improving consulting skills.
Prior to his career in the private sector, Mark taught at Harvard University for nearly a decade, where he also held several administrative positions. He was graduated with honors from the College of the Holy Cross, and took his Ph.D. in English Literature from Harvard University, during which time he received awards for his teaching as well as scholarships for research and study in the United States and abroad. Mark sits on the Boards of Directors of the private equity firm Claredon Partners and The Ricardo O'Gorman Center, an experimental school in Harlem. He has traveled, worked, and taught in more than 50 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.