Associates

JEFFREY BOYNTON, PhD

• Thirty years experience in leadership, management, organization development and training.
• Extensive experience in senior corporate positions, including general management.
• Successful entrepreneur and businessman.
• Master of Science degrees in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Counseling; Doctorate in Psychology

A French mother and American father brought up "Bo" Boynton in the United States, Europe and Africa. He attended schools in France, Libya and the US, and graduated from high school in Greece. Dr. Boynton was in the military for fourteen years, primarily in operations and training, and served two and a half years in Southeast Asia and in other locations throughout the world as a Special Forces (Green Beret) officer.

Dr. Boynton left the military to spend six years in technology-driven organizations (General Instrument, Osborne Computers and Velobind, Inc.) and became a vice-president of a public corporation in California's Silicon Valley. There, he developed and delivered the first of many comprehensive plans for organizational transition which he implemented successfully and for which he is now actively sought by many clients.

Since 1986, Dr. Boynton has been building Auburn Group into a unique Organization Development consulting and training company, concentrating primarily on scientific and engineering organizations. He is the author of a number of articles and handbooks for managers and leaders in subjects such as pro-active management, critical thinking skills, performance communications skills, personal peak performance, organizational community building and change management, among others.

Dr. Boynton is notable for his insight, down-to-earth style, common sense and good humor, bringing confidence and skill to individual managers, teams and organizations in many forms, including an unusual set of gently confronting foci on honest self-appraisal. He is unafraid to face very challenging issues along with his clients and has an unusual ability to identify core issues in organizations and move to corrective action in a rapid, caring, and business-like manner. In his own words, "my mission is to help my technical colleagues with the human issues that arise in any organization or team---to build on their strengths, eliminate the barriers, and get on with the business of succeeding."

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