THE TEAM
Kim Payton, Ph.D.
Senior Consultant
"Winning teams act as if they are one body. Leadership teams, in their peak moments, appear to function as one mind."
• 27 years of experience in strategic planning and implementation
• Deep experience in guiding leadership in unique cultural public/private partnerships
• Functional expertise includes: senior leadership and Board of Directors coordination, leadership competencies, and organizational development
As an organizational psychologist, Kim Payton has been passionately engaged for 27 years in helping organizations make the most of their human capital. Advocating an environment where people can "feel themselves getting better everyday" and understand their connection to the mission and values of the organization, Kim notes that individuals naturally seek a “sense of dignified self that will bring out the highest qualities."
Kim has conducted extensive research into intercultural communication at the East West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. There he developed the key insights that people from different cultures live in different experiential worlds; and, that the process of learning about other cultures is a predictable pattern. He successfully applies these principles to business culture, coaching executives and enabling their teams to craft strategies and implementations that align organizational cultures with successful business strategies.
Kim is a board-certified, licensed industrial organizational psychologist. He brings to C³ organizational development expertise to help companies intentionally evolve.