Interaction Associates (IA) is a 40-year innovator of advanced leadership practices that empower leaders to build trust, involve employees, and foster collaboration to drive strong business results. We work with more than 1/3 of the Fortune 500, focusing on methods that boost companies’ competitive advantage. We do this by developing strategic, self-aware leaders with strong collaborative acumen at every level in the organization.
Our services include:
-Consulting
-Training & Skill Development
-Coaching
Return on Involvement™
IA helps companies achieve a new measure of ROI – Return on Involvement – leading employees to move "beyond engagement" to share responsibility for business results.
Our work stresses a critical principle for achieving excellent “ROI”: Involved employees go beyond mere engagement to share in the responsibility of delivering strong results. In other words, we know that a collaborative culture of shared responsibility for success leads to impressive business results. From the employees’ perspective, in highly collaborative and involved workplace: “We care. We have skin in the game. We deliver results.”
About Our Company
We are an employee-owned (ESOP) company, with owner-employees located in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Our structure reflects our commitment to involving our employees in sharing responsibility for success. We combine our strong core of employee owners with a global network of coaches, consultants, partners, and trainers, which allows us to scale with excellence.
Our services build excellence in collaboration, competence in strategic thinking and deep self-awareness. We deliver enterprise-wide consulting solutions, group development and training, and individual coaching support. We customize the majority of our work based on the strategic objectives of our clients.
Clients tell us that our ability to listen to their needs, accelerate the implementation of key initiatives, and leverage 40+ years of tested, practical content is why they return year after year.
Our Values
Our work is values-driven and we walk the talk of collaboration and involvement with our communities. IA is the first firm of its kind to fund a nonprofit institute: The Interaction Institute for Social Change (IISC). Ten percent of Interaction Associates’ annual profits are directed to the IISC, and IA employees commit up to 10 days a year in community and pro bono work.
RESOURCES
Thought Leadership
IA literally wrote the books that are still industry standards today for How to Make Meetings Work and How to Make Collaboration Work. Here is a sampling of other leading research and articles from IA:
2011 Building Trust in Business (research report)
Facilitating Trust: What Team Leaders Need to Know (article)
The STAR Team Model for High Performance (whitepaper)
Leading in the Collaborative Organization (whitepaper)
Managing Online Meetings: Keeping People Engaged (research report)
Building Trust in Business Toolkit (ebook)
Contact Us:
617.535.7000 (Boston)
415.343.2600 (San Francisco)
Toll-free 1-800-347-8352
http://www.interactionassociates.com/about/contact-form
