Gathering Pace Consulting
Building Momentum In Leadership and Organizational Performance
William C. Ronco, Ph.D. and Jean S. Ronco, Ed.M., are principals of Gathering Pace Consulting in Bedford, Massachusetts. They consult on strategic planning, partnering and leadership training for some of the world’s best-run organizations: Fortune 500 corporations, colleges and universities, professional firms, technology companies, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, construction companies, government and community organizations.
About William Ronco
President of Gathering Pace Consulting, Dr. William Ronco consults on strategic planning, partnering and leadership training for some of the world’s best-run organizations: Fortune 500 corporations, colleges and universities, professional firms, technology companies, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, construction companies, government and community organizations.
Dr. Ronco has extensive experience working with:
- Leadership training for experienced managers and professionals. His customized programs for specific groups in organizations and Leaders Circle programs have consistently enables participants to develop key competencies, take on new challenges and improve their leadership effectiveness.
- Strategic planning for mid-sized organizations and large departments. Dr. Ronco’s strategic planning work has enables numerous organizations to resolve current performance problems and develop new paths for success. His work includes both empirical business and survey analysis and strategic planning workshops that fully implement plans throughout the organization.
- Partnering and teambuilding. An international expert in this area, Dr. Ronco has led over 200 successful partnering projects resulting in improved communications and performance among organizations and groups working together on projects, in outsourcing, in mergers and alliances of all kinds. Dr. Ronco’s book The Partnering Solution (Career Press, 2005) has earned strong, positive reviews and widespread use among professionals and managers who must partner effectively in order to succeed.
- Custom training. Dr. Ronco’s custom training programs consistently earn 90% Excellent ratings. His programs have helped thousands of participants improve key management, supervision, communications, team and consulting skills.
Dr. Ronco regularly conducts management and service seminars for select universities and associations: Harvard University, Boston University, Northeastern University, the Boston Consortium For Higher Education, and CORENET. Participant evaluations of his programs are consistently in the top 10% of the organizations’ programs overall.
In addition to The Partnering Solution, Dr. Ronco has written numerous articles and several other books: Partnering Manual For Design and Construction (NY: McGraw Hill, 1996), Food Co-ops (Boston, Beacon Press, 1974), Jobs (Boston, Beacon Press, 1977) and, with Lisa Peattie, Making Work (NY: Plenum Press, 1980).
A former professor in the MBA program at Northeastern University, Dr. Ronco earned his BA at Rutgers University, his Ed.M. at Harvard University and his Ph.D. in Urban Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
