Nancy Cebula is an independent consultant who works with organizations and communities in the public and private sectors, helping them discover ways to become successful in our turbulent environment through participative planning, design, and learning. The focus of her work is to help groups of people work together to build strong and vibrant social systems. This results in an organization that has a clear picture of its future; values true participation by all employees; and places responsibility for control and coordination of work at the level where the work is done, leading to increased quality, customer service, and productivity.
Ms. Cebula is a contributing author in the book People in Charge: Creating Self Managing Workplaces (Robert Rehm, Hawthorn Press, 1999). Her work is featured in The Search Conference (Merrelyn Emery and Ron Purser, Jossey-Bass, 1996) and The Self Managing Organization (Ron Purser, The Free Press, 1998). The video, “Team Based Management” by Blue Sky Productions is about her work with the Federal Judicial Center.
Nancy has been working as a change agent since the 1970's, from early work as a juvenile probation officer to large systems work as an organization development consultant. She has worked with clients in both the public and private sectors, including Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, the Land Bank of South Africa, United Airlines, DuPont, The Prudential Assurance Company (UK), U. S. Forest Service, U. S. Court System, the Royal Mail (United Kingdom), the states of Colorado, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, and Texas, and in communities such as Vail, Colorado, and the Macatawa area of Michigan. She has also worked in Canada, South Africa, Russia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom with leaders in public service, education, health and human services, finance, communications, advertising, retail, and manufacturing.
