Samuel P. Magill MBS, MCC

 Brief Biography

Sam has been “convening great conversations” since 1971 with corporate leaders and individuals.  He has twenty five years experience in industry, health care and education. He excels in rapid organization redesign and leadership education, as well as identifying and resolving core issues, patterns, structures and relationships that prevent organizations and individuals from achieving their goals. Sam creates profound connections between people, ideas and work.

Sam is a senior practitioner in consulting and executive coaching for organizational change, leadership, collaboration and performance.  He views the human aspects of organizations and technical / structural issues as inseparable and is known for helping people move beyond common organization divisiveness that hampers individual development and group performance.

Prior to the past ten years as a successful independent consultant and coach, Sam worked for The Boeing Company for nine years as an executive coach, internal consultant and coordinator for high potential managers. In earlier years, Sam work for the University of Washington Continuing Education as Acting Director for nine years, and the State of California in Grant Administration and the Sacramento Medical Center in organizational development. Sam has associated himself with Peter Block / AQP School for Managing, The Axelrod Group, Parliament of World Religions in Kenya and Spain, Fetzer Institute and The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara. He teaches at The Hudson Institute, The Whidbey Institute and The Center for Creative Change at Antioch University-Seattle.

Sam holds a B.A. in Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz and a MBA at the California State University, Hayward.  He is also a certified coach through The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara and certified in use of EQinAction, a leading instrument used to develop emotional intelligence in high pressure leadership situation. The International Coaching Federation has recognized Sam at their highest level, a Master Certified Coach (MCC).

Sam’s personal interests continually enhance his capacity to observe what is happening in organizations. Besides a solid management background, Sam is a published poet and is a serious amateur photographer who has successfully entered work in juried art shows. Sam is an avid outdoor adventurer and travels extensively in order to learn more about people.

Resume

Summary

Twenty five years experience in industry, government, health care, churches and education and has been recognized as a Master Certified Coach by the International Coaching Federation. Core competence is creating processes for people to think more creatively and collaboratively. Also, rapid organization redesign, leadership and team education, identification and resolution of core issues, patterns, structures and relationships that prevent organizations and individuals from achieving their goals. Creates connections between people, ideas and work.

Senior practitioner in consulting and coaching for organizational change, leadership, collaboration and performance.  Known for helping people move beyond common organization divisiveness that hampers individual development and group performance.

Recent client comments: Health system CEO: “Sam is unparalleled at connecting people to each other and their work.”  Nursing PHD studying health care leadership: “Sam is the best facilitator I have ever seen”. Boeing division president: Sam has, “Courage for doing what I would not have considered”.

1996 – Present

President, S. Magill Consulting, Inc. Consulting and coaching activities include industry, education and health care leaders, church leaders, individuals seeking performance and transition coaching, large rapid system change, leadership renewal, mission – structure – relationship alignment. Superior meeting design and facilitation skills that build the capacity of people involved and strategies to align action.  

Sample Affiliations and Clients:

  • Peter Block / AQP School for Managing.  1997-98. Dean and local faculty, Seattle. 
  • Pacific Northwest National Labs. 1997-99. Alignment among union, engineering and management. Recently cited as most effective investment in a seven year period.  Build collaboration across historically hostile boundaries.
  • The Axelrod Group – 1997 – present. Senior Associate. Lead consultant for MultiCare Health Systems large scale organization change project.  Resulted in improved cash flow, leadership education and cohesiveness across 42 facilities. Improved physician – nurse relationships.
  • Pro-bono:  Churches, non-profit organizations. Senior consultant / advisor for the Community Consulting Project.
  • Lead facilitator for the Parliament of World Religions in Kenya and Spain (2004).
  • Fetzer Institute 1997 to present. Coordinator of exploration of the effect and practice of relationship centered care as a means to improve health care. Design and facilitate national conferences on relationship centered care. 
  • The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara. Leadership team, product development, teaching in coach certification program, teaching in organization / life renewal program.
  • Adjunct faculty for Antioch University

1988 – 1996

The Boeing Company. Senior internal consultant supporting division president in establishing collaboration among executives, middle managers and hourly workers and for organization mergers.  Teacher and consultant for team building, performance evaluation methods and instruction, large scale learning events, large scale planning events.  Coach to leaders and co-workers. Application of various systems theories and of conversations which result in leadership and action.  Organization development group manager.

1982 – Present

Episcopal Church leadership and congregation development.  Principle author of Living into Our Ministries, The Mutual Ministry Cycle. Speaker at clergy retreats, coach to rectors and senior wardens, consulting on leadership and mutual ministry.

1979- 1988

University of Washington Continuing Education.  Acting Director and Associate Director managing compensation, performance evaluation, computing, student services, accounting, financial stability.  Associate Director of Government Affairs.  Also, independent organization development, leadership development, and consulting.

1971 – 1979

State of California. Multi-million dollar grants administration, coordination with many state agencies including California Postsecondary Education Commission. Education policy development, compensation research, program evaluation, teaching basic education skills to under-employed persons, Legislative liaison. Job and business development for minority owned business.  Individual coaching for career enhancement.

Sacramento Medical Center (UC Davis) 1978.  Internal organization development and operations research.

Teaching

The Hudson Institute. Leadership team, program development, Life Launch training, Coach Intensive Training.

The Whidbey Institute. Powers of Leadership program. Focus on adaptive leadership for complex institutional and social challenges.

Western Washington University. Management training for human services leaders.

Antioch University, Seattle. Graduate Course: Overview of Organization Development, Facilitation Skills.

University of Washington. Guest lecturer in graduate management courses.

The Boeing Company. Leadership and Management, Communication Skills, Interview Skills, Evaluation Skills, Effective use of engineer talent, Management skills for stabilizing work groups during rapid change.

Education

University of California at Santa Cruz.  1971 BA in Biology including independent research in plant nutrition, observation of forest ecology, research in the economics of labor and oil pollution, teaching high school biology.

University of California at Davis. 1973-74 Graduate studies in wine chemistry.

California State University at Hayward.  1977 MBA including quantitative decision making, accounting, and thesis on performance evaluation practices and possibilities. 

Leadership Skills Institute, Seattle. 1981 – 1985 Experiential work and teaching on group dynamics, shared leadership, conflict management and educational design. 

Weir Labs.  1992 and 1994. Intensive experience and practice in psychology of self-differentiation in personal life and in work settings.

The Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, California.  1993-94.  Studies in systems theory and cultures of research / inquiry.

School of Philosophy and Healing in Action, Columbia, Maryland and Seattle, Washington.  1994 – 1998 Application of healing philosophies to leadership and collaboration in organizations.  2005 – further adapting program to be titled Healing Leadership – A practice of moment to moment partnership.

The Hudson Institute:  1999 to present. Advanced studies in adult development and coaching.  

Deep Listening – Deep Questioning. 2004  Michael and Justine Toms on the art and practice of interviewing world and thought leaders.

Speaking Engagements

National Education Association, Government Affairs Staff – Conversations for action

University of Washington Staff Conference – Moving from theory to action in learning organizations.

University of Washington graduate course in leadership.

Fetzer Institute’s Relationship Centered Care Network – partnership as a practice

Eicher Corporation, New Delhi and Bombay India – Empowerment and performance evaluation.

School for Managing and Leading Change: Conversations to move from being spectators to action in new territory.

Battelle Laboratories – effective engagement practices and moving from opposition to partnership

Linkage Conference on change – In the moment facilitation.

Western Washington University – undergraduate course in human services agency administration.

Anglican and Episcopal Church leadership conferences.

North Sound Mental Health Administration – annual retreats for elected (5 county’s council members) and administrative leaders.

Washington State Department of Health – leadership for the future in an environment of converging health challenges.

Drug, Alcohol and Substance Abuse professional association – renewal of purpose, well being of practitioners in crushing work loads.

Drug, Alcohol and Substance Abuse Institute – well being of leaders and practitioners in context of budget cuts and client acuity and volume increase.

Clients Past and Present:
Aerospace manufacturing
Research and development laboratories
Community mental health
County government
State government
Public Health
Petroleum refinery
Arts organizations
Health care systems
Medical associations
Global dialog projects
Education institutions

References available on request


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