“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”
Charles Darwin
What We Do
Your company has a bright, shiny strategic plan. What you don’t have are the results you expected. Getting more out of your organization isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition.
Even if your company has a solid strategic plan - is it clear to everyone in the organization what their role is in achieving the outcomes?
Not every strategy fits every culture. And not every challenge you’ll encounter comes straight from a business school case study. Waters Group Global will help you draw the roadmap to get you where you want to be. A roadmap that harnesses the strengths and talents of your team.
We’ll work side by side with you to clarify a strategy that will achieve your goals, empower the leadership to bring those goals to life, and forge the culture that makes it all possible.
What We Do
You can’t build lasting change - change that endures the first stiff wind it faces - without creating harmony between your strategy, leadership and culture.
Great organizations capitalize on their strengths, maintain a single-minded focus on what sets them apart, and have the confidence to adapt when conditions change.
We’ll help your team get there by uniting goals you determine together. We help you refine your own ideas and suggest new ones. And we bring a fresh, objective perspective on what works along with the experience to put it in place.
How We Do It
We lead you through in-depth discussions involving all of your organization’s key constituents. Conversations that bring out ideas as well as concerns. We encourage everyone to put their energy and creativity to work for a common cause and demonstrate how that brings about shared success.
From there, we’ll craft attainable, easy-to-understand priorities that focus on what you need to succeed. Your team, with our guidance, creates an action plan that comes from their ideas and takes advantage of their strengths. A plan that they can own and be passionate about.
And just as importantly, we teach you how to leave the distractions behind.
When Purpose, thought and action align….magic happens.
Our clients find resources they didn’t know existed, tap new growth, and knock down the internal barriers holding them back. Let’s talk about how Waters Group Global can help your organization create something positive, powerful and enduring.
Kelly Waters
Biography:
Co-founder and partner of Waters Group Global, an international consultancy generating measurable gains for small and medium sized companies.
Creator of the GAP model of economic growth and business expansion which focuses highly specialized resources to GROW young companies, ATTRACT external investment, and PREPARE companies and communities for the impacts of growth and expansion. Using this model, the Capital Region of New York State attracted more than $10 billion in business expansion, and new industry clusters.
Frequent national speaker on the topic of business growth and expansion. Recipient of the American Marketing Association, Capital Region Chapter, Marketer of the Year award and the Albany Chamber of Commerce Woman of Excellence award. Selected as a Woman of Influence by the Capital Region Business Review. Kelly serves on a number of Corporate Boards of Directors and advisory committees.
• Over 20 years experience in business development, technology commercialization, and business expansion.
• Has assisted hundreds of small to medium sized manufacturing and technology firms identify new markets, attract investment and expand production capabilities.
• Sustains a large network of executive level contacts in a variety of industry sectors to include nanotechnology, alternative/renewable energy, advanced materials, biotechnology/life sciences, and homeland security/national defense.
• Proven results in product placement, market penetration and revenue generation. Created new corporate divisions which grew on average 23% annually for five consecutive years.
• Experience at various executive levels including seven years as Chief Executive Officer and President of small technology focused company.
Jack Waters
Highlights of Expertise:
• With more than twenty years of experience in the aviation industry, Jack brings a special skill set to Waters Group Global spanning the realm between the manufacturing environment and systems engineering.
• His depth of experience throughout the aerospace product lifecycle facilitates ability to assess aerospace technology relevance and determine effective market entry points.
• Successfully led teams with more than 100 members and managed projects with operational budgets in excess of $4 million US.
• Has participated in and led teams through successful implementation of LEAN/Six Sigma programs.
• Two decades of military service in the US Navy as a test pilot with more than a decade involved in Department of Defense acquisition programs.
• Maintains connections within major aerospace companies serving both commercial and military aviation markets.
• Maintains appropriate Department of Defense security clearances.
Education:
Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics and Mathematics
Masters Degree in Systems Engineering
