Mission
CorporateCollaborators
CPCUWebinarSeries

DiscoveryOnstage, in collaboration with two long-time business consultants and branding experts, sets out to engage corporate leaders in the creative process and the exploration and valuing of the imagination.  It is well understood that these are challenging times in the business world – times that call for a heavy dose of reality.  It is the view of DiscoveryOnstage, however, that with an even heavier dose of imagination, opportunity is always and forever in abundance. 

We need new leadership enabling us to think collaboratively, to plan and act strategically and to improvise and innovate creatively.  Companies increasingly seek leaders with mind-sets and skill-sets that can do all three - relying less on traditional personality traits and more on imaginative leadership qualities and well-honed skills. 

DiscoveryOnstage Corporate Programs are designed to provide participants with an alternative to the traditional when it comes to leadership training.  By experiencing, first hand, the creative process as seen through the eyes of a theatre artist, participants will gain a more thorough understanding and awareness of self; a more productive and powerful process through which to hatch and develop a ideas; a grander willingness and ability to engage other’s and their ideas; and the skills necessary in presenting ideas in a way that provokes more positive and engaged response.

Like all of DiscoveryOnstage’s programs, DiscoveryOnstage Corporate places special emphasis on the discovery of truth, the importance of collaboration and the exploration of imagination.  After all, when ideas are grown from the imagination up, they often lead to a place of the unexpected – and the unexpected is precisely the place we must all seek in order to further our prospective causes.

CPCUWebinarSeries
Creative Leadership for Perilous Times
DiscoveryOnstage, along with their corporate collaborators, designs a three-part webinar series for the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society (CPCU) providing insurance professionals with a more creative alternative to leadership.  Focused on the creative process and the understanding and personalization of core value, this program sets out to build more authentic bridges between employees and their companies.  It is the hope of DiscoveryOnstage that through the series, participants gain a more thorough awareness of self and others; a more effective means of collaboration; and the tools necessary for the presentation of ideas.  To find out more about this program visit the CPCU at www.cpcusociety.org.

CorporateCollaborators

KentJackson, PhD., CPCU
Kent Jackson has over 40 years of professional experience in organizational development and leadership. For the past nine years he has performed consulting services related to branding, market research, training and strategic planning for a range of clients in insurance, education, health care, homebuilding and non-profit sectors.

He is currently an adjunct graduate professor with Regis University, serves as a grievance/mediation source for a community college and professional association of realtors, builders and developers, and manages member research and development services for a national society of ophthalmic surgery center owners.

Before starting his consultant practice in 2000, Dr. Jackson was an internal consultant in agency management and regional planner for State Farm Insurance.  Prior to joining State Farm he was owner/manager of a construction engineering and planning firm.  Prior to that he served as an academic and public affairs administrator and faculty member in psychology at the University of Northern Colorado.

Dr. Jackson earned Bachelor and Master’s degrees from the University of Northern Colorado and the PhD from Oregon State University. He achieved the CPCU designation in 1996.

ErnieE.Grecsek, MA, CPCU
Ernie E. Grecsek is a performance management consultant with a focus on training professionals in core leadership competencies.  He serves as an instructor for the CPCU Society, Center for Leadership. In his local community, he is a member of the Business Advisory Committee for the Career and Service Center of the South West Florida Workforce Development Board.

In his 25-year insurance claims career, Grecsek held management and executive positions with Nationwide, Wausau, and Allstate Insurance Companies. He was an adjunct professor at the Southwest Florida campus of National-Louis University in the College of Management and Business.

In 2007, Ernie was recognized by the CPCU Loman Education Foundation as an outstanding volunteer who demonstrates consistent and excellent performance within the CPCU Society Center for Leadership, the CPCU Society and other professional activities. 

He earned a B.S. in economics and business administration at Wagner College, and a M.A. in human resource development and training from The Ohio State University; he is affiliated with the Society of Human Resource Management, American Society for Training and Development and the CPCU Society.