Associate - Thomas J. Buckholtz
Thomas J. (Tom) Buckholtz works with enterprises, governments, and national
and regional development groups, to
- Accelerate enterprise innovation and success.
- Jumpstart national and regional development.
Enterprise Innovation and Success
Gain pivotal insight regarding key questions, including the following.
- What products and services do your customers need?
- For what aspects of your business should you seek partners?
- How can you describe the support you seek from partners – and thereby help prospective partners self-qualify themselves?
- How can you determine the extent to which a prospective partner will make a good partner?
- On what should agree with a prospective partner?
- What degree of information and systems sophistication will it take to support any one partnership or your portfolio of partnerships?
- How can you monitor and grow your partnerships?
- What are your most important opportunities for improving effectiveness and efficiency within your enterprise and how can you capture those opportunities?
Dr. Thomas J. (Tom) Buckholtz brings Strategic Proficiency techniques and personal perspective so that your enterprise innovates and succeeds. The techniques and perspective are based on successes including the following.
- Met profitability goals while leading a US$1 billion business unit.
- Completed technology development and product delivery for two 20-person start-ups.
- Catalyzed US$100 million in recurring annual automation-based benefits for a US$6 billion company.
- Pioneered a software licensing technique; negotiated licenses that saved a company US$10 million.
- Enhanced inter-organizational teamwork, work processes, and procurement processes.
- Helped pioneer several technologies.
National and Regional Development
Gain pivotal insight regarding key questions, including the following.
- Who are or should be clients of your development program?
- What goals and needs do or could the clients of your development program have?
- What goals should your development program pursue?
- What Information-Age social and economic objectives should your development program foster?
- How can you build an effective coalition for your development program?
- How can you describe the support you seek from partners – and thereby help prospective partners self-qualify themselves?
- How can you determine the extent to which a prospective partner will make a good partner?
- On what should agree with a prospective partner?
- What degree of information and systems sophistication will it take to support any one partnership or your portfolio of partnerships?
- How can you monitor and grow your partnerships?
- What are your most important opportunities for improving effectiveness and efficiency within your development program and how can you capture those opportunities?
Dr. Thomas J. (Tom) Buckholtz brings Strategic Proficiency techniques and personal perspective so that your national or regional development program innovates and succeeds. The techniques and perspective are based on successes including the following.
- Catalyzed initiatives that…
- Spotlighted for the U.S. national agenda the topic of improving governmental service to the public.
- Launched a new type of international partnering and service between Rotary clubs.
- Preserved four miles of scenic seashore in Palos Verdes Estates (Los Angeles County, California, USA).
- Taught “Catalyzing an Information Proficient Society” for participants in Afghanistan, Ghana, and Sri Lanka.
- Provided talks during 2003 on jumpstarting the Silicon Valley economy for the following.
- An “economic trends” event, attended by 350 people, sponsored by Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network (a regional-development not-for-profit), the Commonwealth Club (a national public affairs forum), and Silicon Valley Biz Ink (a regional newspaper).
- The Silicon Valley Roundtable of the (U.S.) National Association for Business Economics.
- Authored Information Proficiency: Your Key to the Information Age – providing readers the essence of Information Age for business and government, practical advice, and inspirational success stories.
Strategic Proficiency
Use Strategic Proficiency to gain pivotal insight quickly – throughout at least a hundred business activities. You get closer to better decisions – quickly and easily. For each question or activity, you can use a recipe to determine the key “who,” “what,” “when,” “why,” “how much,” and “how to” vital to your success. And, your colleagues and you can invent your own recipes. Strategic Proficiency applications span the following realms.
- Customers, marketplaces, and suppliers.
- Enterprise leadership and communications.
- Programs, projects, and teams.
- Individuals and careers.
The following illustrate applications of Strategic Proficiency.
- A U.S. “Fortune 50” telecommunications company director estimated $2 million in annual potential revenue gains by using Strategic Proficiency techniques within her group of fewer than 12 people.
- “I recommend [Strategic Proficiency] for any business executive who understands the value of effective communication and decision making. We are a startup with precious little time to succeed. Having a simple structure to work with has proven invaluable. I recommend taking the time to discover this valuable tool for yourself.” - Mike Grove, CEO, Open Country
- “I recommend the ‘Service Value’ and ‘Style Maturity’ techniques ... for anyone engaged in the transformation of government or industry. I have used the Value Spectrum in shifting from a paper-based publication to Web publication and knowledge management strategy.” - Wayne Hanson, Senior Executive Editor, Center for Digital Government, e.Republic, Inc.
- “As an Executive Coach, I found Tom’s ‘Service Value’ model to be extremely effective. This deceptively simple model allows complex ideas to hit home. ... In one case, an executive who struggled with delegating realized where he was wasting time and, more importantly, learned where to focus his time. A second client noted that it was more effective than management books he has read. I love this model for moving clients along their path quickly. It’s a tool I’ll use over and over in my work.” - Sylvia FerroNyalka, PCC, President, Success Resources Inc.
- “The Service Value technique provides a valuable tool for determining the essential details needed to achieve a business objective.” - Roberta Moore, CEO, Revenue Optimization Council; Founder, Qualitative Marketing
- “At last, a pragmatic approach to organizational and individual improvement – as deep in practical advice as it is comprehensive in scope. An approach that any executive or professional can relate to and implement quickly.” - Joe Feliu, Vice President, NeoDimensions, Inc.; former VP Operations/CIO, Visto Corp. and AllAdvantage.com
- “The Service Value and Style Maturity techniques provide as important a conceptual breakthrough for enhancing business success as have Relativity and Quantum Mechanics for keeping physics viable. .. Almost any person, group, or enterprise can benefit quickly and significantly from Value and Maturity.” - Ron Fredericks, President, MultimediaComputing.com
Dr. Thomas J. (Tom) Buckholtz
Dr. Thomas J. (Tom) Buckholtz is a business and executive coach, consultant, seminar provider, author, and speaker. He helps enterprises and individuals define and achieve business strategies, develop and market products and services, augment corporate culture, and focus on doing work effectively and efficiently. He anticipates that Strategic Proficiency techniques will catalyze a global enhancement in business and personal effectiveness.
Tom has led a $1 billion business unit, corporate operations for start-ups, and various automation endeavors. He helped pioneer several technologies. As a Commissioner in the United States General Services Administration, he served as co-chief information officer for the federal government’s 4,000,000-person Executive Branch and also as GSA’s CIO; his team catalyzed the early 1990s nationwide grassroots movement that spotlighted improving governmental service for the United States national agenda. He catalyzed innovation and $100 million in recurring annual benefits throughout Pacific Gas and Electric Company and established a new business practice in the world software marketplace. His concepts led to the creation of the Palos Verdes Estates (California) Shoreline Preserve and a Rotary International service program. Tom earned a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, after receiving a B.S. in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology.
