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A Note From Yvonne

I am forever grateful to have partnered with success-minded organizations and businesses while I pursued my doctoral degree in Business Psychology and Organizational Consulting. My ongoing quest to sharpen my craft of integrating science with human behavior to positively impact business results has fueled my learning and academic development.

I would like to thank the many leaders, owners, founders, executives, and individuals with whom I interacted while completing my research. My doctoral education is now complete, and I am eager to partner with you and grow YOUR people so you can grow your businessSM.

About

YVONNE KINNEY, PhD, HAS HELPED NUMEROUS LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY MAXIMIZE THEIR PERFORMANCE BY UTILIZING THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY.

The most important asset to your business is your people. For more than 20 years, Yvonne has been helping executives and leaders grow their business by growing their peopleSM.

At Consulting Solutions, we approach this work by tapping into the science of psychology. As a Business Psychologist, Yvonne studies individual, group, and organizational behaviors and dynamics in the workplace. This work allows for better understanding of how people think and interact with one another for positive business results. What could go better with business than a solid understanding of how people “tick?”

The individual psychology of employees play into day-to-day decisions that impact performance and culture. Understanding this can allow you to support and develop your employees, hire intelligently, expand and grow, improve your staff’s performance, enhance leadership effectiveness, and ultimately, achieve your goals faster.

When you partner with Yvonne and Consulting Solutions, you will be challenged to look at things from different angles, discover your own solutions, reclaim your stake in the future and take more initiative as a leader.

Are you ready to change the trajectory of your organization?
Contact Yvonne at 320.766.7788 or email her today.

Education

PhD, Business Psychology and Organizational Consulting

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Dissertation Topic: Psychological Capital and Grit
in relationship to Executive Engagement

Master of Arts, Leadership

Augsburg College

Thesis Topic: Assessment Use
Within Leadership Development

Certificate I/O Psychology

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Bachelor of Science, Management

St. Cloud State University

Affiliations & Certifications

  • Certified in KSA Foundations Suite, Talent Telligent
  • Certified in Hogan Assessment and Winslow Behavioral Assessment
  • User of Denison Organizational Culture Survey
  • Certified in The Grove’s Strategic Visioning™ system
  • Certified in The One Page Business Plan®
  • Certified Family Business Advisor, Galliard Group
  • Management coaching certifications through Franklin Covey and Marshall Goldsmith
  • Certified user of 360 Assessment through Leadership Link
  • Selected as key community leader for Blandin Leadership Program
  • Selected as a Premier Coach for eWomenNetwork of Dallas
  • Served on a national advisory board for Franklin Covey Coaching