About Us InPartnership Consulting, Inc. Executive Biographies
Michael Bell
InPartnership Co CEO/President
 Michael Bell, co founder, president and CEO of InPartnership Consulting Inc., is an acclaimed leader in the fields of organizational development and strategic planning. A systems thinker, he is an expert in assisting organizations in understanding their cultures and their need for transformational learning. Michael designs state-of-the-art training, leadership development programs and conference presentations and serves as an international consultant and executive coach. He has special expertise in organizational assessment, teambuilding and mentoring programs.
In his executive coaching and consulting, Michael assists leaders in leveraging their strengths and resources, creating new opportunities for their own personal and professional development as well as for their staff and organization. His approach balances challenge with support and is coupled with resources to enable his clients to effectively engage others in change and growth. He specializes in working with executives charged with leading and implementing change initiatives.
As a nationally recognized expert and keynote speaker on establishing and re-energizing effective diversity councils, Michael aligns the work of councils with key business goals and provides measurements so diversity councils can demonstrate their vital contribution to the entire organization.
Michael’s work in strategic planning processes has included revising products and services offered by the financial services division for Utah’s largest bank. This effort coincided with a change in senior leadership, the goal of which was to position the organization for continued financial competitiveness.
To contribute to leadership development in the non-profit sector, Michael serves as a faculty member for the Rockwood Leadership Program—a group that has convened to teach leaders of progressive non-profits how to powerfully align and inspire themselves and other toward common goals and high quality results.
Together with Mercedes Martin, Michael was responsible for the published research “Best Practices for Corporate Mentoring Programs.” Mercedes and Michael have also designed mentoring programs for Fortune 100 companies that are helping to build the next generation of leaders for these organizations.
A graduate of Cornell University, Michael is a core member of two national think tanks, Fetzer Institute’s “Healing the Heart of Diversity” and the “Bohmian Dialogue Research Group.” His doctoral studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies (“CIIS”) were in cross-cultural communication with a focus on “Adult Learning and Change.” Michael is also an advanced facilitator in the conflict resolution model of Powerful Non-Defensive Communication (PNDC).
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Mercedes Martin, M.A.
InPartnership Co CEO/President
 Mercedes Martin, co president and CEO of InPartnership Consulting Inc., has pioneered the introduction of global diversity and leadership development programs in Africa, South and Central America. A native Spanish-speaking coach, international consultant and conference speaker, Mercedes has a unique talent for understanding the social, political and economic contexts of client situations and developing consistently dynamic and powerful interventions.
Mercedes has special expertise on global cultural competence, intercultural team building and leadership development. Mercedes is a keynote speaker on cultural globalization, intercultural communication and women’s leadership development. She designs engaging and interactive presentations that spark new thinking and help transform audiences. Acclaimed programs that Mercedes has designed and developed include:
Leadership Development programs in Central America and Africa; Leadership programs for women working together across race, class and cultural divisions; and, Leadership and competencies development programs (train-the-trainer) for corporations, non-profits and educational institutions. As a specialist in resolving cross-cultural conflicts and rebuilding workplace teams, Mercedes is a member of the California Department of Education’s Think Tank “Building Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution Models” and is certified as an advanced facilitator using the conflict resolution model of Powerful Non-Defensive Communication (PNDC).
Mercedes is an adjunct faculty member at San Francisco State University Human Resource Diversity Management Program, University of Santa Cruz Executive Leadership Institute, and the John F. Kennedy University Women’s Leadership Institute as an advisory board member. She is also an elected Board Member for Diversity Leadership Forum—the Association for Diversity Professionals developing professional competencies and skills for diversity practitioners.
A graduate of the University of Miami, Mercedes holds a Masters Degree in Leadership Development from University of San Francisco and diversity facilitation certification from the Equity Institute, IBM, and R.Thomas Consulting. As a United States Air Force Officer for twelve years Mercedes was certified Master Facilitator in “Total Quality Management”.
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