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Lynn H. Gray
Lynn H. Gray focuses on human, organizational and societal development issues and strategies. At UNDP Lynn has been a lead consultant for the development of the Learning Managers Network (LMN), its global network of 155+ change leaders located in all UN Country Offices. The project, a UN Best Practice, is now in Phase 2, focused on establishing the LMN as a Global Development Change and Consulting Platform, able to support critical new UNDP initiatives, e.g., Sustainable-Global-Development and Knowledge Management. Lynn has a leadership development consultant to the Learning Resources Center; and been involved in innovative projects in various UNDP Regional Bureaus and HQ units, including RBAP, RBAS and BDP;
At WFP, Lynn has been a lead consultant for the roll-out of the new Results Based Management (RBM) strategy; lead consultant for the roll-out of new, global HR Performance Management Initiative (PACE) (both in 88 countries, 7 regions and all HQ units); team consultant on project focused on creating Change Leaders within ICT operations; HR/OD consultant on systemic leadership support systems; and has run Work Plan Workshops and Retreats for various WFP COs, including Kenya and Ethiopia. With other clients Lynn has worked on a three-year Leadership Development Program for a major European private sector agribusiness, which improves the leadership, management and strategic/analytic skills of 75 key corporate leaders, preparing them to extend their business into the Middle East and Eastern Europe. This venture has triggered exploration of a potentially significant new partnership initiative, built around a new product vision and line: sustainable agricultural management systems, to be jointly partnered and developed with local governments in developing countries – and parts of the UN system.
From this mix of clients, relationships and contracts, Lynn has designed and led projects in the USA, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, former Soviet Block countries, Central America and Africa (South, East, West and the Arab States).
Lynn did graduate work at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton University, where his thesis explored theoretical underpinnings for supporting innovation in complex organizations. His early professional work was based in NYC, where he created and managed major urban development projects for 20 years. Lynn was also Senior Vice President of the New York Urban Coalition, a partnership of public, private, labor, community and governmental agencies, focusing attention and resources on public education issues, on the development of public/private partnerships designed to promote economic development, and on large-scale strategies to address racial tensions and prejudice.
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