Even though schools, colleges, and universities have a mission to teach and train, education is also a business. We can help you integrate effective business strategies into your institution.  These strategies can assist in improving functioning and services so that you can get back to what really matters -- the students.  We provide the following services:

Strategic Planning Facilitation and Follow-up
We can assist you in the strategic planning process by facilitating the development of an overall vision and the development of steps, goals, and timelines to implement those strategies.  We can also assist you with the accomplishment of the goals identified in the plan. 

Students Services Support and Guidance (Specialists on Staff in Career Services and Student Counseling Services)
Our consultants have experience in students services and can assist you in providing the best services to your students.  We begin by assessing your students' needs and then offering up ways to most effectively and efficiently meet those needs.

Team Development and Facilitation for Committees
Teams dynamics are complex and often outside facilitation can solve many problems.  At Ann Lowry and Associates, we are trained to diagnose and offer interventions into the team process to help your teams function more productively.  Whether your team meets daily, weekly, monthly, or even yearly, we can turn you into top performers.

Project Management
Even important projects can get put on the back burner.  We can assist you in completion of the project.  We can also work with you on process improvement to determine how projects can be completed more efficiently in the future.

 Conflict Resolution
Conflict is an inevitable part of life and work.  Most often conflicts can be resolved through open communication.  We can assist and facilitate this communication so that individuals can get beyond the conflict and function effectively again.

 Diversity Training
Unfortunately, discrimination and misunderstandings still happen around GLBT individuals in schools and in the workplace.  We offer GLBT diversity training and are currently offering special consultation and training on general issues and legal issues related to transgender employees/students.

Curriculum Revision and Alignment Assistance
Curriculum revision is important and tends to generate much energy in faculty.  We can assist you by being an outside voice that assists with compromise and collaboration.  We can also help you align that curriculum so that it uses resources effectively and efficiently.

Process Improvement
Creative process improvement is difficult for individuals within an organization because they often wish to keep things as they are and are unable to generate creative solutions.  As outside consultants, we can assist your employees move beyond tunnel vision and promote change as positive.

Project Management for Special Initiatives
Special projects often become "add on's" for individuals and teams.  As such, responsibility is diffused. We can assist you with that project by providing oversight and effective project management.  We can also work with you on process improvement to determine how projects can be completed more efficiently in the future.


 For more information, contact us at info@annlowryandassoc.com or by phone at:  612.518.2164.