Responsive Management Systems™
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. . . Line-Level Leadership
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Responsive Management Systems™ is an organizational development firm
specializing in Line-Level Leader and Line-Level Team performance training and troubleshooting (Clients
& Industries Served). Richard L. Baron,
founder of
Responsive Management Systems, has 32 years of supervision, management and consultation
experience. His research in the areas of management training
and organizational change and development has been presented (video
clip) at professional conferences
nationally and published in professional journals.
Since starting Responsive Management Systems™ in 1985 (Product
Design & Development History), Mr. Baron has
provided integrated leadership consultation and learning opportunities to publicly and privately
held businesses and organizations nationally (Clients & Industries
Served). These consultation
and training activities have focused on management-employee collaboration strategies,
practical performance evaluation and quality measurement, rebuilding work teams,
assessment of employee and organizational performance, consumer responsiveness, staff and
training needs assessment, and organizational quality and performance improvement
strategies. He conducts 150 days of skills-based learning,
conflict intervention, project facilitation
and team refocusing a year. The instructional
methodology for learning includes didactic instruction (30%), live behavioral modeling of
skills (35%), and participant rehearsal with instructional feedback (35%).
Mr. Baron has developed specialized participant Learning
Aids
to enhance and encourage the application of consulting, coaching or training information
at the participant's work-site. The most popular is a mini-manual titled
Skill Check™. (1994,
1997, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008) and the Pocket Prompts™ 2006. An
"icebreaker" quote kit used to make name tents for training participants titled
In Other Words™ (1995,
2003) has also been produced.
In addition, he has developed, administered and coached a number of employee and
organizational assessment instruments and processes including Responsive
Management: S3™: Leadership Development Survey (1986, 2003, 2006),
the Responsive Employment Assessment and Profile (1987), I.D.E.A.S.™ (1992),
and Connections™ (2002), designed to structure the work-group leader and
team activities toward successful completion of a project phase.
These survey instruments and work-group brainstorming processes (Think
Improvement, 2004) are used to assess, plan,
and monitor management, employee and organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
In 1993, he formally introduced the 70% effective Leader-Focused Reteaming™ designed to
intervene with small non-productive and sometimes destructive work groups.
Other products that have been under development
for several years: Quality Assurance System Design and
Implementation (1996, 2002), designed to jump-start an organization-wide
quality assurance management-information system; Periodic Performance Resource Review
(2005) procedures to improve employee performance reviews; Guidelines for
Positive and Negative Corrective Action (2001); and, semi-annual
presentation of open enrollment Responsive Management™ Public Seminars
for engineering, technical, and clinical supervisors and managers (see Trainings).
Thank you for visiting Responsive Management Systems™ web
site. Comments, suggestions and inquiries are
welcome.

Richard L. Baron
Responsive Management Systems™
PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT AND APPROACH
Responsive Management Systems™ develops Excellence
in Line-Level Leaders. Dick uses applied research-based methods for significantly improving one-to-one/team
performance management and communication skills.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
 | Line-Level Leadership™ Instruction |
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 | I.D.E.A.S.™ Brainstorming |
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 | Sł™Leadership Development Survey |
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Problem Analysis and Team Decision Making |
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 | Life Line™ |
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 | Periodic Performance Review |
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 | Catalyst-Think Improvement™ for Line-Level Leaders |
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 | Guidelines for Positive and Negative Corrective Action |
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EXPERIENCE/SELECTED PROJECTS
(Provided upon request.)
EDUCATION/TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS