Sydney A. Joyner

President
The Joyner Group

Sydney Joyner has over 20 years experience in organizational development consulting with start-up, emerging and growth companies, and mergers & acquisitions. Sydney works with both the boards and the executive leadership of companies on development strategies to support growth, performance and profitability. She acts as a catalyst for organizational development, and is noted for her high energy, insight, and facilitation abilities.

She consults and coaches CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and other members of the executive team on organizational structure, executive development, executive roles and responsibilities, executive transition, leadership strategies, culture resets, team development, and change management. Companies experiencing start-up challenges and life cycle changes in launching new products and services and/or transitioning executives to establish a dominant market position have benefited from her services.

Prior to her work in the Pacific Northwest, she was a senior executive in the marketing, advertising and public relations arena. Sydney holds undergraduate degrees in education and speech and hearing pathology, with post-graduate work in business management and broadcast communications. She holds an MBA degree from Marylhurst University, with a concentration in organizational development.

Sydney has taught as an adjunct professor in the MBA program at Marylhurst University and Portland State University. She is a frequent lecturer and presenter on leadership, organizational change, and the development of the "intellectual assets" within companies. She serves on the board of the Portland Creative conference, is a member of Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum, and the Resource Focus Group (a think tank for emerging businesses). Sydney is a past Board Examiner for the Oregon Quality Award and is an accredited member in the Public Relations Society of America.

Recently Sydney Joyner and Holly Files, owner of The Launchpoint Group,  formed a new consulting firm to offer a much wider range of services for businesses who want to add velocity to their growth and leadership development.  The new company, VelocX, is able to provide marketing, sales, operations, finance, leadership and organizational development support to companies and organizations.

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