Maria Ramos-Chertok Consulting

Goal

Maria customizes her consulting approach with each client in order to respond to the uniqueness of each organizational culture and ensure optimal client satisfaction. Whether it be a small nonprofit or a large department of a government agency, Maria can help you make meaningful assessments to determine the best way to capitalize on your team’s strengths, enhance communication with employees, address conflicts maturely and effectively, help staff understand change cycles and train managers on effective supervision and in sexual harassment prevention.

Philosophy

As someone with an extensive history of working in and with nonprofit organizations and government agencies, Maria understands the importance of uniting an organization’s mission with the way its services are provided to the community. Her philosophy embraces a client-centered model of care with integrated service networks working collaboratively to support and nurture people through culturally competent services.

Approach

Maria consciously uses both her heart and mind in all the consulting, training and mediation work she does. The result being a thoughtful, intuitive and honest approach to her work. She values humor and keeps respect at the forefront of her interactions in an effort to engage participants in an enjoyable and valuable training, meeting or retreat experience.

Skills

An attorney by training, Maria uses her legal background as one part of a strong foundation of skills in mediation, facilitation, consulting, writing and coaching, all of which have been enhanced through her commitment to ongoing professional development activities.