Lloyd Fickett & Associates, Inc.
Lloyd Fickett and Associates, Inc has been working with companies since 1983 to develop effective leadership and teamwork. The Collaborative Way emerged out of this work as a powerful structure for creating an environment of collaboration. For over a decade, it has proven to give companies an essential competitive advantage. We are passionate about bringing companies this way of working that honors the human spirit, opens up the wealth of a company’s collective intelligence and frees people to take new levels of responsibility as they step forward as generators of a company’s success. We feel privileged to participate with companies as they take on this journey.

History of The Collaborative Way
The Collaborative Way was developed at Rodel, which was the dominant company in the market of providing consumables to polish silicon wafers; in fact, almost every computer chip in the world was touched by at least one of their products. However, the owners, Bill and Don Budinger, had the foresight to recognize that with the growth rate and strategic nature of their market, they would soon face bigger competitors with more money and resources. These visionary leaders saw they needed a new way of working together that would give them the edge to compete head-on with these tougher competitors in order to continue to be the leader in their market.

Lloyd Fickett and Associates, Inc. began work with Rodel in 1989 and developed what we now call The Collaborative Way to help meet their challenge. This way of working provided the edge the company needed when they took on both the larger competitors that came into their market and a growth rate of doubling every 18 months.

In 1994, we were approached about bringing this way of working to other companies. Implementing The Collaborative Way into organizations from a broad range of markets and businesses has been our primary work ever since.

“Rodel was like a lot of companies that earned great success, but found customer satisfaction with our performance less than our market share would have suggested was the case. Although we had climbed from garage shop start up to best in class, multi-hundred million dollar, #1 market share holder in 15 years in a key component of semiconductor processing, we knew we had to get better. Lloyd Fickett led a transformation of our management effort that included every employee in the company. As a result, we transformed ourselves from best in class from an internal perspective to best in class from the point of view of the market place we served. Truly remarkable”.
- Don Budinger

Jason Gore has been leading change initiatives and training programs since 1993. Jason specializes in helping organizations achieve business results by improving collaboration and implementing effective team practices and cultures. He also facilitates non-profit board retreats and executive meetings.

Jason focuses on enabling individuals and teams to work together to achieve the strategic goals of the company—mobilizing the whole organization to support the results that matter. He often works across teams to identify their common goals, facilitates resolution to challenges and obstacles, and trains teams to have effective interactions and relationships.

Jason has led projects at CapitalOne, Banana Republic, AT&T, the U.S. Army & Air Force, Phoenix Nuclear Power Plants, BellSouth, Ford, Ameritech, and Verizon, in addition to many others. In one project, he led a $14m, 110-person technical team and improved their ability to develop and implement innovative products. In another initiative, he managed a $4m budget and a 30-member team to deliver 115 workshops to 8100 participants in 5 countries.

Jason earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania focused on interpersonal dynamics and holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley, where he focused on business strategy and organizational development.

Steve Revella has provided consulting services to companies that want to build high-performance teams across geographic and cultural boundaries since 1982, . In every assignment, Steve is acknowledged for his unique ability to target and align the efforts of the most important contributors to the successful implementation of the company’s strategy.

In a four-year project for one of the world’s largest suppliers of chemicals, Steve’s work united the efforts of over 1,000 people working in natural and virtual teams throughout Asia, Europe, and North and South America. Other Revella clients hold leadership positions in markets ranging from insurance to finance and mining.

Steve has held management positions in private industry and government agencies. He also served on the faculty of a business school where students gained insight into the real challenges of formulating and managing strategic business plans.

Steve holds an M.B.A. from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) and an M.S. in Social Work from San Diego State University.