BILL MCKENDREE

Founder of The Clarion Group
Bill McKendree is an expert in the areas of organizational design, strategy development and implementation, management process development, and creation of executive alignment. During a career spanning over 40 years, he has had diverse experience as a line executive managing large complex businesses and working as a strategic internal consultant.
Bill’s accomplishments are best reflected in how he shows up. Bill brings practical, hands-on experience into large organizational settings with a talent for listening and hearing the real issues that are at play in an organization. 
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    He is highly valued for his insights into situations and is frequently sought out for his ability to frame solutions to complex problems, inspire and motivate clients to address them, and advise and coach on implementation. People see Bill’s greatest accomplishment as being who he is, and frequently say that it is his courage, integrity, leadership, and respect that cause them to seek him out. 


"Dreams and dirty hands beget success.”

EDUCATION

Masters in Organizational Behavior, University of Vermont
B.A., Skidmore College
Current Board Member, Eastern National
Current Board Member, The Daily Gazette
Current Board Member, The Living Supplies Closet
Past Vice President, Westerly (RI) Land Trust
Past Chair, Westerly (RI) Hospital
Past Chair, The Ocean Community United Theatre
Past Board Chair, Western New England Organization Development Network
Past Board President, Leadership Greater Hartford
Past Vice Chairman, Outward Bound USA

FUN FACTS

FAVORITE BOOK

“Endurance” by Alfred Lansing—the true story of the Shackleton expedition to Antarctica.

FAVORITE HOBBIES

Sailing, kayaking, cooking, vocal music, architecture, and historic preservation. 

ROLE MODEL

L. Francis Herreshoff — he designed and built boats that are a wonderful marriage of simplicity, beauty, functionality, and performance. 

FAVORITE WORD

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