About Us

At Key Partners, we believe there is no replacement for aligned, committed people. People make an organization work, we believe that companies can have the best strategies, the latest technology; however, without people aligned and working together your won't achieve desired results. Everyday we work with people to help them succeed together.

We exist to help people in organizations create the capabilities they need to be successful. Our expertise is helping clients build and transform their organizations, live up to their potential, and manage change in a way that acknowledges the speed, flexibility, and innovation required.

We help our clients to develop a deeper awareness of what is going on in the environment, develop a picture of what is needed, and jointly identify actions that will produce desired change. We partner with organizational leaders to create environments that achieve superior performance and build the capacity to mobilize energy, creativity, and commitment of the whole system. Organizational change, transition, and transformation are the outcomes of such a process. 

We provide one stop access for a range of management consulting services, we have a talented staff and a large international affiliate network with a range of perspectives to provide clients with a full range of change management and development services.

Core to the way we work are certain basic tenants : 

Our strength is our ability to form strategic business relationships. We work to understand our client's industry, culture and objectives and collaborate to develop integrated approaches to aligning people to strategy. 

About The Founder 

Stan Nabozny is the founder and president of Key Partners, an international management consulting firm specializing in organization and human systems development. He brings 20 years of international experience on managing change and building capability with business, governments and non-profits. He has worked with diverse industries, high tech, process manufacturing, discrete manufacturing, public sector, higher education, and a variety of service businesses. His clients have included Fortune 500 companies such as: Shell Oil, Zeneca, Merck, Ford, Scott Paper, Dupont, Himont Chemicals, Brinker International, GE and Mobil.

Some examples of his client work include working with numerous large multinationals in complete change projects to transform their business, resulting in dramatic improvements in cycle time,  cost savings and customer responsiveness; working with a large pharmaceutical company on the formation of a strategic alliance among three parties internationally; working with numerous multinationals in developing unique leadership development programs which are experientially based,  and consulting on the creation of international mergers.  Stan has been involved with executive coaching, leadership development, and the development of internal change agents internationally in 11 different countries. 

Areas of expertise  include the following:

Before founding Key Partners, Stan was a Management Consultant with a high tech company where he created a management consulting business to assist customers with large scale change efforts and organization redesigns to improve profitability, quality and responsiveness. In this capacity, he developed the business as well as lead engagements with clients.

Stan is a graduate of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland's post graduate training program in organization and human systems development including multiple third year specializations in individual and group development. He has also done post graduate work at the Gestalt Institute of the Pacific working with individuals and systems development. He has completed other post graduate development in socio-technical system design, change management and organization design.  

Among his distinguished accomplishments is being listed as an Honored Professional of Who’s Who in America since 1996. Stan has been a speaker at the Ecology of Work Life Conferences and at the International Quality and Productivity Center. He has authored numerous articles on organization change and personal development. His work has been recognized by numerous publications and industry experts.

Cathe Carlson - is a principle with Key Partners and co-founder of The Woodlands Learning Institute. Cathe brings over 20 years experience working with a broad range of businesses and industries in both public and private sectors, many of them Fortune 100 companies. Her primary focus is helping clients develop innovative solutions to complex issues while enhancing the quality of thinking and interacting in human systems. Current interests include: personal and leadership coaching, development of consultants and human resource professionals, and transformational change strategies. She has extensive experience in complex systems change, organization capability development, team development, intrapreneurial start up businesses, combination management (M&A, Alliances), culture and diversity strategies, and organizational learning.

Cathe is an Associate Faculty member of The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland where she leads professional development workshops in the area of leadership and organizational systems development. She is a graduate of GIC’s post graduate Organization and System Development Program, OSD Grad program, the Group Track program, and the Couples, Families, and Other Intimate Systems program. She has done clinical training with the Gestalt Institute for the Pacific and led family and adolescent groups. Cathe is a member of the Gestalt International Study Center and was a member of MIT’s Center for Organizational Learning. She has presented at the National OD Network Conferences, and been a guest lecturer at the New School for Social Research in NYC and Texas A&M University. She is also affiliated with a global network of learning coaches dedicated to the development of global business leaders using Action Reflection Learning approaches and is a certified learning coach.