Pokorny Consulting

...where our consulting services result in respectful and productive working environments!

Kevin J. Pokorny, Consultant

Consulting Experience

  • 19 years business owner.
  • Worked with hundreds of employers in the United States: financial and insurance, retail, ag-industry, senior care retirement, small manufacturers, law enforcement, education, non-profits, state and local governments.
  • 30 years in designing and delivering training in areas that include employment law, harassment, diversity, interviewing, emotional intelligence,  teamwork, performance coaching, critical thinking, change management, and meeting facilitation.
  • 31 years of experience with EEO laws as an investigator and trainer.
  • 25 years of experience in planning and facilitating education and human service public forums, strategic planning for government and non-profits, management retreats, and employee focus groups.
  • Trained more than 35,000 employees in sexual harassment prevention.
  • Consultant to attorneys for EEO cases and expert witness.
  • Conducted workshops at business conferences.
  • Listed as a speaker with International Association of Speaker Bureaus.
  • VisionPoint Productions training consultant on their TrainerSELECT™ team
  • Business Performance Group training faculty.

Education

  • Drake University - BA
  • University Associates Consulting & Training Services, San Diego - Internal Consulting
  • June 2010 - Completed an extensive two year program called PrairieFire, a spiritual renewal and formation of one's spiritual life offered through the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center

Community Involvement

  • Member of the Greater Des Moines Partnership - West Side Chamber board member
  • Writer on the Frequent Letters Writers' Blog for The Des Moines Register
  • Former member and co-chair of the Drake University Arts and Sciences National Advisory Board
  • Member of SHRM - Central Iowa Chapter
  • Weekly volunteer at Hubbell Elementary School - tutor 5th grade students in reading and writing
  • Member of the Korn Patch Klowns and perform as Popek the Clown for public and private events
  • Service provider for Seniors Helping Seniors, an in-home serevice for seniors
  • Past facilitator for Honest Conversation study circles on race relations
  • Past group moderator for Community Conversations on issues of education for the Des Moines Public Schools

Publications

  • Kevin's strategic planning process Futures: Planning Creatively was published in The 2002 Annual: Volume 2 Consulting 2002, by Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.