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TRANSFORMING
FOR BREAKTHROUGH RESULTS
For more than three decades, GDS has partnered with leaders and organizations to build high-performing teams and organizations that consistently outperform their competition.
Through a unique and integrated blend of organizational development, executive coaching, and leadership capability building, we help organizations transform how leaders lead, how teams collaborate, and how decisions are made and executed.
Who We Are
GDS is a leading global organizational development firm specializing in building high-performing teams and organizations.
We have worked alongside iconic clients to rapidly transform team and individual performance, redefine how decisions are made and executed, and reframe how functions and individuals collaborate across organizations.
Our proven process—delivered by expert consultants, powerful facilitators, and executive coaches—has supported hundreds of organizations worldwide, including Fortune 100 corporations, mid-sized companies, privately held, private equity, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit organizations.
Many of our clients are already industry standouts. They retain us not because they are underperforming, but because they seek to overperform. As market leaders, they know sustained success requires continually strengthening leadership, alignment, and execution.
What We Do
We help organizations:
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Build stronger leadership capability
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Develop high-performing horizontal teams
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Align strategy, culture, and execution
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Transform how decisions are made and implemented
Accelerate performance at the individual, team, and organizational level
Working in real-time with live issues, our powerful facilitation accelerates our client’s capability to navigate complex group dynamics toward pragmatic outcomes. That’s our competitive advantage … we go there.
Our work strengthens how leaders lead, how teams collaborate, and how organizations achieve results.
Our integrated framework for building high-performing organizations.
Leadership Development → Horizontal High-Performing Teams → High-Performing Organizations
Why We Do It
We are committed to having a positive impact on people’s lives, and passionate about accountability and at-stake behavior. Organizations succeed when leaders lead effectively, teams perform collectively, and the organization operates with clarity and alignment.
When these elements work together, organizations unlock extraordinary levels of performance, innovation, and impact.
Our mission is to help leaders and organizations realize that potential.
The GDS High-Performance Model
Trusted by
Thousands of Leaders from Iconic Brands
Uncover the Core Issues in Your Organization
Organizational dysfunction begins with individual disengagement rather than arising solely from conflicts.
We create high-performing teams to foster authenticity and psychological safety, enabling open communication and trust within your organization.
It is about how quickly real issues can be identified and addressed!
Be a High-Performance Leader
Shift your company from the hierarchal model to a team of leaders.
We transform teams into fiercely competitive, high-performing entities where every member is a leader.
A high-performance leader actively listens, processes feedback, and effectively manages resistance while cultivating a team of aligned leaders to achieve strategic results.
Mastering Critical Choices
To make a call on tough decisions, recognize the core issues, know your core players, and appoint a person to drive the process with distributed decision making.
We help you deploy SWAT teams in your organization who determine powerful deliverables in a fixed timeframe with transparent communication to create high-performing outcomes.
Debating issues to reach consensus isn't productive.
Trusted by
Startups, Private Equity Firms, Publicly Traded Companies, & Fortune 500 Corporations
Gehry Partners | Alcon Labs | Amway | Bayer Consumer Care | Central Garden & Pet | Church & Dwight | Ciba Vision | Coty | Dupont | FXI | GE | Haleon | IFF | Johnson & Johnson | KAO Salons | L'Oréal | Maesa | Motorola | Nature’s Path | NEST New York | Neutrogena | PepsiCo, Inc. | Philip Morris | Playtex Products | Royal Canin | Sears Home Services | TruGreen | Unilever | Wella | Bonnie Brae |
Case Western Reserve University | College of New England | Columbia University | E. Brunswick School System | Fashion Institute of Technology | Fairleigh Dickinson University | Newark Public Schools | Skillsoft | Somerset Hills Learning Institute | University of Oregon | 20th Century Studios | Capitol Records | HBO | MTV Music Television | New England Sports Network (NESN) | New York Times | Perseus Book Group | Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. |
Affinity Federal Credit Union | Bloomberg | Chase Manhattan Bank | CIT Bank | Citigroup | Credit Suisse | John Hancock Financial | Nubank | Pouschine Cook Capital Management | UBS | Amy’s Kitchen | Arnott’s Group | Boulder Brands | Cadbury Schweppes | Campbell Soup Company | Dawn Foods | DSM Nutritional Products | Fonterra | Givaudan | Goodman Fielder | Heinz UK | Home Market Foods | Insomnia Cookies | JDE | Kellogg’s |
Krispy Kreme | Newman’s Own | Peet’s Coffee | Performance Food Group | Ricola | Sabra Dipping Company | Sara Lee Corporation | Sovos Brands | Sunfood Superfoods | SunRice Group | Ste. Michelle Wine Estates | Strauss Water | Symrise | Tate & Lyle | The Coca-Cola Company | The Dannon Company | The Manischewitz Company | Viterra | Wonderful Citrus | Wrigley | Fannie Mae |
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene | New York Department of Insurance | New York Department of Transportation | Picatinny Federal Credit Union | U.S. Department of Defense | U.S. Treasury Department | Atlantic Health Systems | Banfield Pet Hospital | Ethos Veterinary Health | National Veterinary Associates | Summit Medical Group | Visiting Nurse Service of NY | WellDyne | Aimbridge Hospitality | American Airlines |
Carnival Corporation | Delaware North | Fontainebleau Las Vegas | LaQuinta Inns and Suites | Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. | United Airlines | Artera | BrandSafway | Decco | Henkels & McCoy | Chubb & Son | Imagine360 | Prudential | Atlantic Philanthropies | Community Service Society of NY | Spectrum360 | The YMCA of Eastern Union County | United Way | Women In Need (WIN) | World Cocoa Foundation |
Agilex Fragrances | Aliaxis | Altria | Bausch & Lomb | Belden, Inc. | Central Garden & Pet | Fluke Corporation | GKN Automotive | Glen Raven | Hastens Beds | Latex International | Nice-Pak Products, Inc. | Orthofix | Reckitt | Sensience | Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation | Tektronix | United Phosphorus | WestRock Company | Abbott | Acorda Therapeutics | Applied Biosystems | AstraZeneca | Axcan Pharma | Becton Dickinson |
Bristol Myers Squibb | Cardinal Health | Catalent | Daiichi Sankyo | Eli Lilly | Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. | EMD USA Pharmaceuticals | Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc. | Johnson & Johnson | Maquet | Merck | Novartis Pharmaceuticals | Ortho Clinical Diagnostics | Orthofix | Pfizer, Inc. | Revalia Bio | Sanofi Aventis | Stryker | Sunovion Pharmaceuticals | Takeda Pharma |
Valo Health | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | Blackstone Inc. | BlueOcean Ventures | Carlyle Global Investment Firm | Greatwater Opportunity Capital | JAB Holding Company | North Castle Partners | Sycamore Partners | Coldwell Banker | Hines Property Management | K. Hovnanian | Mack Cali | Pegasus | Tishman Speyer | Westfield | ALDO Group | Calvin Klein | Champion | Chico’s | Coach | Custom Ink | Gap | Liz Claiborne | Polo Ralph Lauren |
Sterling Jewelers, Inc. | Tommy Hilfiger | Victoria’s Secret | Walmart | NBA (National Basketball Association) | NHL (National Hockey League) | Boston Bruins | CCH Inc. | Emerging Health | Honeywell | Inttra | Mobilityware | Saltmine | Scrum, Inc. | STORIS, Inc. | Touchstone Wireless | Boston Bruins | Maersk |
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Contact
365 Howard Blvd.
Box 435
Mt. Arlington, NJ 07856
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