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Gregory K. Stephens, Ph.D.Texas Christian University~~~~~~~~~~~~ Associate Professor of ManagementandTrainer, Mediator, and Facilitator
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"I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving - we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
In my professional life, I am a member of the faculty of the department of management in the M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. In that capacity, I teach various classes, mostly related to leadership, communication, conflict resolution, and negotiation. Currently, my research mostly centers in two areas: mediation (as a form of dispute resolution) and leadership development. I am the founder and president of The Banyan Group, through which I offer training in dialogue and conflict resolution skills, mediation, performance coaching, negotiation, and other interpersonal and team leadership competencies. I have also worked with clients to design conflict resolution systems, and I offer mediation services for private parties in dispute. I am an experienced mediator, with nearly twenty years of experience in workplace, family, and other types of disputes, and I am qualified in the State of Texas to mediate court-annexed disputes. I am also certified to deliver the Crucial Conversations™ and Crucial Confrontations™ training in dialogue skills developed by VitalSmarts and the Speed of Trust™ workshop developed by CoveyLink, and I am qualified to administer and use the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory and the Strengths Deployment Inventory (SDI).
My highest priorities are my family and my faith. I also enjoy traveling whenever I can, especially by motorcycle, and I chronicle my occasional travels on my blog, Journeyings. For personal financial management and budgeting, I use these tools. Mostly, though, I like to spend my limited discretionary time with my family in various activities. After more than a quarter century of marriage, I count my wife, Mary Ann, as one of the greatest blessings in my life...there is no doubt that she has been the better half of our relationship. I'll be forever grateful that, in what must have been a moment of temporary insanity, she took a chance and married me.
My commitment to Christianity is manifested in my active involvement in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, where I currently serve as the first counselor in the Fort Worth stake presidency and (it goes without saying) home teach several families. If you don't know what these things are, or why I would spend 20+ hours weekly on them, ask someone who is LDS...they'll be happy to explain it to you.
My enduring desire is to live an "abundant life," and to balance my investments in spirit (faith), mind (intellect), heart (emotion) and body (health).
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I can be reached by e-mail, snail-mail, telephone, or fax at:
DR. GREGORY K. STEPHENS
Texas Christian University
Department of Management
Box 298530
Fort Worth, Texas 76129 USA
Tel: (817) 257-7548
Fax: (817) 257-7227
At Work: g.stephens@tcu.edu
At Home: peacemaker@byu.net