About Dr. Madeline Nold

Dr. Madeline Nold, director of CREATIVE ACTION ASSOCIATES, a consulting practice for executive development, offers an innovative synthesis of interdisciplinary approaches. Much more than merely a "coach," Dr. Nold is a transformational workshop facilitator who leads participants to a new, higher level of performance.

Dr. Nold has over two decades of experience as an organizational consultant and corporate and individual counselor, as well as a nationally recognized transformational workshop leader. Clients range from high level management teams in corporations to individual entrepreneurs and leaders of family owned businesses. Confidentiality of client names and content from sessions is observed.

Overview
Background Summary
Activities within the Society for Organizational Learning
Dr. Nold's CV

UPCOMING:

  • Dr. Nold’s article, “How to Extract Principles of Character from One’s Developmental Journey, Personal and Professional, in the Context of the Larger System,” to be included in Forum Program for the Character Education Forum in Beijing, August 6, 2004.
  • “Youth and Mutual Understanding through Shared Cultural Myths” - programs currently being developed by Dr. Nold and scheduled for 2004-5.
  • Currently co-designing courses for Youth and Organizational Learning for school systems and open forums with Dr. Micah Fierstein

Overview

The consulting practice of Dr Nold focuses on five primary areas: Executive development strategies, career counseling, corporate strategies based upon a synthesis of models from a “systems” approach, co-mentoring techniques and applications of organizational models.

Dr. Nold employs a unique synthesis of Organizational Learning tools which are integrated with coaching-style models, such as the application and depth analysis adapted and assimilated from Dr. Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline (based on the original book and field book, The Fifth Discipline) as it relates to specific client needs. As a consultant member of the Society for Organizational Learning, she is closely involved in many pilot projects stemming from the theories and practices of Organizational Learning. She was also trained at Dr. David Kantor’s Center for the Scientific Study of Family Systems and has used his models, synthesized with tools she has developed, for applications to organizational behavior.

Before starting her consulting practice, Dr. Nold was a college professor and a national transformational workshop leader. She received her Doctorate from Columbia University, and her Master's and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Sarah Lawrence College. Dr. Nold was the first and primary protege of the late storyteller and scholar of mythology, Joseph Campbell, and she continued to be his associate and colleague throughout his life.

She has innovated the use of applying “Origin Myths” to organizations, designating “myth” as a “Learning Story.” She has introduced the term Origin Stories™ to this field. Stories of the “beginnings” of a project, company, etc., when applied in specific settings, can revitalize a group or individual’s sense of purpose and provide an anchor for core values, past and present.

Background Summary

Dr. Nold has over two decades of experience as an organizational consultant and corporate and individual counselor, as well as a nationally recognized transformational workshop leader. Clients range from high level management teams in corporations to individual entrepreneurs and leaders of family owned businesses. Confidentiality of client names and content from sessions is observed.

She has lectured and published in the fields of corporate mythology, comparative religion and relationship issues. She has led corporate, government workshops at home and abroad, most recently in Canada and Finland.

Dr. Nold has also hosted her own television and radio shows, and has twice been a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show, as well as other national programs.

She was on the faculty of Wellesley College, among others, has lectured at many prominent universities including Oxford University in the U.K. and has published both in the U.S. and abroad.

Sample Consultant Participation Activities at the Society for Organizational Learning

  • Youth and Education, a Special Interest Group at SoL Annual Conference, a workshop co-facilitated with Dr. Micah Fierstein, June, 2004 Origin Stories™, and Global Leadership, SoL Conference June, 2004
  • Consultant Member of the Society for Organizational Learning, facilitated major portion of “Consultants’ Convergence” at annual SoL Sustainability Greenhouse Conference, 2004
  • Member of design team for Consultant’s Convergence, at SoL Greenhouse, 2004
  • Member of Design Team for Consultant’s Convergence at annual SoL conference, June, 2004
  • Member of newly formed SoL team, “Learning Labs. For Capacity Building”
  • Member of core Study Team for Marketing Organizational Learning and on workshop design team, and member of workshop leadership group
  • Myth and Integrity: Co-facilitated at annual SoL (Society for Organizational Learning) Conference, Finland, 2003; offered in two modules
  • Participant in numerous past and ongoing virtual meetings and conference calls for SoL
  • First tier participant in two trainings on New Models of Systems Thinking
Saybrook Institute, San Francisco - Reader for Doctoral Dissertation
Wellesley College
Finch College
Upsala College
Brooklyn College
New Rochelle Academy
Marymount College - Co-led weekly seminar with Joseph Campbell, Ford Foundation Grant for Interdisciplinary studies.
Oxford University, U.K. Lectured at Magdalen College on "Nag Hammadi Gnosticism," based on original research on origins of scrolls. Boston University. "On the Path to Higher Consciousness" - course companion to Dr. Nold's weekly WBUR radio show-discussion group and presentations. Presented at Brandeis University, Tufts University, Emerson College.
  • "The Buddhist Principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path in Relation to Organizational Learning," WEBCAST and interactive World Café between San Francisco
  • Guest expert, twice on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Chicago, IL
  • Hosted her own weekly TV show, Madeline Nold's "What is This Thing Called Love?". Continental Cable T.V, Boston
  • Produced and hosted her own weekly radio talk show, "On the Path", WBUR, Boston
  • Panel discussion about Joseph Campbell on The Eleventh Hour, PBS-TV., New York
  • Guest expert four times on The Good Day Show, WCVB TV, Boston
  • Chronicle, a TV News Magazine, Boston, interviewed seven times, appeared nine times (two re-runs)
  • Interviewed for"Who's Who" on The Real Deal, Channel 7 TV News, Boston
  • Communicating Successfully: An Upbeat Approach"- Radio Talk Show Guest on Advice and Counsel, WNTN and WBET numerous times
  • Associate producer and interviewer for a T.V. Documentary, Albuquerque, NM
  • Brookline Cable T.V., Guest on regular talk show; interviewed on many subjects
  • Participated in a series of interviews on Eyewitness News, WBZ-T.V., Boston
  • Guest co-hosted "In the Spirit", WBAI, New York, on several occasions
    Interviewed R.D. Laing in a BBC documentary
  • Participant on morning NPR talk show, "The Connection" reviewing popular book
  • Co-produced and hosted radio talk show, "On the Path to Higher Consciousness", WBUR
  • Guest co-hosted "In the Spirit", WBAI, New York, on several occasions

Publications, Articles, and Interviews

  • UPCOMING: Dr. Nold’s article, “How to Extract Principles of Character from One’s Developmental Journey, Personal and Professional, in the Context of the Larger System,” to be included in Forum Program for the Character Education Forum in Beijing, August 6, 2004.
  • Nold, Madeline, "The Persephone Paradigm: Dying to be Reborn” (ed. Stanley Krippner), in Healing Stories, vol .I, to be published by Puente Publications.
  • Nold, Madeline, " Tale of Several Cities," in Soul Moments (ed., P. Cousineau), 1997 "Personal Mythology" reviewed by Madeline Nold in Lucidity Letter, v. 9, #1, Chicago, IL, June, 1990.
  • Nold, Myth in a Group Process", in Working Transformation, edited by Harrison Owen, Washington, D.C., 1984.
  • Nold, M.,"The Influences of Nag Hammadi Gnosticism on Second Century Alexandrian Thought," in Texte und Untersuchungen, etc., v.7, 1975, and abstracted in "Journal des Etudes Patristiques," based on lecture given at Oxford University, 1971. University of Strasbourg, 1974.
  • Nold, M., " Shamanistic Healing in Cambridge, and "The Dalai Lama in Boston," New Age Journal", 1974, 1976.
  • Quoted in "A Fire in the Mind: The Life of Joseph Campbell", by Stephen and Robin Larsen, Doubleday, 1991; pages: 484-486; 515; 614. Described by the authors as "One of Campbell's favorite students from his Sarah Lawrence years, who continued to be his longtime friend."
  • Quoted extensively in "Boston Herald", Sunday Magazine Section, February 12-14, 1993, on "Romance Nouveau".
  • Quoted in "Utne Reader", March-April, 1990, "New Age Journal", January-February, 1990, and "People Magazine", November 27, 1990.

Prior Work and Affiliations

  • Instructor, Basic and Advanced DMA Courses, for eleven years. Five week programs in effective goal setting; led modules of DMA Instructor Training
  • "Corporate Mythology", presented at the Second International Symposium on Organizational Transformation, Columbia, MD
  • Led Organizational Development Module of training program on Meditation at Harvard School of Education
  • Produced two "Dressing to Win" seminars for Robert Pante, leading 'image' consultant, author and lecturer.
  • Gray Strayton International - Led training session on "Corporate Mythologies" for Public Relations Corporation
  • Human Systems, Inc. Consulted to top managers on goal-setting and personal reassessment as a means towards increasing sales
  • Conducted a module of the "Leadership and Mastery" course, a training program for chief executive officers and other senior level management, for Innovation Associates
  • Other workshops: "Myth and Ritual in the Organization", "Relationships - A New Approach", "Successful Communications", and "The Empowered Woman: A Healing Quest".
  • Developed, produced and co-led "The Power of Choice in Career Planning", a one-day workshop to assist participants to create the job of their choice
  • Created and produced a working session on "Corporate Mythologies" at First International Symposium on Organizational Transformation, attended by leading internal and external consultants, managers and other practitioners of Organizational Transformation
  • Curriculum Coordination of U.S./Uganda Team for Uganda Food and Peace Project. Planned and implemented three month educational program on utilizing personal growth approaches combined with programs in nutrition, water-purification and international training and development
  • Developed and implemented a one-day workshop, "Successful Communications" for Uganda Food and Peace Project staff, Trained facilitator to deliver a two-day version of same workshop, which is offered in Kampala and outlying districts of Uganda
  • Paycon Corporation. Consulted with manufacturing organization on developing effective sales techniques, using goal-setting and re-framing techniques
  • Developed and implemented workshop on "Corporate Mythologies" for president and other management personnel at Human Systems, Inc. to assist in the corporate development process
  • Developed and implemented training program for the Unitarian Universalist Women's Association of Greater New York City on "Relationships"
  • Session on "Applications of the Human Potential Approach in the Workplace", at the Springfield Organizational Development Network Conference
  • Conducted training session in cross-cultural approach to sales, Shacklee
  • Presentation on "Women and Health Care: A Cross-cultural Approach", for faculty and students at Goddard College, Vermont, Summer Program
  • The Hexiad Project. Consultant to Media Coordination for three self-sufficient communities: Findhorn, Arcosanti and Auroville for Center for Technology and Society

Teaching experience in Experiential Modality: Workshops and Communication Courses Written, Conducted, Produced

  • "Mysticism - a Comparative View," Noetic Sciences, Boston Chapter, "Spiritual Devotion: Bringing the Sacred into Everyday Life", Interface
  • "Heart to Heart: Seeking the Sacred, Transforming the Mundane", Esalen
  • "What is This Thing Called Love", presented in various formats, workshops and lectures, five weeklong workshops at Esalen; nine times at Interface; and Rowe Conference Center, New York Open Center
  • "Caring for the Caregiver: Rediscovering Your Passion for Healing Others." Interface, Cambridge, MA
  • "Heroine's Journey", part of a conference celebrating the legacy of Joseph Campbell, New York Open Center
  • "Healthy Relationships", part of "Restoring the Balance" weekend, Interface
  • "The Heroine's Journey", presented at the Boston University Counseling Center, Interface, and New York Open Center
  • "Effective Communications", a talk presented twice at Interface
  • "A Woman's Day, Brookline, MA
  • "Aikido of Relationships", presented at Interface,; and Brookline, MA
  • Rainbow Mission: The Heroine Journey", presented at The Discovery of Meaning, Second Conference of Myth: A Tribute to the Work of Joseph Campbell, Oasis Center, Chicago, IL
  • "Dysfunctional Families and Organizations", a talk at Boston University, Graduate School of Business Administration, October
  • "Bridges of Love: Relationships Beyond Co-dependency", twice in Boston, MA
  • "The Empowered Woman", and a segment of "Women in Leadership", given at Interface
  • "Empowerment Workshops for Couples"
  • "An ACOA Workshop for Couples", Newton, MA
  • "Goddesses" presented with Al Huang as a part of a memorial to Joseph Campbell at Esalen Institute
  • "Joseph Campbell: Review of a Twenty-five Year Association", a talk at the Museum of Natural History, New York
  • "Mythology and the Goddess" at Interface, and five times a year Boston area
  • "The Empowered Woman", Boston
  • "Mythology and the Goddess, "Boston

Previous Counseling Experience

    Private practice, combined with Consulting models:

    Staff Psychologist for Secondary Services, Department of Clinical Services, Perkins School for the Blind,. Counseled physically and emotionally challenged adolescents and teenagers - individual and group.

    Center for Scientific Studies of Family Therapy, (Dr. David Kantor's experimental one year program in "Family Systems," for practicing therapists)

    Inpatient Unit - Treatment Coordinator, psychiatric social work, individual and family counseling and community outreach, Boston State Hospital,

    Board of Directors of S.O.M.A. clinic; outpatient psychotherapy, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Education

    Columbia University, Ph.D., Sarah Lawrence College, M.A., Sarah Lawrence College, B.A

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“Healthy Organizations are the doorway to the future. They provide the pathway for others, beginning with individuals, extending to relationships, and eventually providing a context for impacting the global market place.”

© Madeline Nold, Boston 2004