About Cypress Leadership

Cypress Leadership is a professional management consulting practice committed to helping organizations manage change, pursue growth and achieve improved organizational performance through more effective leadership structures, processes and behaviours. 

Russ May is the Founder and Principal Consultant for the company.  Russ offers clients a unique combination of experience, wisdom and judgment accumulated over a 40 year career in people management across a broad range of organizational sectors:

  • manufacturing
  • transportation
  • agriculture
  • media and communications
  • health care
  • education
  • government (all three levels)
  • printing and publishing
  • financial services
  • food processing
  • retail
  • natural resources
  • biotechnology
  • utilities
  • performing and visual arts
  • special interest/not-for-profit

The services of Cypress Leadership address the issue of leadership effectiveness in three critical and related areas:

Leadership Structure

organization design

individual job design

culture & values


Leadership Process

recruitment & retention

performance management

development & succession planning

rewards & recognition


Leadership Behaviour

team building

change management 

conflict intervention

decision making

feedback & accountability

coaching & counseling

 

Fifth Wave Leadership
David Maister
Peter Drucker
Jim Collins
Emotional Intelligence
Marcus Buckingham
Malcolm Gladwell
Centre for Creative Leadership
Marshall Goldsmith
Member: Canadian Association of Management Consultants

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