About Palmeau & Associates

Founded in 1993, Palmeau & Associates serves companies of all sizes from its headquarters in Portland, Oregon.

Palmeau and Associates focuses on five major areas:
Executive Development

  • Formal assessments
  • Interpretation of assessment results
  • Observation of personal styles and their influence on effectiveness
  • Development recommendations
  • One-on-one and group forums
  • Presentation skills
  • Communication styles

Leadership Development

  • 360-degree reviews (commercial & customized)
  • Similar offerings as executive development, but for all areas of the company

Organizational Development

  • Succession planning
  • Business development
  • Change management
  • Strategic planning

Team Development

  • Focus groups
  • Team assessments
  • Strategy development and implementation

Mentoring

  • Companywide, including subsidiaries
  • Departmental
  • Group
  • Individual
  • Internal and external

In addition, our Executive Explorations program is unique in the corporate world, as it employs elements of all our development capabilities over a full year of devoted attention to your executives and high-potential employees.


Dr. Ben Ochs
Co-founder Dr. Ben Ochs holds a Ph.D. in Executive Development from Penn State. Dr. Ochs employs a non-prescriptive style and specializes in identifying personal and professional characteristics and how they influence your executives' effectiveness as leaders. He is certified in Six Sigma, has owned his own businesses, and has held executive positions in other companies.

Much of Dr. Ochs' pragmatism comes from his executive experience, entrepreneurship, and real experience as a board member and president for profit and non-profit organizations. Raised on a cattle ranch, Dr. Ochs is no stranger to hard work. His varied professional and avocational background enables him to relate to professionals from engineering to payroll. 



 
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