TAGALI coaches, consults, and creates communication systems and plans for Arizona leaders and their companies.

"Teri Ward has single handedly had more of a positive impact on my business than anything else I have done. She started by helping me clarify our overall strategic direction and then helped me develop systems so that my staff would be accountable for those goals. With these systems, my staff is just as interested in quality and profitability as I am and that makes an incredible difference in our ability to perform.

Once our systems were set up I continued to use her to help us monitor those systems and then expanded her role, calling her for advice on general communication issues as well as client and staff management. Her input is always thoughtful and useful. I never hesitate to recommend her to other business owners."

Kristine Woolsey
CEO, Woolsey Studio, Inc.

"Teri is remarkably skilled at providing just the right balance of encouragement and accountability. She helped me define my dreams, believe I can achieve them and holds me to task when I lose my focus.

She has also been an engaging and informative speaker for the Women President’s Organization and endowed us with ability to have those difficult conversations that arise in life."

Karie Montague
President; Montague Communications

Women President’s Organization; Facilitator and Board Member

Philosophy
Effective leadership, employee contentment, and business results rely on authentic, efficient, consistent, and frequent communication. We help leaders find and strengthen their voices within organizations. It is the best way we know to improve quality of life for individuals and to make a better world.

People
Teri Ward, President, teri@tagali.com
Teri has more than 15 years experience consulting, teaching, coaching, and practicing communication skills and strategies.

Teri’s experience prior to Tagali spans the discipline of communication. She was Director of Marketing, New Business Development and an Account Manager for SHR Perceptual Management working with clients such as The Boeing Company, Kodak, BMW, and Alaska Airlines.

Teri Ward

Previously she was Special Projects Manager for the City of Scottsdale, overseeing presentation development, process re-engineering, implementation, and fundraising efforts for city planning and NASA-funded research and development.

Past experience also includes a position as Senior News Producer and Special Projects Producer for an ABC-TV affiliate.

She has taught university students and professionals Business Communication, Public Speaking, Organizational Communication, and Persuasive Speaking.

Teri is an accomplished speaker and writer, recently contributing to a book for healthcare professionals, The Healing Art of Communication. She received her Ph.D. in Organizational Communication with an emphasis in Communication Technology from the University of Kansas in 1997.

Strategic Partner
Jim Manton, Manton Advisory Group
Jim helps CEOs and business owners assess, select and develop senior leaders. Jim also serves as an advisor and coach to senior executives concerned with strategic issues and growth challenges.

Most recently the President of Pinacor, Inc., a $5 billion technology distributor, Jim has served in a variety of executive positions. At MicroAge, a Fortune 500 company, Jim was the Chief Operating Officer when MicroAge became a public company in 1987. He also served as a division president in three of MicroAge’s business units, taking those divisions from start-up to industry leadership positions. Jim held management positions at Johnson & Johnson and White Motor Co. after receiving his MBA from the University of Denver.

Jim served as a member of the Board of Directors for Mercari Technologies, a software company with advanced merchandising and supply chain solutions, headquartered in Washington, DC. Active in serving the community, he is both a volunteer and a board member for Big Brothers Big Sisters, the President of the Enterprise Network, and taught Responsible Leadership at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

TAGALI

Teri Ward, Ph.D.

3302 E. Malapai Drive

Phoenix, AZ 85028

P: 602-595-8596

F: 602-354-3935

E: teri@tagali.com