About John Gavares and The Gavares Group

• Vision/Mission:   The Gavares Group  is in the business of increasing leadership and organization excellence and creating a positive and safe workplace culture.    

• About our Team and Services: Our team consists of senior organization and leadership development practitioners with extensive public and private experience in planning, executive coaching, managing system-wide planned changes, leadership assessment and development, and design and integration of organizational practices in support of business goals.  

Background: 

• John Gavares worked for 10 years as an organization development (OD) practitioner with the nationally recognized Organization Effectiveness Program (OEP) at the City of San Diego (1985 to 1995).

• John launched The Gavares Group in 1995 and began delivering a full range of organization development consultant service to clients in multiple industries. 

• John rejoined the City in 2007, where he led the Strategic Support Services organization development section for 8 years.   

• Beginning in 2016, John returned full time to The Gavares Group. 

• Education: John received his Master’s Degree in Public Administration from San Diego State University, specializing in Organization Behavior. 

• Professional Involvement: John served as the President of the San Diego Organization Development Network in 1990 and 2000.  

• University Teaching: John served as core faculty to San Diego State’s Management Development Center for 8 years, and taught a 10-week Organization Dynamics course, 2xyear, at UCSD, for 8 years. 

• Published: John and Sharon Lieder, were published in the Organization Development (OD) Practitioner, VOL. 37, in 2005. They co-wrote Achieving Service Excellence in the City of Anaheim: An Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Case Study.," which documented the culture transformation at the City, and use of  AI.