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An independent individual practice

Radically Engaged Consulting

Develop practical know-how while addressing a consequential problem in the group’s actual work.

Built with you.
Owned by you.

Work the problem
From knowledge to practical know-how

Knowing what to do
does not settle how to do it.

Training and development can introduce useful knowledge. Applying it to a live problem requires people to interpret their circumstances, work through constraints, act together, and judge the effects. Knowledge alone does not complete that work.

Real conditions

Examine conflicting priorities, unclear authority, and unresolved handoffs where they affect the group’s actual work.

Practical decisions

Determine who must act, what needs to happen, and how the group will carry its response through competing demands.

Usable know-how

Develop the ability to recognize what matters, choose a response, act on it, and judge what needs to change.

What radically engaged means

Develop know-how
in the work itself.

“Radically engaged” means working with the group on an actual problem, through the decisions, interactions, constraints, and follow-through required to address the whole problem and reach a workable solution. The immediate value is progress toward resolution. The continuing value is know-how the group can use independently.

01

Enter the work

Agree on the problem, stakes, relevant work situations, and intended outcome.

02

Observe

Examine behavior, decisions, and work products. Distinguish events from interpretation.

03

Reflect and intervene

Test explanations and alternatives. Use feedback and reflection to decide what to do differently.

04

Test and follow through

Apply an adjustment in normal work. Examine its effects and use what is learned in the next situation.

Example of An Engagement

One problem.
One group.

8Weeks
  • A clear need.
  • A willing and able sponsor.
  • Real access.

Illustrative: 4–6 consulting days over eight weeks. Actual scope is agreed for the problem.

01

Agree to the Scope

For an intact group of roughly eight to ten people, agree on the problem, consequences, baseline, success criteria, confidentiality, access, consulting days, fees, and travel.

02

Engage the Group

Three anchor work-and-reflection sessions connect learning to action. Between them, observation of relevant decisions, interactions, and follow-through. The group tests adjustments in its own work; the sponsor manages access, scheduling, participation, and implementation.

03

Agree to what comes next

Review results against the starting point and check whether the group can use what it has learned independently. Agree whether to finish, adjust the work, or continue.

Accountability and evidence

The client owns the work.
The evidence tests the progress.

The sponsor provides authority and access, leads implementation, and remains accountable for the client result. Graden Keller is accountable for candid observation, sound judgment, proportionate intervention, and accurate reporting.

Business progress

A result that matters: decisions completed, more reliable delivery, reduced rework, or another outcome agreed with the sponsor.

Changed practice

Decisions, coordination, and follow-through that improve across real work situations, rather than a single successful session.

Know-how that remains

As the consultant steps back, can the group recognize the pattern, choose and execute a response, judge the result, and adapt independently?

The person and the expertise behind the practice

Graden Keller

Graden Keller Five decades of global consulting experience
Practitioner.
Author.

Radically Engaged Consulting is Graden Keller’s independent, single-practitioner practice. Clients work directly with him throughout the engagement.

For nearly five decades, he has focused on a recurring problem: organizations often begin to fail before the numbers reveal it. Responsibilities blur, concerns go unspoken, and decisions stall. Recognizing those patterns early gives leaders an opportunity to act.

In 1977 he founded kellerconsulting® in Houston, Texas. The firm has grown from a regional practice to a global consultancy with major hubs in Houston, New York City, and London, serving Fortune 500 and Global 50 companies, public authorities, and international institutions.

Before founding the firm and during its early years, he spent 13 years as an entrepreneur in media, film, and fashion. He has taught economics and management as an adjunct professor for more than two decades and holds an MBA from the University of St. Thomas in Houston.

Radically Engaged Consulting is separate from kellerconsulting® and his individual private advisory work.

Work the problem

What consequential problem is your group still unable to resolve?

Start with a confidential conversation about the problem, what the group already knows, and where its ability to act breaks down. Identify the consequences, what a satisfactory resolution would require, and the total cost of not resolving the issue.

Graden Keller
+1 (713) 858-7766
radicallyengagedconsulting.com