Christopher R. Clement

Christopher R. Clement is the co-author of It's All About Work; Organizing Your Company To Get Work Done. In addition, he is currently a small business owner of a retail business. He has utilized his knowledge of sound business and organizational principles in several different roles including a Fortune 500 corporate executive, small business owner and consultant. He has been an executive and/or owner in the industrial services, franchise automotive and retail industries. As an executive with a proven track record in building and growing business's, building brands and turning around underperforming business units he demonstrated that the principles of Dr. Elliott Jaques and Requisite Organization apply to various different organizations of all sizes.

He has successfully served as an executive coach and consultant in various different industries from defense to traditional to internet organizations.

Clement graduated from Texas Christian University with a Bachelors in Business Administration and entered the Kmart management training program where he became a store manager. He then joined Dr Clement at Organizational Design to oversee operations before moving into a consultant role. As a consultant he specialized in restructuring revenue delivery systems (routes) to enable achievement of strategic plans. In addition he participated in projects in manufacturing, foreign countries, defense contractors and the US Army. His restructuring of the route delivery system for an industrial laundry company led to his joining the client, G&K Services, to implement the new structure nationwide. Upon project completion he served in several senior leadership positions there, Regional Marketing Director, General Manager and National Account Executive. He then came upon an opportunity to buy a struggling Toyota franchise, where he applied his business and organizational expertise to successfully lead a turnaround there with a 100% increase in revenue growth his first year as owner. His success there led to his purchase of the two other new car franchises and the foundation of an insurance company. He demonstrated that the principles of Requisite Organization, with some modifications, are equally impactful for small business as they are for large, complex organizations. Just prior to the collapse of the auto industry he began to sell all his auto business's and began a transition back to Organizational Design Inc which was completed in 2009. Upon returning to ODI he assumed the role of VP of New Business Development with an emphasis on expanding ODI services in the corporate arena and creating new products/services for the changing consulting industry. Although successful in consulting business, Clement never lost his passion for small business and in 2013 purchased a small retail business.

He received multiple awards for sales success, customer service and profitability at G&K Services, including #1 sales executive in the company and top Regional Marketing Director. As an auto dealer he achieved #1 ranking in customer satisfaction as a Toyota dealer, e-dealer of the year multiple times (internet sales), and created "Cooking for Kids" which became the Texas State Professional BBQ Cookoff, benefiting the local Boys and Girls Club . He is a board member of the local Boys and Girls Clubs of America and in 2010 founded a youth soccer league with the Club. He is an active runner and triathlete, finishing marathons, triathlons and an Ironman 70.3