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Robert Koenigs
Management Consultant
Symlog Consulting Group

Robert J. Koenigs is Co-founder and President of the SYMLOG Consulting Group (SCG). He has designed and implemented planned change programs for individuals, teams, and organizations since the early 1970's in North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia.

He has worked closely with a broad range of organizations in the public, private, governmental, and religious sectors. Dr. Koenigs, a Board Certified and Licensed Psychologist, earned a Ph.D. in Psychology from St. Louis University in 1973 and continued his post-doctoral studies as a Research Fellow at Harvard. He subsequently directed international research with colleagues in over sixty countries in seventeen languages.

He has been a member of the faculties of Harvard University, Boston College, and UCLA. He has extensive teaching experience in psychology, group dynamics, and organizational behavior.

Dr. Koenigs worked closely with Professor Bales as a faculty member at Harvard during the development of SYMLOG, and continued their collaboration until Bales’ death in 2004. Dr. Koenigs was among the first professionals to use SYMLOG in applied settings outside of the laboratory where it was developed, and continues to develop and refine the system to this day.

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