Murray Kronick is a Certified Management Consultant and a Fellow Certified Management Consultant. He is a national instructor for both the Essentials of Management Consulting and Ethical Behaviour for Management Consultants courses and has taught them since 2009.
In September 2023, he was awarded the ICMCI Academic Fellow designation for excellence in consulting, teaching and research.
He has been a practicing management consultant for more than 30 years, starting his career with Deloitte and recently retired as a vice-president with BDO Consulting. He is also a part-time professor (long-term appointment) with the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa.
Experience
In his consulting practice, he led notable projects for the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, including developing the Business Case Guide, the Outcome Management Guide, and the key elements of the Policy on the Management of Projects, namely the Organizational Project Management Capability Assessment and the Project Complexity and Risk Assessment.
He has worked for a wide variety of clients in the public and private sectors in Canada and the United States.
Memberships and Committees
- Past president of the Performance and Planning Exchange and member of the Board of the Directors
- Past president of the Concordia University Alumni Association – Ottawa chapter
- Current board member with the Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre
Education
2023
Academic Fellow
ICMCI
1998
Fellow Certified Management Consultant
CMC-Canada
1990
Certified Management Consultant
CMC-Canada
1983
Master of Computer Science
Concordia University
Awards
2013
Golden Jubilee award
CMC-Canada
Research
Research interest
Management consulting
Strategic planning
Performance management
Publications
Author, “Are you Hiring and Managing the Right Pi-shaped People?”, published in the ICMCI Management Consulting Journal, June 2024, pages 13-15. The article takes the position that if we genuinely believe that “people are our greatest asset”, we generally do not treat them as assets. The article challenges the notion of considering people as expenses only and introduces five different models (or asset classes) of a management consulting firm’s greatest resource – its people. https://www.cmc-global.org//sites/default/files/public/mc_journal_7.2_-_june_2024.pdf
Co-Author, "Why Can't We Get the Expected Results from our Government Projects?" published at the PPX Annual Symposium and on LinkedIn, May 2021. The article is about making public-sector projects more successful - not in the classic "on-time / on-budget / in-scope" perspective, but one that actually accomplishes the changes and results that were promised up front. That likely means that the "project" does not end when the Project Manager thinks it does - it ends only when the benefits are demonstrated and realized. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/murray-kronick_why-cant-we-get-expected-results-from-our-activity-6804153391472803840-WX3l
Co-Author, "When the Measures Get Tough, the Tough Get Measuring", June 2017 issue of Canadian Government Executive (CGE) Magazine. The article recognizes that some performance measurements are more difficult than others, but if it can be observed, it can be measured in some way. Best Practices in six areas are discussed. http://canadiangovernmentexecutive.ca/dig/23_04/#6
Co-Author, "Does Deliverology Deliver?", December 2016 issue of Canadian Government Executive (CGE) Magazine. The article examines the UK's Deliverology approach to managing and monitoring a set of clearly defined activities and their similarly clear expected outcomes. Lessons Learned are discussed, along with some practical considerations for the transition to the new TBS Policy on Results. http://canadiangovernmentexecutive.ca/does-deliverology-deliver/
Co-Author, "Benefits Management: A better method for maximizing performance", May 2015 issue of Canadian Government Executive (CGE) Magazine. The article compares some of the traditional Performance Measurement practices with the emerging proactive Benefits Management practices, a broader, more comprehensive approach to setting and achieving project or program expected results. http://canadiangovernmentexecutive.ca/benefits-management-a-better-method-for-maximizing-performance/