About Us

Our vision

We believe in providing visionary ideas that drive exceptional outcomes for our clients.  We do this through empathetic engagement of leaders who believe that sustained success comes from the growth of their employees, their communities and the clients they are dedicated to serve.

“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant”               Max DePree

Experience Counts

Through decades of experience our clients come to understand the value of an engagement with the Patten Consulting Group.  Over the past 43 years, this experience was taken from C-Level positions in a variety of industries.  From broadcasting, construction, experiential marketing and telecommunications, PCG provides the foundation for measurable outcomes that have come from real life experience.

“The only source of knowledge is experience” – Albert Einstein

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Listening

The art of listening is core to the relationship that PCG brings to the table.  We first endeavor to listen so that we may understand.  It is only after this engagement of listening and understanding that we can then respond to the needs of our clients.

Most people do not listen with the intent of understanding, they listen with the intent to reply” – Steven Covey

Exceptional Outcomes

At Patten Consulting Group, we have a clear mission:  Deliver measurable, sustainable and exceptional outcomes that result in the growth of the company and the people within it.  To understand that for any outcome to be exceptional, it must be sustainable, innovative and flexible to meet the challenges of any future business disruption.

“When you’re finished changing, you’re finished” – Benjamin Franklin

 

 

Our Team

John W. Patten

John Patten has over 40 years of C-Suite experience in a variety of industries that have afforded him an opportunity to bring substantial growth to the companies he has led.  In keeping with his strong belief in a servant leadership style, he endeavors to provide insight, advice, counsel, mentoring, training to a variety of leaders who advanced their careers to improve their companies, their teams and their communities. 

John, at the age of 28, had the exciting opportunity to start a broadcasting company with three partners that grew to ownership of five stations in Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana.  His career advanced into industries that included construction, experiential marketing and telecommunications.  Over those 40 years, John has encountered virtually every business challenge and opportunity, from financial management, sales, operations, budgeting, strategic planning, leadership development, crisis management and company wind down.

Mr. Patten strives to not just listen but, more importantly, to understand his client’s needs in order to provide meaningful solutions with successful outcomes.  His professional goal and vision is to provide counsel to C-Suite executives who want a consultant who is empathetic, knowledgeable and with a proven track record of having “been there” through business disruption and transformation and, through that, has thrived.