StetsonRollins Consulting was run by Bryant Rollins and Shirley Stetson for two decades, with services including consulting, training, coaching, and counseling. The company is now closed. Bryant and Shirley worked with clients individually, in groups, and at a systems and values level — building high performance and inclusive work teams aligned with organizations' visions, missions, and goals. |
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Bryant's memoir, A Slave in My Mirror, is currently being prepared for publication. He finished writing the book and raised funds with a successful Kickstarter campaign before his passing in 2022. Shirley and family are still in the process of final editing and preparation of the manuscript, and we plan to be able to share the book soon.For more information about Bryant and updates on the book please visit these links:SubstackKickstarterBryantRollins.com |
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Bryant Rollins (1937-2022)Bryant Rollins was a former Editor with The New York Times, and was a reporter and political columnist with the Boston Globe, where he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He was Executive Editor with the New York Amsterdam News.Bryant had more than 40 years experience as a consultant on diversity, management and organizational effectiveness with Fortune 500 companies, colleges and universities, Federal, state, and local government and community-based organizations. He is widely published, bringing skills in analytical and narrative writing to his work.Bryant worked with the Ford Foundation, administering a program for minority journalists at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He began consulting, training and writing on issues of race relations and diversity during the Civil Rights Movement in Boston, New York and Mississippi. He holds a BA in Journalism from Northeastern University in Boston, MA.He is the author of the novels Danger Song and Vera Pilgrim, co-author of entertainer Cab Calloway’s autobiography, Of Minnie the Moocher & Me, and author of numerous articles on race relations and human differences. He has worked in domestic and international environments. He was a member of the NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Sciences since 1968.Shirley StetsonShirley was a manager in the former Bell System for 20 years where she spent fifteen years as a line manager and five years in management training, organizational development and diversity consulting. She established her own organizational development consulting business, Innerconnections Unlimited, Inc., in 1987.She has consulted with Fortune 500 firms, governmental agencies, community organizations and colleges and universities. Shirley has a deep interest in women’s issues and has focused much of her work on women as leaders in corporate and community organizations, nationally and internationally.Shirley was part of the team that founded MountainTop Institute, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals and organizations engage and reconcile their human differences. She served as Vice President and Director of Organizational Development from 1999 to 2008 when she and Bryant Rollins founded StetsonRollins Consulting, Inc, a private consulting practice.Shirley joined the NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Sciences in 1986. She is a graduate of the Women’s Leadership Collaborative. She holds an M.Ed. from the University of Massachusetts in Management Development and Organizational Effectiveness, and a B.A. in Psychology from Colby College in Waterville, Maine. |
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The following is a partial listing of StetsonRollins clients:Education
Government & Public Sector
Social & Human Services
Faith-based
Fortune 500
Other Private Sector
International
Professional Organizations
Philanthropic
Health Care
Legal Services Agencies
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Shirley and Bryant with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jacksonville, FL, 2003 |
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Articles and Publications on Consulting, Training, Organizational Effectiveness, Diversity & Inclusion, Teambuilding, Management, Communication, and Executive Coaching
Jacksonville Academy of Business Leaders… Graduation – Self-development – Articles:The Politics of Good Hair — by Bryant Rollins and Shirley Stetson Racial Reconciliation #1: Creating Our Future Together As A People — by Bryant Rollins Racial Reconciliation #2: Reconciling The Races Must Be Shared By All Of Us To Be Effective — by Bryant Rollins Racial Reconciliation #3: A Reconciliation To-Do List — by Bryant Rollins The Iceberg Model — By Bryant Rollins and Shirley Stetson Planned Change — By Shirley Stetson and Bryant Rollins Active Listening — By Shirley Stetson and Bryant Rollins The Mask — By Bryant Rollins and Shirley Stetson
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