Born and raised in New Mexico, USA, Dr. George Otero is well known as an international consultant, social entrepreneur and author. Otero has worked with a diverse body of clients throughout the USA, Australia, and the UK. He and his wife Susan operate the Center for RelationaLeadership™ and RelationaLearning™ based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
George has spent his career insisting that positive relationships are the key to effective education, learning and leadership. Relationships First is the result.
Relational leaders learn as they go. Learning specifically how relationships make the difference in learning and life came during his 20 years owning and operating a multicultural educational center in Taos, New Mexico. Over 65,000 individuals participated in experiential, boundary-crossing workshops where every aspect of learning and leading was explored.
He learned from thousands of conversations and social interactions that putting the relationship first in every aspect of personal and organizational life results in positive growth, joy, happiness, and success. These insights and practices apply to everyone. He discovered how play, games, story, dialog, art (music, dance, food), and ceremony were ways of relating that could empower participants of any age or stage to intentionally create the way they were relating.
More recently in his work with hundreds of organizations, schools and communities and thousands of individuals, he has been highly successful in helping individuals, teams and social systems put the relationships first in all they do; transforming sense of self, organizational culture and strengthening community. Learning how to be relational first has lead in every case to greater equity, inclusion, social justice, organizational and personal alignment.
His work is designed for each client and tailored to their specific relational needs.