A Little Bit About Me

So what are my qualifications for writing this book? Well, for a start, I like to think that I represent a good balance between applied practice and academic scholarship. As a practitioner I have worked in the fields of organization and leadership development for more than thirty years and have spent fifteen of those years holding the top OD/LD position for six different companies. That means I have managed talent reviews and succession plans, have formed, managed, and coached high-potential leaders, and have also hired (and occasionally fired) executive coaches. I currently work as a management consultant, specializing in the areas of talent management and high-potential coaching, a consultancy practice in which I spent ...

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