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Phil Humann
Chief Executive Officer
SunTrust Banks
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Victor F. Trastek, M.D,
Chair, Board of Governors
Mayo Clinic in Arizona
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President & CEO (recently retired)
United Healthcare of N.C.
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Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Carrier EMEA.
Corning Cable Systems
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Brian Dowd
Director of Employee Development
Granite Construction Incorporated
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Michael Bernstein
Director of Software Engineering
Airvana
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J. Peter Hegemann
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Carrier EMEA.
Corning Cable Systems
“Bob Kaplan is one of the true professionals in this field. When I work with him, I have a sense of calm because he delivers practical solutions to thorny problems we are facing. Bob and his firm have deep expertise.”
Sandy Ogg
Chief Human Resources Officer, Unilever N.V.
On Research & Development
“The research from Kaplan DeVries Inc. is unique because it has the sophistication, discipline and rigor you expect from academic scholarship yet it is grounded in a rich understanding of what leadership in organizations is really like. It is a true marriage of science and practice.”
Mary P. Nelson
President, Arc Leadership Ltd.
Former Director of Marketing,
S.C. Johnson & Sons
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Robert Hogan, Ph.D.
President, Hogan Assessment Systems
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Ramzi Baydoun
Former Director Organization Effectiveness
Motorola Inc.
“I found Kaplan and Kaiser’s article, ‘Developing Versatile Leadership,’ enlightening. The concept of overusing strengths is generally not well articulated and certainly not a common element in today’s performance management models. Indeed we leaders are at risk of lopsided leadership when we continue to be reinforced for our strengths. I particularly value how the article ‘peels back the onion,’ which helps readers diagnose why they may have an imbalance in their approach.”
Susan Tardanico
Vice-President, Communications
Textron
On the Leadership Versatility Index (LVI)...
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Larry W. Norton, Ph.D.
Vice President, Organizational Development PetSmart, Inc.
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Dr. Pam Mayer
Former Director of Organization Development
Granite Construction Incorporated
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Gene Boccialetti, Ph.D.
Senior Director MDHRM Programs
Cornell University ILR, New York City
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