consultants in organization effectiveness
                                                            providing support in development of
                                                              human resources and organizational systems

GILBERT VICTOR HERMAN
173 N. Harvey
Oak Park, IL 60302-2622
(708) 386-7766
Fax: 708-386-1156
email: Gil@ManagingHorizons.com

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

A catalyst for positive culture change via human resource development (HRD) and organization development (OD)

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

• Internal and external organization development consultant to all levels of management and individual contributors
• Management of corporate training function including planning, personnel, budget
• Design, development, delivery, evaluation of management, sales, professional, and technical training (multimedia and instructor-led)
• Publication and professional speaking experience

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

00 -    Vistage International (formerly TEC, The Executive Committee) - an organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and enhancing the lives of CEOs.

        Vistage Chair

• Facilitate monthly meetings of CEOs of companies in the Chicago area
• Coach member CEOs in one-on-one sessions 
• Facilitate monthly meetings of Key Executives of companies in the Chicago area
• Facilitate monthly meetings of Vistage Trusted Advisors who provide professional services to CEOs, presidents, and business owners

91 -      Managing Horizons - a consulting firm specializing in human resource development and organization development

Owner/President

• OD interventions including organization assessment and strategic planning, total quality management implementation, executive/professional team building, organization work design and re-engineering
• Training programs in management/leadership development, systems thinking, performance management, continuous improvement process tools, career development, communication skills, motivation

87 - 91 Pansophic Systems, Inc. - a world-wide company developing software for data processing professionals, end users

Manager of Corporate Training/Senior Training Specialist

• Managed design/development/delivery/evaluation of training in management, sales, professional skills, career development, technical
• Facilitated classes in all the above; average of 15 instruction days/month; trained 400+ managers, 500+ sales professionals, 300+ other professionals
• Internal consultant to all levels of management, individual contributors especially re: planning, communication skills, team building; consulted one-on-one with 250+ managers, 30+ staff groups
• Second level budget ($3M), personnel management responsibilities for up to 3 people at a time
• Managed scheduling/equipping/maintaining of facilities at headquarters related to training, sales demos, meetings; 7 high-tech-equipped classrooms, 4 product demo rooms, 22 meeting rooms

83 - 87 Deltak Training Corp. - A world-wide company developing multimedia training programs for data processing professionals, end users

Development Manager/Project Leader/Product Developer

• Managed up to 22 development and production personnel responsible for product development of 200+ courses
• Second level budget ($2M), strategic planning
• Personally designed/developed 50+ self-paced training courses for computer users; CBT, video, interactive videodisc, audio, instructor led
• Provided sales/marketing support including product demonstrations, presentations, and sales calls

80 - 83 Laidlaw Brothers - K - 12 textbook publisher

Staff Editor

• Authored instructional materials including chapters and teacher training in 48 textbooks in science, health, math, social studies, computer literacy

74 - 84 Various school districts and colleges

Teacher

• Taught primary through adult education; adult students consistently received substantial credit for GED and CLEP proficiency
• Involved in extensive curriculum development especially in science, math, reading for the middle school
• Developed/communicated concepts/methods/materials for instruction, classroom management, educational policy

72 - 73 United States Government

VISTA Volunteer

• Worked as organizer with inner-city food cooperatives, intercultural programs; helped establish "Shop-in-the-Flats" to market ethnic crafts made by indigenous population and to teach entrepreneurial skills

 

EDUCATION

M.Ed. Instructional Leadership and Curriculum Development, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1979

Post-graduate courses in computers, science, math, reading, social sciences, music, philosophy, supervision

Seminars and certification training in numerous management and sales training programs

B.A. Philosophy/Humanities; minors in Science, Music, Religion Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio 1971

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

"HRD Programs for Managers", chapter in The Handbook of Human Resource Development, 2nd Edition, Nadler & Nadler, eds., Wiley, 1990

"We'll Cross That Bridge When We Come To It", Training Today, April, 1991

"Transformational Training", Training Today, October, 1991

"The Role of Training in Human Resources and Organizational Development" presented to The Society for Human Resource Managers and the Organizational Development Institute, January, 1994

"Choosing Total Quality Training Methods and Resources" presented to Chicagoland Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development, January 1994

"A Practical Look at the Learning Organization" presented to the Organizational Development Network/Chicago chapter, November, 1998

"Getting the Attention and Speaking the Language of Upper Management" presented to the Human Performance Improvement Professional Development Network of CC/ASTD  March 2, 2000

"Team Effectiveness Practices That Have Stood the Test of Time" presented to HRMAC Planning and Development Interest Group, March 24, 2000

"OD Consulting Spectrum: From Facilitator to Expert" presented to the Organization Development Network/Chicago chapter 

"Mind Traps: Inhibitors of Leadership" presented to the Organization Development Network/Chicago chapter, March 22, 2001

"Minding the Bumps in the Road FROM Abilene: Group Intelligence, Not Groupthink", presented at the Midwest Facilitators' Conference, April 27, 2001.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Chicagoland Chapter ASTD - Director of General Program Committee 1991; Director of Professional Development 1993; Director of Professional Development Networks, 1994; Director of Networking, 1995-97

Chicago Organization Development Network, Director of Networking, 1996 - 1998

National Organization Development Network

Association for Manufacturing Excellence

Association for Quality and Participation

Literacy Volunteers of Western Cook County, Board Member, 1996 - 97

Selected for International Who's Who of Entrepreneurs and Who's Who Among Professionals

                                    Improving Business Results and Quality of Life.