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GIL HERMAN
(708) 386-7766
Gil[at]ManagingHorizons[dot]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 & 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 |
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