Betty Bay®
Columnist
Interview

Betty Winston Bay® is a "Best of Gannett" award winning syndicated columnist and a member of the editorial board for The Courier-Journal. Her hard-hitting weekly columns have brought national recognition. A native of Brooklyn, New York, she was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. She earned her bachelor's degree from Hunter College and master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Sharon Anthony Bower
Interview

Sharon Anthony Bower is president of Confidence Training, Inc. Her specialty is communication training in assertiveness, public presentation skills, job interviewing, testifying and negotiating. Clients benefiting from her services include AT&T, Sun Microsystems, Canon, IBM and the Bell Companies nationwide. She holds master's degrees in counseling from Stanford University and in theater from Northwestern University and is author of Asserting Yourself , Painless Public Speaking, and The Assertive Advantage.

Alan Briskin, Ph.D.
Interview

Alan Briskin, Ph.D., is a management consultant and author of The Stirring of Soul in the Workplace (Berrett-Koehler, 1998).
He works with corporate, nonprofit, and public service organizations in the areas of role analysis and systems thinking. He is also a professional associate of The Grubb Institute, an international research and training institute based in London, England.

Tom Brown, Ph.D.
The Anatomy of Fire
Interview

Thomas L. Brown, Ph.D., is a public voice on leadership. His web site, Management General Online, receives more than a million hits per year. He is author of the first interactive online book for leaders, The Anatomy of Fire, and writes regularly for Harvard Business School's Management Update Newsletter and The Conference Board. He consults extensively and has presented Vision, Values, Action! and Leading Change to many Fortune 50 corporations. He has also lectured at the universities of New Hampshire, Strathclyde (Scotland), Missouri, PennState, and Boston University.

Martha Finney
Find Your Calling, Love Your Life
Interview

Martha Finney, a veteran business journalist, has been writing about work in America for over 15 years. Her work has appeared in major publications, including "HR Magazine" and "Nation's Business". She is co-author of "Find Your Calling, Love Your Life" and has spent the last twelve months on a cross-country diving tour to interview more Americans who love their work. Weekly profiles are posted on her web site "www.heartlandatwork.com/".

Beverly Goldberg
Interview

Beverly Goldberg is a vice president of The Century Foundation, formerly the Twentieth Century Fund, a New York-based think tank, and executive vice president of Siberg Associates, Inc., a management consultancy. She is co-author of "Corporation on a Tightrope: Balancing Leadership, Governance, and Technology in an Age of Complexity", 1996, and is soon to be publishing a new book High-Tech Anxiety.

Susan Gould
Free Agents
Interview

Susan B. Gould is founder and president of Gould and Associates, a human resources consulting firm She is the former director of the Public Management Program at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. She earned her undergraduate degree from Connecticut College, a master from Tufts University and a master of business administrations from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business

Mary Howes
Interview

Mary Howes is a registered investment advisor and consults to both individuals and companies in the areas of financial planning and investments. As a community volunteer, she chairs the G.E.T. (Group in Employment Transition) support program at the Church of the Epiphany in Louisville. Her background includes banking, insurance, and investment services.

Michele Hunt
DreamMakers
Interview

Michele Hunt is a leadership change catalyst to executive teams in corporate, government and non-profit organizations. She is founder of Vision and Values, a consulting firm based in Washington, DC and is author of Dreammakers: Putting Values and Visions to Work. Appointed by President Clinton to serve as the director of the Federal Quality Institute, she was formerly a member of the top leadership team at Herman Miller.

Dennis Johnson, Ph.D.
Interview

Dennis L. Johnson, Ph.D. , president of Behavior Analysts and Consultants, is a clinical psychologist and nationally recognized expert on workplace violence. He consults extensively with the U.S. Postal Service in the area of workplace violence prevention, as well as to numerous Fortune 500 companies. He lectures extensively at colleges and universities, including the FBI Academy and is co-author of "Breaking Point: the Workplace Violence Epidemic and What to Do About It."

Tom LaBaugh, Ph.D.
Interview

Thomas LaBaugh , Ph.D. is president of LaBaugh and Associates, providing career transition and outplacement services nationally. He has made literally hundreds of presentations on a variety of personal and organizational growth topics. He earned his undergraduate degree from Kenyon College, a masters in business administration from Central Michigan University, and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University

Jeffrey Pfeffer, Ph.D.
Interview

Jeffrey Pfeffer, Ph.D. is the Thomas D. Dee Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is the author of eight books, including Managing with Power, Competitive Advantage through People, and his latest, The Human Equation. He has consulted extensively for companies, universities and industry associations in the United States, as well as in twenty other countries.

Bari-Ellen Roberts
Interview

Bari-Ellen Roberts was a vice-president for Chase Manhattan Bank before leaving to join the corporate finance department of Texaco. She became a national figure as the lead plaintiff in Roberts vs. Texaco, the historic $176 million class-action racial discrimination suit. A graduate of Loyola University, she continues to fight against racism in the workplace as chair of the African-American Association for Corporate Responsibility and through lectures and appearances.

Bob Rosner, Ph.D.
Interview

Bob Rosner, Ph.D., speaker, author and consultant has advised numerous Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies. His book, "Working Wounded: advice that adds insight to injury", is a witty collection of stories and advice on how to overcome workplace woes. He has served as adjunct professor to MBA students and founded three corporations. His weekly syndicated column appears in newspapers across the country and on his award-winning web site,www.workingwounded.com.

Larry VonderHaar
Interview

Larry VonderHaar is currently vice president for labor relations and previously vice president for human resources with The Courier-Journal, a Gannett newspaper publication. He was on the scene at Standard Gravure, formerly a sister company, in 1989 when a disgruntled employee returned from disability leave to kill seven employees, including himself, and thirteen other employees. Having an extensive background in human resources and labor relations, he brings a unique perspective to the areas of anger and labor management.

Beverly L. Watts
Human Rights
Interview

Beverly L. Watts is executive director for the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, a position she has held since 1992. Her career spans more than twenty-five (25) years and includes leadership positions with prominent private and public organizations, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A native of Nashville, Tennessee, she holds both bachelor's and master's degrees and speaks extensively on leadership and civil rights issues.