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Howard M. Guttman is principal of Guttman Development Strategies, Inc. (GDS), a Mount Arlington, NJ-based management consulting firm founded in 1989 and specializing in executive coaching; building horizontal, high-performance teams; strategic and organizational alignment; and management development training (www.guttmandev.com). GDS has been ranked as a top Leadership Development consulting firm by Leadership Excellence magazine, which also named Howard to its list of "Excellence 100 Top Thought Leaders."
Among GDS's U.S. and international corporate clients are Bloomberg LP; Colgate-Palmolive; John Hancock; Johnson & Johnson; L'Oréal USA; Mars, Inc.; Novartis; Pfizer; and Walmart. Great Business Teams: Cracking the Code for Standout Performance is Howard's most recent book and was named one of the Top Business Books of 2008 by Soundview Executive Book Summaries. He is also the author of When Goliaths Clash: Managing Executive Conflict to Build a More Dynamic Organization. His third book, Coach Yourself to Win: 7 Steps to Breakthrough Performance on the Job and in Your Life, will be published by McGraw-Hill in September 2010. Howard is quoted frequently in the business press and in broad-interest magazines and newspapers such as TIME magazine, The Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, U.S.A. Today magazine, and Investors Business Daily. He is also a frequent contributor to professional journals such as Harvard Management Update, Human Resource Executive, Chief Executive, and Leader to Leader. Howard is a sought-after speaker who addresses corporate and academic audiences on such topics as "Great Business Teams: What Does It Take?", "Conflict Management as a Core Leadership Competency," "Putting Performance into High-Performance Teams," "Executive Coaching: Lessons from the Firing Line," and "Alignment: Creating High-Performance Teams from the Top Down." Howard can be reached by sending e-mail to hmguttman@guttmandev.com. His company's Web address is www.guttmandev.com. |
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