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JOHN D. ADAMS, Ph.D.

• Experienced keynote speaker, Consultant and Workshop Leader
  
• Experienced manager of Organization Development teams
  
• Leading edge professional contributions for more than 30 years
  
• Proven strategic & systems thinker
  
• Extensive international and cross cultural experience
  
• Competencies include business literacy, change leadership, relationship building, executive development, project management, work-life balance, multi-disciplinary design
  

EDUCATION:

A.B. Mathematics (Theoretical Statistics), Wittenberg University

B.S. Management Science (Operations Research), Case Institute

of Technology

Ph.D. Organizational Behavior, Case-Western Reserve University

Postdoctoral education in nutrition and physiology at NIH

Numerous training and development certifications

RELEVANT POSITIONS AND EXPERIENCES:

Guest Faculty. MBA in Sustainability. Bainbridge Island Graduate Institute. Bainbridge Island, WA.

Ph.D. Program Chair and Professor of Organizational Systems The Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center.

Faculty, Organization Behavior, The Union Institute Graduate School

Executive Director, Eartheart Enterprises, a speaking, publishing, seminar and consulting organization

Manager of Organization Consulting, Blue Shield of California

Organizational Practices Architect (Manager), Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Executive Education Program Manager, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Board of Directors of The World Business Academy.

Chair of World Business Academy's Sustainable Development Task Force.

Owner & Director of Eartheart Enterprises, Inc., an international consulting and training organization offering resources for leadership development, strategic planning, transition & stress management, personal mastery, and transformational processes for organizational excellence.

Board of Directors, International Association of Applied Social Scientists.

Secretary, Board of Directors, Continuing Education Council.

Director, Professional Development Division, NTL Institute.

Program Manager Professional Development Division NTL Institute.

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Management Studies, The University of Leeds (U.K.)

CURRENT AND RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Large-scale change implementation and provision of change agility skills for those affected

Consultation, counseling, training, lecturing, research and writing on stress and transition management and work-life balance.

Development and implementation of integrated, multi disciplinary, work environment design scenarios.

Design and guidance of Large Group events

Creation of leading edge executive development programs

Chairing task force exploring the role of business in establishing a sustainable future.

Keynote speaking on Sustainable Consciousness and Work-Life Integration

Research into the nature of personal mindsets and their impact on results, with a special focus on the mindsets necessary for a sustainable future.

Consulting, training and writing about management, organization and professional development in a broad variety of client systems

Teaching organizational behavior and social psychology at graduate and undergraduate levels in England and the United States

Consultation and training in Canada, Belgium, England, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, and Venezuela

PUBLICATIONS:

Twelve books and more than fifty articles on a variety of workplace development and transformation topics

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science

HONORS:

National Defense Education Act fellowship for graduate study, Case-Western Reserve University, 1965-1969

Dean's list - Wittenberg University, 1963; Case Institute of Technology, 1964, 1965

Blue Key National Men's honorary

Tau Beta Pi Engineering honorary