Ed Gubman

Ed Gubman, Ph.D.
Ed Gubman advises CEOs and other executives about how to lead their teams, change their organizations, engage their employees, and develop their talents. His 26-year consulting career has focused on showing leaders how to leverage their most vital competitive asset—their people—increase business results. His best-selling book, The Talent Solution, translated into five languages, demonstrates how to grow and be profitable on the foundation of an aligned work force. His new book, The Engaging Leader, shows leaders how to win with todayís free-agent mindset employees.

After 17 years with Hewitt Associates, most of them building and leading its global practice in Organization Effectiveness, Ed is now a founding partner of Strategic Talent Solutions, a consulting firm that helps executives to personally lead their companies and engage their employees to be passionate about business goals. He consults, speaks, writes, and researches about people strategies, leadership development, talent management, employee engagement, and strategic HR. Ed's clients have included companies as diverse as Abbott Laboratories, Allina Health Systems, Baxter Healthcare, BP Oil, Capital One, Cargill, CDW Computer Centers, Coca-Cola, the Federal Reserve, Intel, Nextel, Northwestern Mutual, Target, Tellabs, Shell Oil, Snap-On Tools, Whirlpool, and W.W. Grainger. Recent consulting assignments include:

Advising the President of a technology company on his personal effectiveness, while helping him formulate a new business strategy with his team
Assisting the new CEO of a large health care system install much needed changes in leadership practices and organization culture
Helping the entrepreneurial Chairman and CEO of a senior housing company analyze his organization and select new executives
Guiding a team of executives from a leading insurance company to create a more engaging place to work
Auditing the culture and workplace practices of an engineering consulting firm and recommending changes to workforce strategy, HR, leader behaviors, and total rewards

Ed inspires his speaking audiences with his energy, humor, and down-to-earth style. Audiences love his personal and practical examples. He has spoken to standing room only crowds at companies, trade groups, and professional associations around the world. His speeches mix his business and managerial experience, real-life stories, and background as one of Hewitt's leaders during its involvement with Fortune Magazine's list of the 100 Best Places to Work in North America.

Ed has appeared on CNBC and CNN and is quoted frequently in leading periodicals. He is a founding board member of Winning Workplaces, where he helps Fortune Small Business select the most innovative leaders. He teaches in the MBA and executive education programs at Cornell University, the University of Dayton, and the University of Wisconsin. He holds a B.A. from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. from Cornell. He can be reached at ed@strattalent.com or (847) 509-3705 x2574.