Bruce Tulgan
| Bruce L. Tulgan | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 27, 1967 Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
| Education | B.A. magna cum laude J.D. |
| Alma mater | Amherst College New York University School of Law |
| Occupation | Author, professional speaker, management-trainer |
| Spouse(s) | Debby Applegate |
Bruce L. Tulgan (born June 27, 1967 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) is an American writer specializing in business topics. His books include It's Okay to Manage Your Boss (2010), Not Everyone Gets a Trophy (2009), It's Okay to be the Boss (2007), and Managing Generation X (1995). He founded the management training firm RainmakerThinking, Inc.[1] in 1993 and is a keynote speaker and seminar leader.[2]
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Education
Tulgan earned a B.A. magna cum laude from Amherst College and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law.
Before founding RainmakerThinking, Inc. in 1993, Tulgan practiced law at the Wall Street firm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn. He is still a member of the Bar in Massachusetts and New York.[3]
Books
Tulgan has written over 20 books,[4] including:
- The 27 Challenges Managers Face (2014)
- It's Okay to Manage Your Boss (2010)
- Not Everyone Gets a Trophy (2009)
- It's Okay to Be the Boss (2007)
- Winning the Talent Wars (2001)
- Managing Generation X (1995)
His next book, Bridging the Soft Skills Gap: Teaching the Missing Basics to Today's Young Talent is due for publication by Wiley/Jossey-Bass in September, 2015.[5]
RainmakerThinking, Inc.
RainmakerThinking, Inc. is a management research, training and consulting firm and the leading authority on generational issues in the workplace, founded in 1993 by Bruce Tulgan.
RainmakerThinking, Inc. continues to lead three longitudinal workplace studies: BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN YOUNG TALENT: THE CHANGING ATTITUDES OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE WORKPLACE; FROM X to Y to Z (since 1993), THE GENERATIONAL SHIFT IN THE WORKPLACE: IMPACT ON HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (since 1995), and BEST PRACTICES IN LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT and SUPERVISION (since 1996). Hundreds of thousands of individuals from hundreds of different organizations have participated in their research since 1993.
Based on this ongoing research, RainmakerThinking, Inc. has provided custom research, training, and consulting services for more than 300 different organizations ranging from the United States Army to Wal-Mart.[6]
As well as being an author and consultant, Bruce Tulgan also provides keynote speeches and workshops through RainmakerThinking, Inc. Since 1995, Bruce has worked with tens of thousands of leaders and managers in hundreds of organizations ranging from Aetna to Wal-Mart; from the U.S. Army to the YMCA. In recent years, Bruce was named by Management Today as one of the few contemporary figures to stand out as a “management guru” and he was named to the 2009 Thinkers 50 rising star list. On August 13, 2009, Bruce was honored to accept Toastmasters International’s most prestigious honor, the Golden Gavel. This honor is annually presented to a single person who represents excellence in the fields of communication and leadership. Past winners have included Stephen Covey, Zig Ziglar, Deepak Chopra, Tony Robbins, Ken Blanchard, Tom Peters, Art Linkletter, Dr. Joyce Brothers, and Walter Cronkite.[7]
RainmakerThinking, Inc. also provides an online training service: Rainmakerthinking.Training.
RainmakerThinking, Inc. is located in New Haven, Connecticut.[8]
Personal Life
Tulgan continues his lifelong study of Okinawan Uechi Ryu Karate Do and holds a fifth degree black belt.[9] He lives with his wife Debby Applegate in New Haven, Connecticut. Applegate is the author of The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher, for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.[10]
Honors and awards
- 2009 Golden Gavel award from Toastmasters International.[11] This honor is annually presented to a single person. Past winners have included Marcus Buckingham, Stephen Covey, Deepak Chopra, and Tom Peters.
- Named to the 2009 Thinkers 50 rising star list (also known as the Guru Radar).[12]
As a media resource
Bruce writes regularly both in print and online for Training Magazine ,[13] as well as for The Huffington Post.[14] His writing has appeared in various magazines and newspapers, including in The New York Times, [15] USA Today,[16] and HR Magazine.
His work has also been the subject of many news stories, including in print publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek [17] and Fortune (magazine),[18] online publications such as ABC News.com,[19] and business blogs such as Chris Brogan.com .[20]
References
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- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Bruce-Tulgan/e/B000APFPZ0/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Bridging-Soft-Skills-Gap-Missing/dp/1118725646/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
- ↑ http://rainmakerthinking.com/rainmaker-thinking/
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