Research

and

Consulting

As an independent consultant, Bob Tomasko specializes in organization effectiveness. His work involves:

Researching management practices to help his clients benchmark their organizations against the world's best.

Reviewing and critiquing plans for organization change, helping develop alternatives, and advising on future courses of action. This advice is based upon research he conducts, and his over 25 years experience in management consulting.

Presenting and teaching, through case studies and interactive exercises, the material in his books. Sessions like these, with groups of top executives and managers throughout a business, help lay the groundwork for major organization change.

For a working definition of organization, see this excerpt from his book Go For Growth.

Increasingly his projects involve advice-giving, rather than traditional consulting. What's the difference?

 

 

Reports

Although most of Bob Tomasko's research and consulting is client-specific and for their use only, these are some publicly available excerpts from his reports:

 

Benchmarking

Benchmarking - Approach with caution and know its limits

Is GE a Good Model for Other Companies to Follow?

Planners Don't Plan Anymore

 

Corporate Social Responsibility

Do Business Codes of Conduct Work? Lessons from the Sullivan Principles to promote a peaceful end to apartheid in South Africa

The Role of Hi-Tech Jobs in Puerto Rico's Development

 

Growth

Greed, Growth and Governance: Emerging best practices in corporate governance

Growth - Old myths; new realities

Nine Growth Lessons

Two Mindsets: Mechanistic vs. growth

 

Leadership Development

Developing Tomorrow's Growth Leaders: Clones or mutants?

It's Hard to Outsource Motivation

Seven Models of Leadership Development

Twelve Common Dilemmas of Leadership Development Programs - and what to do about them

 

Talent Strategy

Increase Customer Loyalty by Becoming a Preferred Employer

Winning the Talent Wars

Questions and comments about these are always welcome. Contact Robert Tomasko at

RMTomasko@aol.com

 

Representative clients

Chemical

Air Products & Chemicals

Allied

Chemical Waste Management

Lone Star

Rhone-Poulenc

Ube

Consumer

Coca-Cola

Food Marketing Institute

Grocery Manufacturers of America

Marriott

Shaws (Sainsbury)

Seagram

Consulting

Bain & Co.

Roland Berger

Arthur D. Little

Right Associates (Right Management Consultants)

Temple, Barker & Sloane (Mercer Management Consulting)

Energy 

Exxon

Hamilton Bros.

Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT)

PetroPeru

Potomac Electric

Seattle City Light

Texaco

 

Financial services

Assurance General

Citicorp

Corroon & Black

First Interstate

Massachusetts Mutual

Government

Auditor General of Canada

Library of Congress

Presidential Commission on World Hunger

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Navy

 

Manufacturing

Brastemp

Ford

Mitsubishi

Toyota

TRW

Yamaha

Non-profit

Baptist Medical Center

National Urban Coalition

Sullivan Principles

UNICEF

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

Technology

Genex

Infosys

Magnetic Controls (ADC)

Telecommunications

Ameritech (SBC)

Bell Atlantic (Verizon)

Bell South

CANTV

Nynex (Verizon)

Southern New England Telephone (SBC)

Transportation

Burlington Northern

Delta California

Federal Aviation Administration

Nedlloyd

SimuFlite

 


 

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