Meet Our Bloggers
Jonena Relth: Jonena leads our solutions design consulting and business operations efforts in driving towards our strategic vision and mission. Recipient of the Joyce Parker Award for outstanding contribution to the field of training and development, Jonena Relth specializes in performance improvement and brings to our clients nearly 30 years experience as a business owner of three companies. Her expertise with enterprise-wide systems has been instrumental in helping organizations bridge the connection between system implementation and the associated learning required for successful transition from paper to paperless environments.
Esther Groves: She brings to the TBD team her expertise in management, organizational assessment, training and employee development, group/meeting facilitation, focus groups, team building, leadership development and Six Sigma. She prides herself in being able to help organizations articulate goals, and improve capability, productivity and customer satisfaction. Esther’s experience also includes quality assurance, operational management, virtual management, and human resources. Esther writes to our Leadership Trends and Today’s Realities blog.
Hal Alpiar: Hal is a national, award-winning author and marketer. As one of America’s leading sales results writers, he hosts a daily blog on entrepreneurial leadership and creative sales at www.halalpiar.com. Hal writes to our Leadership Trends and Today’s Realities blog.
Ken Pilone: Ken comes to TBD with 35 years experience in HR, Education, Training and OD in manufacturing, government, retail, automotive, healthcare, distribution, logistics and aerospace industries. Of those, he spent 19 years with Toyota as a Lean/TPS Consultant. Ken writes to our People Process Technology blog.
Peggy Salvatore: Peggy has been developing managed care and healthcare reimbursement web-based training programs for the healthcare industry for 10 years. She also writes eLearning programs on general business topics such as time management, project management and leadership. Prior to that, her background includes extensive research, analysis and writing for professional journal articles, white papers and executive background briefings on a broad range of health policy issues. Peggy writes to our Healthcare Talent Transformation blog.
Bob Whipple: Not only is Bob known internationally as “The Trust Ambassador,” he has written three books on the topic of building and maintaining trust in organizations from which he will be sharing insights with us in the coming months. He has been named by Leadership Excellence Magazine as one of the top 100 thought leaders in the country on the subject of Leadership Development. We hope you will enjoy reading Bob’s insights and feel free to comment. Learn more about Bob at www.leadergrow.com. Bob writes to our Leadership Trends and Today’s Realities blog.
Bob Craig: Bob Craig has been coaching and instructing supervisors and managers for 15 years. He writes instructor-led programs, creates e-Learning courses and travels throughout his company working to improve the skill sets necessary to be a successful leader in today’s ever-changing marketplace. Being able to manage change and understand the root causes behind performance issues are two of the critical skills. Bob concentrates on with leaders striving for excellence and working to get better results with less people and fewer resources.