Linda Rodman is President of Rodman Resources a leadership and organization development consulting firm specializing in improving her clients' abilities to build the human capital necessary to successfully implement their business strategies.

Linda has been practicing for 30 years in the area of organizational excellence. She founded her consulting practice 16 years ago based upon her experience in a succession of human resources positions at Exxon Corporation and Manufacturer's Hanover Trust. Her clients include Alcoa, Allied Domecq Quick Service Restaurants, American Standard, Anchin, Block & Anchin, ANZ Investment Bank, Bankers Trust, Citibank, Coldwell Banker, Corporate Legal Services, DDB Worldwide, Ernst & Young, Fleet Financial Services, General Electric, GMAC Global Relocation, L'Oreal, Merrill Lynch, Monsanto, Morgan Stanley, Princeton University, National Starch and Chemical, Reckitt Benckiser, Sears Mortgage, Solutia, Swiss Re, Union Carbide, Verizon and a number of other professional service firms, smaller companies, and non-profits

Linda's areas of expertise include leadership and culture development, succession planning, change management, team effectiveness, competency modeling, learning agility, selection, and performance management. She also specializes in high-impact executive coaching, usually starting with multi-rater (360º) assessments and feedback.

As a Lominger Limited Inc. Master Associate Linda designs and facilitates initiatives using the Leadership Architect® suite of tools in a customized manner. She is credentialed to certify in all Lominger products which address and integrate the above talent management areas. Linda excels in program design and meeting facilitation and partners well with both line and HR executives who appreciate her flexibility and results-orientation as well as her ability to translate the complex into innovative, yet workable approaches that can be readily integrated into the corporate culture. She is focused on ensuring a healthy ROI from the company's talent management initiatives.

Linda currently runs two councils for Divisional Vice-Presidents of HR for The Conference Board. These councils, which she formed, bring together senior HR executives several times a year to share experience and advice on global HR best practices.

Ms. Rodman served as a director of the Human Resource Planning Society for an extended term from 1980 - 1984. For most of that time, she chaired the Affiliate Committee and oversaw the inception and establishment of 12 regional affiliates. She ran professional development workshops on organizational effectiveness and succession planning. Ms. Rodman was also the founding president of the New York Human Resource Planners, fostering its growth to over 400 members during her three-year tenure. She remained a director for an additional seven years. Linda was a director of the Children's Museum of Manhattan from 1985 - 1993.

Ms. Rodman has co-authored several articles appearing in professional journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences. She has been a featured speaker at a number of professional organization forums including AICPA Group B, the HRPS national conference, NYHRP, the Association of Outplacement Counselors, and The Conference Board. Her professional insights have been solicited, and aired, by the press, on the radio, and for a professional video. Linda is invited frequently to address organizations on her topics of expertise. She also speaks conversational French.

Ms. Rodman received both her B. A., with honors and distinction in psychology, and her M. A. in organizational behavior, as winner of the Merwin R. Haskell Award, from Yale University.

Linda can be reached through her New York City office at 212.721.7708; rodmanres@aol.com. Her address is 2112 Broadway, Suite 501A, New York, NY, 10023.