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the difference! We invite you to meet those who will work with you every
step of the way in your organization's journey to becoming an Exceptional
organization.
Our officers are listed below. They include:
Gary Lear,
President and CEO
Ann Lear, Executive Vice
President
Garfield E. Lear, Jr.
International
speaker, trainer, and award winning consultant, Gary Lear is the President &
CEO of Resource Development Systems, an organizational performance consulting
firm that helps organizations increase performance by helping them to be
successful at managing the human side of businesssm.
Gary
is a 17 year veteran of the Florida Department of Corrections, a 35,000 person
organization, serving his last 6 years exclusively in staff development and
training. He was a division chief at
the Florida
Corrections
Academy
for 3 years, and served his last three years as a regional training and
development manager, providing for the development needs of 9000 employees and
overseeing the delivery of over 650,000 training hours annually in his region.
Gary
has also served as the General Manager for the ETS Literacy Services, a
division at Educational Testing Service in Princeton
,
NJ
, which is the world’s largest and most prestigious testing and assessment
organization.
Gary
earned his BS in Psychology at
Stetson
University
and did his master’s work at the
University
of
Central Florida
in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
Gary
has served as an adjunct instructor at Daytona Beach
and
Lake
City
Community Colleges, and is currently an adjunct instructor for the Institute
of Certified Professional Managers
at
James
Madison
University
in
Harrisonburg
,
Virginia
.
Gary
possesses a number of instructor and consultant certifications.
He is one of less than 100 people world-wide that have achieved
certification by Inscape Publishing, the original publisher of DiSC® based
assessments, as an Inscape Publishing Certified DiSC® Trainer.
Since starting Resource Development Systems
in 1997,
Gary
has
worked with a variety of government, non-profit, and for profit
organizations, including developing culturally sensitive programs for the US
Department of Justice and providing leadership development for the US Army and
the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in the
United Arab Emirates
. His
Seven
Elements of High Performance™ was recently chosen by the US Navy’s
Center for Naval Leadership to be included in their officer leadership
curriculum.
Gary
has authored a number of articles,
is a contributing author to the book 180 Ways to Walk the Customer Service Talk, and is working on
his forthcoming book Leadership
Lessons from the Medicine Wheel.
Memberships:
Gary
serves on the
board of directors or as a member for a variety of organizations.
Some of these include: American Society for Training & Development;
Society for Human Resource Management; American Management Association; Chamber
of Commerce; Adult Community Educator’s Association; International Association
of Correctional Training Personnel; Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency;
Friends of Alligator Lake; and the First American Cultural and Education
Preservation Association.
Published Writings:
Gary
is a prolific writer and has made a variety of
contributions to professional journals, newspapers and internet venues, in
addition to writing his own newsletters. Some
particular writings and articles include:
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Using
Technology to Train,
Article appearing in The Journal of Correctional Training, 1997
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180
Ways to Walk the Customer Service Talk,
Walk the Talk Company, 2000, Contributing Author
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The
Importance of Culture to Organizational Success,
Article, 2002
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The
Importance of Trust to Organizational Success,
Article, 2003
-
The
Dynamics of High Performing Organizations,
White Paper, 2003 (Introduces The
Seven
Elements of High Performance)
-
A
New Approach to Strategic Planning,
Article, 2003
-
Seven
Steps to Creating a High Performance Culture,
Article, 2004
-
Making
a Customer Connection,
Article, 2004
-
Who’s
Working in Your Organization,
Article, 2005
-
Creating
Personal Responsibility,
Article, 2005
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Additional
contributions to a variety of newsletters and internet venues
He
is currently working on his forthcoming book titled Leadership Lessons
from the Medicine Wheel: American Indian Teachings for Organizational Success.
Awards:
International Who’s Who of Professionals, 1999
International Consulting Awards, each
year from
1999 to 2006, Inscape Publishing International Consultant’s Network
Gary
is an American Indian, and as such, often incorporates traditional American
Indian teachings and
philosophies into some of his programs. Our Team Adventures, Adventures in
Attitudes, as well as our Strategic Planning, Management and Leadership
Development Processes are prime areas
for some of these teachings. He also heads up our efforts in bringing
these philosophies to organization development by assisting them to deal
with change and finding balance, which are key issues for High
Performing Organizations. He is also available for Keynote
Addresses on these topics.
Ann Lear is the Executive Vice
President of Resource Development Systems LLC, a strategic learning consulting
firm which helps bring new approaches to enhancing personal and organizational
effectiveness. As the Chief
Operations Officer, Ann is responsible for the daily functioning of RDS,
including e-commerce operations, learning center technical operations, and
RDS’ Adult Literacy and Education Division, with major focus on working with
various educational systems and welfare-to-work programs to provide them with
state-of-the-art learning systems. Ann
also offers one-on-one coaching, helping executives and managers to increase
their effectiveness.
Ann has over 17 years of
experience in personal coaching, client and customer management, program design
and implementation, learning design, and staff and organizational development.
She has extensive experience in the educational arena, and worked with a
variety of industries developing their workforce.
Ann possesses a Bachelor of Education from the University of Central
Florida. She did her internship in
Seminole and Volusia Counties in Florida. She
has spoken at numerous community organizations, and served for two years as
chairperson of the Baker County Adult Literacy Council.
Memberships:
Florida
Literacy Coalition; Adult Community Educator’s Association; Chamber of
Commerce; and the First American Cultural and Education Preservation
Association.
Awards:
Outstanding
Leadership Award in TQM from the State of Florida in 1995
State
Service Award and recognition from Governor Lawton Chiles for a program
developed in 1996
1st
place Award for Outstanding Service and Achievement from the Florida
Chapter of the International Association of Personnel in Employment &
Security in 1996
Special
recognition by Kentucky’s Governor Paul Patton in 2000 for RDS’ work with
Adult Education Programs and enhancing their organizational effectiveness.
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