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Alan Weiss is the founder and president of Summit Consulting Group, Inc., a firm specializing in management and organization development. Summit's clients include organizations such as Merck & Co., Hewlett-Packard, GE, National Westminster Bank, The New York Times, Mercedes-Benz, the American Press Institute, the American Institute of Architects, Coldwell Banker and over 80 other organizations in four countries.

Alan has published over 300 articles in the fields of strategy, innovation, leadership, ethics, diversity, and interpersonal relations, in publications ranging from Management Review to The New York Times. All of his books have been alternate or main book club sections, and two have been translated into German and Italian. He has also authored the Professional Development Series Booklets on major management and self-improvement topics.

He appears frequently on radio and television interview programs to discuss productivity and quality. He is a member of the American Counseling Association and the American Management Association, and is the former president of the New England Speakers Association. He has earned the designation "Certified Management Consultant" from the Institute of Management Consultants, the only accrediting body requiring client references, evidence of successful engagements, and completion of a sitting examination on ethical practices. He has also earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association. Alan is one of only about two dozen individuals in the United States awarded both designations.

Alan is the former president of Kepner-Tregoe Continuing Education, and vice president of Kepner-Tregoe, Inc., an international training firm, and the former CEO of Walter V. Clarke Associates, a behavioral consulting firm. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Rutgers University, masters degree in political science from Montclair College and psychology from California Coast University, and a doctorate in psychology from California Coast University. He has traveled to 49 countries and 48 states in the course of his career. Success Magazine has cited him in an editorial devoted to his work as "a worldwide expert in executive education."

He once appeared on the popular TV game show Jeopardy, where he lost badly in the first round to a dancing waiter from Iowa.

Articles by Alan Weiss:

• Achieving Balance in Life and Work: The Human Condition
  
• Consider The Source
  
• What IS the Right Thing To Do? Ethical Violations and Plagiarism and the Role of HR
  
• You`re Not in the Sales Business, You`re in the Relationship Business
  
• Do We Really Need 'Diversity Consultants?'
  
• Please, No Profiles Today
  
• The Rainmaker: Part 1
  
• The Guerilla War
  
• Why Do Executive Recruiters Consistently Undercharge?