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Bob Edwards specializes in management succession planning and talent development systems. His hands-on experience and practical approach as a consultant is unique in that he has a broad background in organization development, project management/implementation, strategic organization change, human resources operations and managing line organizations. Bob's corporate management experience includes first level, middle and executive positions in Human Resources, Customer Service and Information Technology. Prior to joining Linkage, Bob ran his own consulting practice for over ten years where he worked with a wide-range of clients including Analog Devices, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Chubb Insurance, and Houghton Mifflin to just name a few. Additionally, Bob was Vice President Administration at a leading fortune 100 technologies and services company.
Bob's consulting expertise includes: management succession planning, inclusive development and retention programs for top talent, competency based performance management/360-degree assessment systems design and human resource planning/integration; training and development architecture, design and delivery; change management, organization assessment and design, merger/acquisition work and executive coaching. Bob combines years of experience developed inside major corporations as both an executive and consultant, with industry best practices and research on top performing companies to deliver business results within project budgets and implementation timelines.
Bob serves on several boards and as executive advisor to Conexion, a non-profit company, focused on developing diverse leadership and the Business Technology Management Corporation, where he led development of their change management practice.
Bob holds a Masters in Business Administration with honors in strategy and management from the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from City University of New York. | 