Gary N. McLean Ed.D.
(651) 646-2391
gary.mclean@mcleanglobal.com

Gary's consulting focuses primarily on international Human Resource Development (HRD) and organization development, including conflict management, employee competencies, training, executive coaching, and other interventions related to improving individual and organizational performance.

Gary has been an independent consultant, primarily in training, organization development, and quality transformation, for 35 years, serving as principal consultant with ECCO (Effective Creative Change in Organizations) and, now, McLean Global Consulting, Inc. (MGC). He was one of two consultants who began the quality journey with Zytec, 1991, winner of the Malcolm Baldridge and Minnesota Quality Awards. He has worked as a consultant, taught, and done research in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Korea, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, Japan, Poland, Nicaragua, France, People's Republic of China, Kenya, Nigeria, Venezuela, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Saudi Arabia. Gary is currently principal investigator for a three-year grant (2001-2004) from the U.S. State Department to work on the reform of educational leadership in Kyrgyzstan.

Gary is a professor and coordinator of human resource development and adult education, as well as a professor in business and industry education, at the University of Minnesota. He teaches courses in international human resource development and organization development. He is a frequent speaker and has written over 150 journal articles and 20 textbooks. He is past editor for the Human Resource Development Quarterly, past general editor for Human Resource Development International, past North American editor for the Journal of Transnational Management Development, and consulting editor (and previous executive editor) for the Journal of Education for Business. He is active in professional organizations, having served as President for the Academy of Human Resource Development and as President for the International Management Development Association.

Gary has received numerous recognitions for his teaching, research, and service, including installation in the Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame for his extensive contributions to international and cross-cultural research and practice, the Outstanding Scholar by the Academy of Human Resource Development (1997), member of the University of Minnesota Academy of Distinguished Teachers, Honorary Life Member in Delta Pi Epsilon (1996), Honorary Life Member in the Minnesota Chapter of the Organization Development Network (1995), and recipient of numerous "best paper" and teaching awards, along with the supervision of numerous students who have received "best dissertation" awards.

He was an editor (with W.J. Rothwell and R. Sullivan) of the 1995 edition of Practicing organization development: A guide for consultants. San Diego, CA: Pfeiffer & Associates. He has recently completed (2006) Organization Development: Principles, Processes, Performance with Barrett-Koehler, San Francisco, CA.