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, mergers and acquisitions, training, executive coaching, organizational design/structure, 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 almost 40 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, Taiwan, Malaysia, Bahrain, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Saudi Arabia. Gary completed a four-year project in 2005, serving as the principal investigator for the U.S. State Department to work on the reform of educational leadership in Kyrgyzstan.

Gary N. McLean, Ed.D., serves as Senior Professor and Executive Director of International HRD Programs in the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resources for Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. He is also Professor Emeritus at The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. A noted speaker and author, McLean has written over 400 journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters, and 22 textbooks. He has received numerous recognitions for his teaching, research, and service, including being named Outstanding Scholar by the Academy of Human Resource Development (1997), installed in the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame (2006), installed in the Academy of Human Resource Development Hall of Fame (2007), and awarded honorary life membership in the Minnesota OD Network. He was also named a Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor by the University of Minnesota.