William J. Rothwell, Ph.D., SPHR, is President of Rothwel
and Associates, Inc.. He is also Professor of Human Resource
Development at the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania
State University. He heads the #1-ranked graduate program
in HRD in the US. As a Consultant, he has worked with over 30
multinational corporations. |
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| Dr. Rothwell has worked in the Performance, OD and HR field
since 1979 and has authored, co-authored, edited and co-edited
over 60 books and many best sellers. Among his most recent
publications are: |
- Human Resource Transformation
- Strategic Human Resource Leader, 2nd edition
- Practicing Organization Development, 2nd edition
- Planning and Managing Human Resources, 2nd edition
- Human Performance Improvement - Building Practitioner
Competence, 2nd edition
- ASTD Models for Human Performance Improvement: Roles,
Competencies and Outputs
- Career Planning and Succession Management
- Effective Succession Planning, 3rd edition
- The Strategic Development of Talent
- Competency-based Human Resource Management
- What CEOs Expect From Corporate Training
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- Beyond Training and Development, 2nd edition
- Improving On-The-Job Training, 2nd edition
- The Workplace Learner: How to Align Training Initiatives with
Individual Learning Competencies
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| Dr. Rothwell was a National Thought Leader for a Linkage-DDI
sponsored study of 18 multinational corporations that examined
corporate best practices in succession planning and management.
His bestselling book “Effective Succession Planning: Ensuring
Leadership Continuity and Building Talent from Within,” 3rd ed.
(New York: Amacom, 2005) is regarded by many as the “corporate
bible” on succession management practices. |
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| Dr. Rothwell has been very active in the American Society of
Training and Development (ASTD). He was Chair of the Publishing
Review Committee for several years, has served as Chapter
President for 2 ASTD local Chapters, has served on the ASTD
National Awards Committee, the ASTD dissertation awards
committee, and the ASTD research article of the year Committee.
He was Chief Investigator for 2 ASTD competency studies - ASTD
Models for Workplace Learning & Performance (1999) and ASTD
Models for Human Performance Improvement (1996; 2000). He
was also an Investigator on the most recent ASTD competency
study Mapping the Future (2004). |
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