Who are Jim and Dana Robinson? |
As an experienced line manager, training director and former Vice President of Development Dimensions International, Jim Robinson was chief architect of their most successful training program, Interaction Management. His work with Fortune 500 organizations such as BankOne, First Data Merchant Services, LensCrafters, Penn National Insurance, Pitney Bowes, and Wachovia Corporation has included helping these organizations and Human Resources to link their efforts to the business needs and goals of the enterprise by using the GAPS! approach. Along with Dana, Jim is a frequent speaker at national conferences, including the ASTD and International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) conferences.
Dana Gaines Robinson founded Partners in Change, Inc. in 1981. and is a recognized leader in the area of performance technology. Her clients include Allied Domecq PLC, The Gillette Company, Hewlett-Packard Company, ING Americas, Johnson Controls, Linkage, and MasterFoods USA where she assists HR and HRD functions transition from a traditional to performance focused. Additionally, her international work has included organizations in Canada, The Netherlands, Chile, Mexico and New Zealand. Dana is a past member of the ASTD Board of Directors.
In 1999, ASTD presented Jim and Dana Robinson with the Distinguished Contribution Award for Workplace Learning and Performance. This award recognizes their landmark work in performance improvement and the sustained impact they have had in the training and human resources industry.
Jim and Dana’s co-authored publications include:
TRAINING FOR IMPACT: How to Link Training to Business Needs and Measure the Results (1989) and PERFORMANCE CONSULTING: Moving Beyond Training (1995), ZAP THE GAPS!, Target Higher Performance and Achieve It! with Ken Blanchard (2002). Their books have been translated into many languages including Arabic, Chinese, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. |