Bruce Todd Strom, Ph.D. is a business educator and trainer. He has worked for more than 20 years in consulting, project management, education/training, and administrative/management roles in organizations. With real world experience as a corporate and military trainer, Bruce not only developed the concepts in this book, he has successfully applied them. He has been a full-time and adjunct instructor in the classroom and online for many institutions of higher education, including Argosy University, Boise State University, University of Idaho, College of Western Idaho, George Fox University, and the University of Indianapolis. Bruce is a registered organization development practitioner (OD Institute), NxLeveL Entrepreneurship Program certified instructor, and has worked with small business development centers and regional, state, and local economic and workforce development initiatives. Bruce's columns have been published in The Las Cruces Sun Times, Idaho Press Tribune, Idaho Statesman, Academic Conference Proceedings, and in Chamber of Commerce publications for several cities and states. He has also appeared on media outlets discussing organizational and small business development issues. Bruce's areas of expertise are leadership, management, project and quality management, business ethics, evaluation, grant writing, human resources, organization development, instructional design, human resource development, and small business development.