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Jon Barb Do What works

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Jon Barb is an independent training consultant dedicated to adding value to the organizations he works with. He has had over twenty-five years of corporate training and consulting experience related to: management skills, presentation skills, teamwork, leadership, consultative selling, change management, process improvement, problem solving, and meeting facilitation.

Prior to starting Do What Works™, Jon worked for Union Carbide as a sales rep, customer service rep, and served for five years as a staff trainer at Union Carbide’s Personnel Development Laboratory. Later on while employed at Xerox Learning Systems, he was manager of program development for Xcellence, Critical Skills For Supervisors, and marketing product manager for management training products. As the corporate manager of development and training at Olin Corporation, he facilitated high-level team meetings and managed the overall training curriculum.

During his career Jon has worked with a wide range of organizations in manufacturing, consumer products, health care, and pharmaceutical industries. Past clients have included: General Electric, Sikorsky Aircraft, Physicians Health Services, SAMSUNG, Pfizer, Deloitte. His training assignments have taken him throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Mexico, and the Far East.

Jon received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He also holds a Masters degree in Human Resource Development from the Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School for Social Research, New York.

As an active member of the National Speakers Association, he has given numerous professional presentations on: Managing Meetings, Selling Your Ideas, Negotiating, Presentation Skills, Managing the Effects of Change and Stress. He is the author of Do What Works: A Guide to Increasing Your Happiness, Satisfaction, Productivity, and Peace of Mind.