Bruce TulganBest-Selling Author & Management Consultant

"Managing employees well is a skill, not an art. Bruce Tulgan provides a clear guide to all the important techniques needed to be an effective manager."

-Peter Cappelli, George W. Taylor Professor of Management, The Wharton School

"Bruce's research on Genreation Y has had a powerful impact on our leadership team. If you want a real strategic advantage in recruiting, managing and rertaining Generation Y, get NOT EVERYONE GETS A TROPHY."

-Greg Lucier, Chairman and CEO, Invitrogen Corporation

" Thanks to Bruce, a management revolution has taken place at Joe's Crab Shack. His step-by-step approach and expert insight into Generation X and Y have empowered our leaders to become great managers."

-Ray Blanchette, President and CEO, Joe's Crab Shack

"...Bruce Tulgan makes it safe again to be a hands-on manager. IT'S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS presents a clear plan to become the manager who will help your team thrive."

-Mike Archer, President, Applebee's , USA

"If anyone deserves a trophy it's Bruce Tulgan for helping us crack the code on understanding this new generation in the workforce. "

-Marianne Brush, Executive Vice President, Massachusetts Society of CPAs

"Leaders and managers will find Tulgan's ideas, models and insights, extremely helpful in adjusting their supervisory practices to a workforce destined to be dominated by post Baby-Boomer generations"

-John B. Coduri, National Executive Director/CEO, Association of the YMCA Professionals

"Anyone with the desire to become a great boss will find here the inspiration, motivation and empowerment, not only to succeed, but also to excel. Bruce Tulgan is a great teacher and coach with a positive and disciplined approach that builds the confidence and courage to take charge. Everyone benefits - boss, manager and employee - but only if the boss knows "It's okay to be the boss."

-John Edward Sexton, President, New York University

"IT'S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS is a very insightful work on how to manage people as individuals and achieve strong results. This common-sense approach will generate high levels of commitment and increase productivity and should be required for anyone who manages other people."

-Ted Fowler, President and CEO, Golden Corral Corporation

"Tulgan's powerful ideas have helped us make one of the best accounting firms in the world even better. Bruce understands what it's like to manage people in the real world and his advice works. His words make leaders stronger and more effective. His back-to-basics message is a wake up call for leaders in every industry or profession."

-Carl R. George, CEO, Clifton Gunderson LLP

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Toastmasters’ most prestigious award, the Golden Gavel
is presented once a year to an individual who represents excellence in the fields of communication and leadership. Since 1959, this award has been presented every August at the organization’s International Convention, and it is a highlight for many Convention attendees to hear a speech given by the year’s Golden Gavel recipient.

In 2009, the award will honor Bruce Tulgan, one of the world’s top experts on the subject of young people in the workplace. As the founder and chairman of RainmakerThinking, Tulgan has helped thousands of companies develop their employees’ potential to peak performance. Tulgan is the author or co-author of 17 books and also shares his expertise in Webinars and presentations to international business leaders and managers of big-name organizations, ranging from Aetna to Wal-Mart to the YMCA.

Past recipients include Stephen Covey, Zig Ziglar, Walter Cronkite, Marcus Buckingham, Ken Blanchard and Deepak Chopra.

In October 2009, Bruce Tulgan was named to the Thinkers 50 rising star list (also known as the Guru Radar). The Thinkers 50 is the definitive global ranking of the world’s top 50 business thinkers. Click here to learn more about The Thinkers 50.

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