Roger Gerard

Background

About Roger Gerard

Dr. Roger Gerard is the owner of Sloan & Gerard Consulting, a private consulting firm focused on developing client executives and managers in organizational leadership and performance improvement. He recently retired as Executive Business Partner and past Chief Learning Officer for ThedaCare, a Wisconsin-based healthcare delivery system. He was with ThedaCare since 1991. Roger"s career includes significant work in healthcare, but also a quarter of his career in manufacturing and service industries nationwide. In addition, he has his own creative photography/illustration business that he shares with his wife, Debra. Before ThedaCare, Roger served as VP of Northern Michigan Hospitals in Petoskey, Michigan (1990-1991), and as Dir. of Organizational Development for NMH (1985-1990). Before joining NMH, Roger was Creative Manager for Quality Systems for Sandy Corporation in Troy, Michigan, one of the largest training/consulting firms in the Midwest. With Sandy, he consulted with major clients (Burroughs, IBM, General Motors, Hyatt, etc.) on systemic leadership development and quality improvement projects. He also spent three years as Management Development Specialist for Gulf + Western Manufacturing, a Fortune 100 company. Roger has over 35 years of experience leading executive and management development initiatives. In 2011, he co-authored a book published through the Lean Enterprise Institute entitled "On the Mend" focused on the ThedaCare Lean Journey, a recent Shingo Award winner. In addition he has keynoted at numerous conferences in the US and Canada, and locally throughout Wisconsin and Michigan. Roger is a member of SHHRM, ASQ and OD Network. He earned his Ph.D. in Management and Applied Decision Sciences from Walden University in 2001. Dr. Gerard has three adult daughters and among them 6 grandchildren. He and his wife Debra also have a son. Specialties: Leadership development, executive coaching, lean application, organizational development, career planning, management training, employee opinion research, employee engagement research.