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Robert Laud (Bob Laud)
Distinguished Lecturer
Education:
A.B. Colgate University 1972 MBA Adelphi University 1974 M.Phil. Columbia University 1980 Ph.D. Columbia University 1982
Areas of Expertise:
Innovation Strategy, Leadership Development, Organization Behavior, Management Consulting
Selected Publications:
Robert Laud, “Innovation: The Growth Engine of Consulting”, in The Advice Business, Charles Fombrun (ed.), Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2004. Pg. 42-55
M. Calhoun, C.J. Fombrun and R.L. Laud, “Quickly into the Breach: Building a Venture Consulting Firm,” in The Advice Business, Charles Fombrun (ed.), Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2004. Pg. 360-379
Robert Laud, “The Tortoise and the Hare: Cultural Change and Corporate Strategy,” in L. Berger and Sikora (Eds), The Change Management Handbook, (New York: Irwin) 1994. Pg. 296-315
Robert Laud and P. Thies, “Great Expectations: Structuring IT Organizations that Really Deliver,” Business Horizons, July-August 1997, 40:25-36.
Robert Laud, “Performance Appraisal and Its Link to Strategic Management Development,” Journal of Management Development, 1984, p.3-11.
Academic Activities:
How Leaders are Creating the Future: Innovating for Growth, Japanese Productivity Society, Center for Corporate Integrity, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College CUNY, Oct. 2005
Innovation: Building the Growth Engine, Deloitte Research, NY, 2003
Business Strategy Development: Risk- the Silent Arrow, NYU Stern School of Management, NY, 2001
Drugstore.com (HBR Case), Columbia University, Executive MBA Program, NY, 2001 Competing in the New Economy, Oki Electric (Top Executives), Tokyo, Japan, 2000
Professional Activities:
Deloitte Consulting, Strategy Advisor, 2002-2003
Andersen Worldwide, Global Managing Partner, Research & Innovation, 2001-2002
Stanford Research Institute, VP, 1999-2000
Accenture, Partner, Organization Change, 1988-1999
American Psychological Association, Division 14 - Industrial/Organization Psychology, Member 1984
American Board of Forensic Examiners, Psychology Division, No. 10743, Diplomate 1999
American Psychological Society, Member, No. 12953, 1994
OD (Organization Development) Practitioner, Editorial Review Board (1996-2000)
Public Service: Board Member, International Wolf Center, Ely, Minnesota.
Awards, Honors, etc.:
Accenture - $1 Billion Sales Club Award
Acccenture - BIG IDEA AWARD
Accenture - Knowledge Creation & KXchange Database Development
Philip Morris, Inc.- Marketing Strategy
Ford Motor Corp.- Marketing Strategy
NCR - Organization Research Design Award