About us

Our mission at RainmakerThinking, Inc. is to help our clients use our thinking to add value.

After fifteen years of research, seventeen books, and tens of thousands of managers trained, RainmakerThinking, Inc. has become the repository of thousands of proven best practices organized into more than 90 hours of prepared stage and classroom content.

We pride ourselves on working closely with clients to customize our services to fit their particular needs. On the lowest end of the cost spectrum, you can expose everyone in your organization to our research and Bruce Tulgan's message at no cost whatsoever through Bruce's monthly video newsletter and the other free resources available at our Web site including more than 185 back issues of the newsletter going back to 1995. On the most expensive end of the spectrum, you can make Bruce practically a member of your team as much as you choose for as long as you choose by engaging him for numerous days in any given period. Whether you hire Bruce for one day at a time or twenty, we work closely with clients to plan Bruce's time with you to achieve the greatest impact possible. We especially welcome the chance to build closer working relationships with ongoing clients. We offer a preferred fee structure for multiple day contracts. Multiple day contracts also allow us to work with you up front to develop, plan, and implement a more comprehensive and integrated training initiative.

We offer customized research services, world-class keynote speeches, books and training materials, and highly engaging and entertaining training services ranging from half-day and full-day programs to full-scale training initiatives. All of our programs are customized for each audience based on consultations with our clients.

Our best-selling program topics include:

BACK TO BASICS MANAGEMENT
It's Okay to Be the Boss™: The Step by Step Guide to Becoming the Manager Your Employees Need

ADVANCED BACK TO BASICS MANAGEMENT
It's Okay to Be the Boss™, the Next Steps: Focus on the More Difficult Cases

BACK TO BASICS SELF MANAGEMENT
Help Your Boss Manage You: The Step by Step Guide to Being the Employee Your Managers Need

LEVERAGING GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES
Managing the Generation Mix™: Focus on All Four Generations

BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN YOUNG TALENT
Not Everyone Gets a Trophy™: How to Manage Generation Y

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
New Leaders: Developing the Next Generation

HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Winning the Talent WarsŪ: Staffing Strategy, Recruiting, Rewarding, and Retaining


FEATURED

BOOKS:

Bruce Tulgan's new book, IT'S OKAY TO MANAGE YOUR BOSS (purchase advance copies of the book at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, or Borders.com)

Bruce Tulgan's recent best-seller, IT'S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS (purchase copies of the book at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, or Borders.com)

Bruce Tulgan's book, NOT EVERYONE GETS A TROPHY: HOW TO MANAGE GENERATION Y (purchase copies of the book at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, or Borders.com)

TRNG MATLS:

29-minute Not Everyone Gets a Trophy™ training video on DVD featuring Bruce Tulgan

27-minute It's Okay to Be the Boss™ training video on DVD featuring Bruce Tulgan

It's Okay to Be the Boss™ printed training materials

10-part, 49-lesson It's Okay to Be the Boss™ video training program on CD featuring Bruce Tulgan

FREE NEWSLETTER:

The current issue of Bruce Tulgan's free video newsletter and all the back issues

RECENT AWARDS:

On 8/13/09, Bruce was awarded Toastmasters International's most prestigious honor, the Golden Gavel. This honor is annually presented to a single person. Past winners have included Marcus Buckingham, Stephen Covey, Deepak Chopra, and Tom Peters. Click here for a complete list of past winners.

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 see Bruce's video interview for the 2009 Guru Radar.

WORKPLACE STUDY:

We released a new workplace study in March 2010. The study shows that the most effective business strategy in 2009 was increased supervision and management.