Program topics

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 offer highly engaging and entertaining programs ranging from one-hour keynote speeches to one- two- or three-day workshops to full-scale training initiatives. All of our programs are customized for each audience based on consultations with our clients. The following are our best-selling program topics:

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.