Bruce Tulgan has been committed to helping people get better at working together for over three decades.
Since he founded RainmakerThinking in 1993, Bruce has helped tens of thousands of people in hundreds of organizations improve their one-on-one communication, take back their time, and start producing real results for themselves and their teams.
Whether your organization needs to improve collaboration and performance, train leaders in the fundamentals of management, or strengthen talent development, Bruce and the RainmakerThinking team help you turn research and proven practices into action.
Through leadership and management development, organizational assessments, and coaching and advisory support, we help you understand where to focus and build stronger everyday working relationships.
Better management.
Stronger organizations.
Since 1993, RainmakerThinking has helped leaders turn the fundamentals of management into everyday practice.
TRUSTED BY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING
American Express · IBM · Walmart · Aetna
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Strength and Wisdom
Karate Lessons for Life and Work
A lifetime in the dojo. A new perspective on leadership.
Bruce brings the lessons of a seventh-degree black belt to the challenges of work and life: discipline, resilience, humility, and the courage to keep learning.
Participants explore how to stay steady under pressure, combine toughness with flexibility, and meet new challenges with a beginner’s mind.
Keynotes · Workshops · Fireside conversations
In person or virtual. Tailored to your audience.
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Research that resonates.
Advice people can use.
Bestselling author, leadership researcher, and founder of RainmakerThinking, Bruce brings candor, energy, and practical tools to every audience.
His programs connect decades of workplace research with the conversations, decisions, and challenges leaders face every day.
KEYNOTES & WORKSHOPS
Big challenges. Practical answers.
Choose a starting point. We’ll shape an in-person or live virtual program around your people, your priorities, and your event.
It’s Okay to Be the Boss
Back-to-Fundamentals Leadership
Managers learn a step-by-step approach to highly-engaged management, from clear expectations and delegation to performance and retention.
Back-to-Fundamentals Collaboration
Skills for Establishing Extreme Alignment on Your Team
Teams learn to establish alignment across reporting lines and strengthen collaboration through structured communication.
Not Everyone Gets a Trophy
How to Bring Out the Best in Today’s Young Talent
Managers learn to engage, develop and retain young employees through clear expectations, support and practical guidance.
TURN INSIGHT INTO ACTION
What happens when everyone gets back to work?
Picture the Monday after a powerful keynote or live webinar. People are energized. Then the inbox fills, an urgent problem arrives, and familiar routines take over.
What will help your managers use what they learned? Connect the event to the conversations, expectations, and daily habits you want to change.
Bring Bruce to your team in person or live online. A virtual keynote, workshop, or series of sessions can connect the learning to the challenges your people are facing—wherever they work.
Do your people need a fresh perspective, new skills, or help following through?
CLIENT EXPERIENCE
See what people put into practice.
“At CBR, we were suffering from an under-management epidemic brought on by promoting from within and not providing management training. Management is basic work, but hard work. We applied Bruce’s principles of Management 101 to rapidly turn our organization into a focused execution machine.”
Geoffrey Crouse
CEO and President, Cord Blood Registry (fmr.)
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IDEAS FOR THE WAY WE WORK
Latest thinking & updates
Fresh perspectives and practical advice from Bruce and RainmakerThinking.
The Leadership Pulse: Why Managing People Feels Harder Than Ever—and What Actually Works
The Leadership Pulse: Why Managing People Feels Harder Than Ever—and What Actually Works
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When Good People Make Bad Decisions—and How to Make Good Ones
When Good People Make Bad Decisions—and How to Make Good Ones
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need to do better?
Tell us about your audience, your goals, and the challenges you want to address. We’ll help you find the right program.