Robert Tanner

Robert Tanner is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Business Consulting Solutions LLC, based in Vancouver, Washington. He is the author of the popular leadership blog, Management is a Journey®. He helps managers with the people side of the business through online management development services.

Robert is a leadership professional with 20+ years of real-world experience at all levels of management. He has been a guest contributor for HR.com and the American Management Association. His leadership insights have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Association for Talent Development (ATD), and the Hartford Company.

Robert has a MBA degree in Strategic Management and a BS degree in Organizational Behavior. He is a certified change management consultant, a top rated national trainer, and a certified practitioner of behavioral type assessments (Myers-Briggs, DISC Profiles, etc.). He is also a former Adjunct Professor of Management at the graduate and undergraduate levels and a lifetime member of the international honor society, Beta Gamma Sigma.

Education

• MBA California State University-East Bay
• BS University of San Francisco

Companies

• Principal Consultant & Founder Business Consulting Solutions LLC (2003)
• AMA Faculty Leader ◆ AMA Course Developer (Virtual and Classroom Seminars) American Management Association (2007 — 2015)
• Adjunct Professor of Management ◆ Course Developer DeVry University/Keller Graduate School of Management (2003 — 2014)
• Adjunct Graduate Professor of Management and Business (MBA) ◆ Subject Matter Expert Advisor University of Phoenix (2007 — 2011)
• Continuing Education Instructor ◆ Course Developer ◆ Adjunct Professor California State University, East Bay (2003 — 2011)