Bob Stump brings to Core-R.O.I. more than twenty-five years' experience in the areas of organizational development, organization change, and employee involvement.
Bob has worked with a variety of companies, and agencies, including Kellogg, Pillsbury, US Steel Corporation, Harley-Davidson, Blue Circle Cement, Wigwam Mills, Community Residences, Inc, Group Health Association, Oakwood Health Services Corporation, Arlington County Government, Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco), Great Lakes Steel, ASARCO, Inc., Akzo Nobel, American University, National Defense University, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Veterans Benefits Administration, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless, and the Mortgage Bankers Association of America.
He has worked with leaders to develop effective strategies for improvement. As a result, these diverse clients have defined organizational visions that guide their improvement efforts, and have built the ability of employee groups to find permanent solutions for costly organizational problems. He has consulted with and lead joint labor-management leadership groups as they developed strategic plans that turn their visions for the future into reality. He has extensive experience as a facilitator at all levels within his client organizations.
His design and use of survey feedback helps clients both improve individual behaviors and streamline work systems. Bob is a skilled coach of management and union leaders on their unique responsibilities for bringing about successful change.
Bob has regularly led workshops and made presentations at national conferences on preparing professionals and organizations for the future, the changing power bases of middle managers, the scope and process of organizational change, and how to develop cooperative relationships between management and organized labor.
His publications include, A Vision is Not Enough, From Adversaries to Allies: Labor Management Cooperation, WANTED: One Silver Bullet, Guidelines for Groups, and Mining the Future.
He has been active in several professional associations such as the Association for Quality and Participation and has assisted in the design and management of several national conferences for the American Society for Training and Development. He and his clients have been selected to share their experiences and accomplishments at a number of national conferences, including Association for Quality and Participation, Center for Collaborative Organizations, and the Institute for Industrial Research.
Bob holds Master and Doctor of Public Administration degrees from the University of Southern California and earned a B.A. and M.A. in Sociology at Fordham University. Before joining Core-R.O.I. full time, Bob was a tenured professor at Marymount University. He and his wife raised their two sons in Arlington, VA where they have lived for over 30 years. He is a member of Leadership Arlington's Class of 2004.