ALLAN DREXLER completed his doctoral program at Purdue University and holds degrees from Long Island and Pennsylvania State Universities. He has been consulting in organization and management development since 1970. His book, Management Through Problem Solving Task Forces, is published by Addison Wesley. He is co-editor of a recently published book entitled The Emerging Practice of Organization Development.
Dr. Drexler is a professional lecturer in the American University / National Training Laboratory (NTL) Institute graduate program in human resources. As a consultant to The Coxe Group, he has consulted with numerous design firms throughout the country, specializing in organizational development and in management of evolving organization structures.
The Coxe Group is headquartered in Seattle (206/467-4040), and Dr. Drexler lives in Rockbridge Baths, Virginia.
Dr. Gardner received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College in 1966 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Psychology from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in 1972. She is also a Certified Trainer in Neurolinguistic Programming (N.L.P.), a state-of-the-art communications technology.
Dr. Gardner was an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia between 1971 and 1974. She retained a position there as a member of the adjunct faculty between 1974 ad 1980 while she served first as Vice President of Program Development for an Atlanta-based consulting firm and subsequently, from 1978 to 1980, President of her own firm, TAPP Associates, Inc. In 1980 she joined the staff of Creative Associates, Inc. in Washington DC, as Senior Associate and Program Manager. She has been based in New York since 1985.
Dr. Gardner is best known for helping organizations accommodate and implement change. She designs intervention strategies that relate specifically to the structure and culture of the organization. She also designs and conducts training programs that focus on the skills staff need in order to implement these change strategies successfully. Dr. Gardner is also recognized for her skill as a group facilitator and as an executive coach.
The Coxe Group is headquartered in Seattle (206/467-4040), and Dr. Gardner lives in New York, New York.
He has conducted numerous training programs - both in-house and in public forums - to help professionals improve their skills in such areas as communications, marketing, selling, presentations, profit performance, financial management, and leadership. He has lectured at Harvard, the Universities of Pennsylvania, Cal Poly/Pomona, Wisconsin, and Kansas, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has taught at Harvard and currently teaches at the University of Washington and the University of Hong Kong. He has conducted seminars and spoken for a variety of organizations including The American Institute of Architects (AIA), the American Council of Engineering Companies' (ACEC), the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), the Professional Services Management Association (PSMA), APDF (the Association of Professional Design Firms), and the Australian Consulting Engineers Council.
In addition to his work as consultant and speaker, he has written for several publications including Progressive Architecture, Architecture, Design West, Oregon Architect, and Oregon Business. He is an author in the AIA Handbook of Professional Practice and a co-author of Success Strategies for Design Professionals (McGraw-Hill), and has been a contributing editor of DesignIntelligence.
The Coxe Group is headquartered in Seattle (206/467-4040), and Mr. Hochberg lives in Gig Harbor, Washington.
ANN GARDNER is a New York-based Consultant with The Coxe Group, Inc., the oldest and largest multi-discipline firm providing management and marketing consultation to design professionals. Dr. Gardner has over twenty-five years of experience as a trainer and human resources consultant to corporations, not-for-profit organizations, the military, and federal, state, and local government. Her areas of expertise include organizational development, communication skills, team building, vision-based strategic planning, and management.
HUGH HOCHBERG holds a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Harvard. In 30 years of consulting as a partner in The Coxe Group he has helped professionals from over 600 professional service firms organize and manage their practices and solve problems in areas such as strategic planning, ownership transition, firm valuation, mergers and acquisitions, partnering and strategic affiliations, team building and conflict resolution, organizational structure, management and governance procedures and systems, marketing organization and programs, marketing and selling strategies, market research and image studies, selling skills training, professional development, project process, recruitment, leadership evolution, financial management, profit planning, and compensation systems.