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Introducing:
Norman R. Eckstein CMC
NORTHBROOK Consulting Group, Inc.

Norman R. Eckstein specializes in participative management consulting. This is a non-traditional approach to management consulting that consists primarily of leading teams of client people to develop and implement creative and innovative strategies and problem solutions. He uses this approach to assist organizations to become more effective through customer focus, developing and implementing strategic initiatives, and improving the utilization and management of human resources.

Norman Eckstein

Mr. Eckstein has more than 25 years experience in management consulting. During that time he has specialized in assisting clients to grow profitably, and to improve operations and management practices. His experience includes implementing management control systems, developing and implementing strategic plans and marketing strategies, business process reengineering, and organization and management development.

A Certified Management Consultant, Mr. Eckstein has served more than 100 clients in more than 30 industries. These clients have included start-up companies, entrepreneurial and middle market, as well as top Fortune-ranked companies.

Before starting Eckstein Management Consulting in 1989 he held management positions at The Alexander Proudfoot Company, Coopers & Lybrand, and United Research Co. (now Gemini). He also has seven years experience in retail buying and operations with Montgomery Ward & Co. and as Director of Hard Lines Merchandising at Sportmart, Inc.

A frequent speaker for local and national consulting organizations on Participative Process Consulting, Strategic Planning, and The Changing Workplace, Mr. Eckstein is listed in the Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Industry and Who's Who in the Midwest. He is past Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Management Consultants USA and chairs its Participative Process Consulting Special Interest Group. (IMC USA is the certifying body for management consultants in the U.S.) He has also served on the Chicago Advisory Board of The Entrepreneurship Institute and the Executive Committee of the M.I.T. Enterprise Forum of Chicago, and is a member of the Strategic Management Association. He is a past president of the MIT Club of Chicago and is a vice president of the Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago.

Mr. Eckstein attended The United States Military Academy and has received Bachelors and Masters degrees in Management from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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What's New

February 2010
Don Joseph featured speaker on Drip Marketing to Midwest Society of Professional Consultants on February 3--full details

January 2010
Northbrook Consulting Group has first-ever installation Sage KnowledgeSync Business Activity Montoring software with Sage BusinessWorks client to insure response to key business events.

December 2009
Don Joseph discusses ACT! 2010 new features with Larry Ritter, Sage senior vice president and general manager of CRM Applications, at ACT! by Sage Townhall (Chicago)

November 2009
Sage BusinessWorks 2010 is released with exciting new features.

Now is the time to order your year-end tax forms.

October 2009
ACT by Sage 2010 receives Editors' Choice Award from PC Mag.com.

Modern Contractor Solutions discusses the time-saving and cost-saving benefits of the new features in Peachtree by Sage: Small Firm, Big Opportunity

September 2009
ACT! by Sage 2010 (12.0) is released.. New features and enhancements will automatically go to those with ACT! Platinum Care or ACT! Total Care.

August 2009
Stonefield Query for ACT!, our featured add-on product, is a user-friendly database report writing, query, and data mining tool designed specifically for ACT! by Sage.

ACT Platinum Care new benefits announced by Sage.

July 2009
Northbrook Consulting's Don Joseph receives Swiftpage Silver Drip Marketing Consultant Certification

Sage BusinessWorks 2010 enters alpha testing. New features announced.

June 2009
ACT! by Sage 2010 (12.0) enters beta testing. New features and enhancements will automatically go to those with ACT! Platinum Care or ACT! Total Care. Promotional prices extended on both.

May 2009
Don Joseph presents "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the ACT / Sage BusinessWorks Link and More" to Sage Partners as part of annual Sage Insights 2009 in Nashville

April 2009
Sage releases ACT! by Sage for Real Estate 11 and ACT! by Sage for Financial Professionals 11