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.

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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