Kravetz Associates was established in 1976 to assist organizations in establishing state of-the-art people management practices. We provide consulting services in a wide variety of people management and human resource areas.

Our work is primarily custom-designed for each client rather than using an off-the shelf approach. We take the time to get to know your organization, your management style, and goals. Our solutions are highly effective because of this tailoring for each client.

Principals with Kravetz Associates have advanced degrees in industrial psychology or related areas and are leaders in the profession. All have headed up at least two training, OD or human resources functions at large corporations.

Our clients include over half of the largest 500 organizations, several government agencies and a number of smaller organizations. We have won several national human resources awards.


Kravetz Associates clients and best practices users includes the following:

Dennis J. Kravetz

Biographical Summary

Dennis Kravetz is President of Kravetz Associates. Formerly he was Vice President of Human Resources and Training Director for the Fuji Bank of Japan, the world's largest bank. He also spent 13 years in other human resources positions with large corporations.

Dennis has a Master's and Ph.D. in industrial psychology from the University of Illinois, has authored four books and over 30 articles in management and human resources. He has won three national awards for innovations in the human resources and training areas.

Dennis served on the Board of Directors for both Commerce Clearing House Publishers and the Society for Human Resource Management. His clients include over half of the 500 largest companies in the country.

Dennis is the author of five books and approximately thirty articles on training, human resources, and leadership topics.

Activities

Society for Human Resource Management: former National Vice President and Chairman, Human Resources Research Committee; Board of Directors; Foundation Board.

American Society for Training and Development

American Psychological Association; Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Commerce Clearing House Publishers: Advisory Board of Directors.

Three national awards in the human resources area.

1.Creative Application Award, Society for Human Resource Management. Award given for innovative career development system that permits matching of employee competencies and interests with specific company jobs.

2.Creative Application Award, Society for Human Resource Management. Award for human resource planning and succession planning system.

3.Excellence in Training Award, American Society for Training & Development. Given for long-term achievement in the training and development field.

Public speaking; large national conferences such as Training 2004; American Society for Training and Development national conference; Training Directors' Forum

Accomplishments

Consult with largely Fortune 500 companies on improving training and people management practices. Heavy emphasis on organizational development, changing cultures/management styles, design of new, state-of-the-art HR and training systems. Known for cutting-edge activity. Most common areas of consultation include:

• Human capital metrics
• Conduct employee surveys and initiate needed organizational development
• Management assessments
• Maintain database of best practices in the HR and training field
• Identify job competencies; link competencies to all other HR activities
• Design training courses, career development systems, development tools
• Design of selection systems, compensation systems, performance measurement systems
• Transform HR and training groups into performance consulting groups
• One-on-one executive development and coaching

Most significant work has been showing powerful relationship between people management practices and company financial success (data involves 330 large organizations). Have shown how to quantify the people side of the business and the financial success which comes from managing people effectively. Also nationally-known for "inventing" the job competency movement in the early 1980s and how to link job competencies with all HR activities.

Biographical summary of other associates are available by request.