Jim Graber, PhD
President,
Business Decisions, Inc.

Since 1981, Dr. Graber has provided consulting services to the private and public sectors.  He consults on:

• Performance Management/Performance Appraisal
• Training needs analysis and Evaluation
• Employee Development
• Succession Planning
• Compensation
• Employee Opinion Surveys & Organizational Diagnosis
• Employee Selection & Testing
• Employee turnover and retention studies

Past and present clients come from diverse industries and include Digital Equipment, United Airlines, AT&T, McDonalds, ComEd, Trustmark Insurance, Discover Card, Rand McNally, and many others.  Public sector organizations served include the City of Chicago and numerous other municipalities, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, and federal agencies such as DOD, OPM, FAA, and EPA.

Performance Management/Performance Appraisal has been one major focus.  He has pioneered in the development of new techniques, designing systems that are reflective of today's management philosophies.

Training Needs Analysis is a current emphasis, with a focus on developing methods that match employee skill gaps and training.  He has written and lectured extensively on Return-on-Investment (ROI) forecasting techniques that allow organizations to increase the impact of employee development and spend their training resources more wisely.  The same techniques allow employees to be more successful "self-managing" their development.

Completed compensation projects include job evaluation, technical audits, comparable worth studies, and innovative systems design in conjunction with task forces.

Employee opinion surveys and organizational diagnosis are also a specialty.  Utilizing an updated model he originally developed for his doctoral dissertation research, he is able to help organizations understand what it is required to achieve high performance and high employee satisfaction simultaneously.

Dr. Graber also assists organizations with their employee selection practices. He has developed innovative selection tools using assessment centers, supple-mental employment applications, testing, and behavioral interviews.

Dr. Graber taught 5 years at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the MBA program. He has also taught at Northwestern and Roosevelt University.   He writes for a variety of publications and he speaks frequently to local and national groups.