Lynda
C. McDermott is President of EquiPro International, Ltd.,
a New York City based international management consulting
firm which specializes in the strategic development of organizations
and their employees. Her experience involves over 30 years
of line management, and internal and external consulting.
As a line manager and then an internal consultant
with Ohio Bell Telephone Company, AT&T and Ernst &
Whinney, Ms. McDermott developed and administered management,
organization development and marketing skills programs. She
began her external consulting career with E&W as Manager-in-Charge
of Human Resources Consulting, and later served as a Director
for a national Human Resources and Organizational Consulting
Practice for KMG Main Hurdman.
Over the last eighteen years her firm has provided
consulting services in strategic planning, leadership, team
development, executive coaching performance management, 360°
assessment, business development, change management and organization
effectiveness in a wide variety of industries. Her client
list includes such companies as Deutsche Bank, DuPont Women
Lawyers’ Network, Hearst Magazines, sanofi-aventis,
Standard & Poor’s, Pfizer, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Zegna.
She has served on the National Board of Directors
of the American Society for Training and Development and has
been a Torch Award Winner. Her firm has received two ASTD
“Excellence in Practice” Citations for their ground-breaking
work with global teams in over twenty-five countries and for
their innovative “Build Our Business” program.
She has also served on the Board of Directors of Girls Incorporated
(Formerly Girls Clubs of America). Ms. McDermott is a frequent
speaker and is co-author of the best-selling book World
Class Teams (John Wiley & Sons,
Inc.) and author of the best-selling book titled Caught
In The Middle: How To Survive and Thrive In Today's Management
Squeeze (©Prentice-Hall).
She is a Certified Speaking Professional of the National Speakers
Association and has appeared on CNBC, Wall Street Journal
Radio, National Public Radio and in numerous business publications.
EquiPro International, Ltd.
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1712
New York, New York 10170
(212) 573-9046
lmcdermott@equiproint.com
