Stephen J. Gill, Ph.D., is an independent consultant with over 20 years of experience in employee training and performance improvement. He works with a wide variety of for-profit, not-for-profit, and government organizations analyzing their learning needs and evaluating the effectiveness of their training and development programs. He helps individuals, teams, and organizations learn from their experiences and use information to achieve their strategic goals. He has published nearly 40 articles, book chapters, and books as well as handbooks and manuals related to professional learning and development. He earned his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Northwestern University and was on the faculty of The University of Michigan School of Education before going into consulting 10 years ago. He is co-author of The Learning Alliance: Systems Thinking in Human Resource Development, published by Jossey-Bass in 1994.