Jim Kirkpatrick, PhD, is a Senior Consultant for Kirkpatrick Partners. Jim’s major area of expertise is the Kirkpatrick Business Partnership Model. Jim consults for Fortune 500 companies around the world including Harley-Davidson, Booz Allen Hamilton, L’Oreal, Clarian, Ingersoll Rand, Honda, the Royal Air Force and GE Healthcare.
Jim is a masterful facilitator and conducts workshops and keynote presentations around the world on the Kirkpatrick Model and business partnership. Since 1995, Jim has developed and managed a career development center, worked on senior strategic planning teams, and consulted with organizations all across the world in topics of evaluation, team building, coaching and leadership, and conducted executive coaching.
Wendy Kirkpatrick is the founder of Kirkpatrick Partners, a company dedicated to helping organizations become more effective through business partnership. She applies her skills as a certified instructional designer and expert presenter and facilitator to lead companies to measurable success.Kirkpatrick Partners carries on and builds on the work of Don Kirkpatrick, the creator of the Kirkpatrick Model.
Wendy’s results orientation stems from her two decades of business and training experience. She has held positions in merchandising, direct importing and product development with Venture Stores and ShopKo stores (regional retail companies). From there, she went on to become a product manager with Springs Industries and Rubbermaid, which leveraged her ability to organize complex, multifaceted projects and yield rapid results. Most recently, Wendy was a training manager for Hunter Douglas Window Fashions, where she managed the training curriculum for 1500 sales and customer service representatives across North America.
Wendy is a national and American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) member. She served on the ASTD 2009 and 2010 International Conference and Expo Program Advisory Committee. She is a faculty member of the American Management Association (AMA). Wendy regularly speaks at events, including the ASTD International Conference and Expo. She is a recipient of the 2013 Emerging Training Leaders Award from Training Magazine. Jim and Wendy have co-written three books: Kirkpatrick Then and Now, Training On Trial and The Brunei Window Washer: Bringing Business Partnership to Life. The books introduce the Kirkpatrick Business Partnership Model and the Kirkpatrick Foundational Principles.
