Robert A. Jud is a consultant whose practice focuses primarily on addressing the performance and productivity problems of professionals, particularly in organizations undergoing transition and change.

Bob has built Robert A. Jud & Associates into a firm offering a broad range of consulting services to improve performance and productivity in such areas as:

	-		Managing change
	-		Reconfiguring work processes
	-		The organization and dynamics of the virtual office
	-		Setting strategic priorities
	-		Time management
	-		Problem solving and risk taking
	-		Team training interventions for technical and professional workers

Bob was previously a vice president with William M. Mercer, Inc., the world’s largest employee benefits, compensation and human resource consulting firm. At Mercer, he specialized in areas related to life transitions such as responding effectively to a corporate merger or restructuring, early retirement planning, reinvigorating a career at midlife and changing careers.

Prior to joining Mercer, Bob worked for 20 years as a human resource executive, first for Bankers Trust Company and later for Marsh & McLennan Companies.

Bob is a graduate of Villanova and Georgetown Universities. He is a member of the American Society for Training & Development, the Society for Human Resource Management and the Project Management Institute. He writes frequently about management topics, most recently in the areas of problem solving, risk taking and decision-making.