Rodger Dean Duncan, founder and president of The Duncan Company, is widely known for his expertise in the strategic management of change - for individuals as well as for organizations.

Education and Experience
After earning a Bachelor's degree in psychology at Baylor University (where he was elected class president), Duncan became a journalist. He won national awards for his coverage of business, law and politics. He was a special correspondent for two major wire services. He edited two daily newspapers and authored a nationally syndicated column.

Then he turned 25.

Before he was 30, Duncan:

• freelanced for some of the best publications in the nation, including the New York Times, Denver Post, Coronet, Boys' Life, Family Weekly, Christian Science Monitor and Parade magazine;
• earned a Master's degree at Brigham Young University;
• was Wall Street representative for Texas entrepreneur Ross Perot;
• served as a full-time communication counsel to the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

Duncan earned his Ph.D. degree at Purdue University where he specialized in communication and organizational dynamics. He has served on the faculties at three leading universities and has published many articles on communication and organizational behavior. His television and film productions have won numerous awards in the United States and Great Britain.

Strategic Effectiveness
As head of worldwide communication at Campbell Soup Company, Dr. Duncan played a key role in designing and implementing some of the most effective communication strategies in Campbell's 131-year history. He was later appointed vice president of Kerr-McGee, a Fortune 100 energy company.

The Duncan Company, founded in Washington, D.C., in 1972, is now headquartered in metropolitan Kansas City, Missouri. The Duncan Company has affiliates throughout North America and in Australia.

Rodger Dean Duncan's focus - first and foremost - is on strategic effectiveness. His work with one client helped produce a $207 million improvement in profits in one year. It's now a case study at the Harvard Business School.

Dr. Duncan provides strategic counsel to a broad range of organizations including American Airlines, IBM, Black & Veatch, Ferrellgas, Consolidated Edison, Aetna, Helzberg Diamonds, Sprint, Eli Lilly, Marriott, eBay and many others.

Top-selling author Stephen Covey calls Dr. Duncan's work on leadership "brilliantly insightful, inspiring - profound, yet user friendly - visionary, yet practical."

In addition to extensive church and community service, Dr. Duncan serves in an advisory capacity to organizations as diverse as the CAMIE Awards (Character and Morality in Entertainment) and INPO (the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations.)

He's been happily married since 1967 and is the father of four grown children.

(Rodger Dean Duncan's LinkedIn Profile)

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