Imperial Consulting Corporation

~ Founded 1968 ~
PROVEN SOLUTIONS FOR SKILLED WORKER SHORTAGES
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Our Consultants

“Guiding leaders and their communities in creating a new jobs and skilled talent era”

Imperial’s team consists of a large network of experienced management consultants. We focus on building a new collaborative regional culture to revitalize workforce-development systems and economic growth. We are highly skilled in:

  • Conference presentations focused on regional talent development
  • Workforce development coaching
  • Teambuilding
  • Communication facilitation and coaching
  • Career-education formation
  • Talent management
  • Strategic workforce management
  • Skill building
  • Collaborative leadership development

Imperial’s Lead Consultants:

Edward GordonEdward E. Gordon Ph.D. is a noted labor economist who applies a multi-disciplinary approach to today’s complex workforce needs and economic development issues. His principal focus is building regional talent-delivery systems through RETAIN partnerships of businesses, educators, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. His award-winning book, Future Jobs, contains best-practice solutions for solving the skills-jobs gap. (See publications) Due to his extensive platform experience before diverse audiences, Gordon delivers a powerful wake-up call on the current employment and skills crisis, provides policy solutions, and motivates participants to take action. (See presentations)

Ann Van EronAnn Van Eron Ph.D., MCC, fosters open-minded conversations for unparalleled relationships, results and well-being with leaders, teams and organizations. With over 30 years of experience coaching leaders and working with teams and organizations all over the world, Ann supports people in creating positive and productive relationships by sharing her pragmatic signature system for breaking through communication barriers by cultivating an open mindset. She is the author of OASIS Conversations: Leading with an Open Mindset to Maximize Potential. (See publications)

Jack OakesJack E. Oakes M.A applies over four decades of experience as a teacher, counselor, and administrator to providing communication and consulting services for business and education. Jack’s career in education is unusual in its breadth and depth of commitment and includes work at the local, county, and state levels. These experiences range from K-12 education to college and beyond. He is an original founder of High School, Inc., an award-winning partnership between the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce and the Santa Ana Unified School District. His book, Maximum Impact Education, is a practitioners’ handbook for raising high school student achievement. Jack is the winner of the “2018 Ken Hoyt Career Education Practitioner Award.” (See publications)

Ira S. Wolfe headshotIra S. Wolfe is a Top 10 Global Thought Leader on the Future of Work, HR, and Leadership according to Thinkers360. Wolfe has been described as a “Millennial trapped in a Baby Boomer body” and the world’s first Chief Googlization Officer. He is president of Poised for the Future Company, founder of Success Performance Solutions, a TEDx Speaker, Top 10 Global Thought Leader on Future of Work and HR (Thinkers360), host of Geeks Geezers Googlization podcast, a frequent speaker at SHRM and business conferences, and popular guest on podcasts and other media. His most recent book is Recruiting in the Age of Googlization, now in its 2nd edition (See publications). It is recognized as one of the best HR and Recruiting books of all-time by Book Authority and Top 50 books to read to 2021 by Thinkers360. He is founder of the Googlization Nation community and frequent contributor to HR and business blogs including CornerstoneonDemand’s ReWork. He is also the author of 5 other books including Perfect Labor Storm, Geeks Geezers Googlization, and Understanding Business Values and Motivators.