Gary Vann, Ph.D. , is Founder and President of a Traverse City, Michigan consulting and coaching firm that accesses peak performance within individuals and organizations.  The human resource aspect is the focus and the individual growth and performance is the target of GVann Consulting/TGCP.  GVann Consulting/TGCP utilizes a wide range of high tech methods of intervention that emphasize the science, service, success and performance of human resources.

 Dr. Vann has consulted and coached in leadership, organizational change and personal development since 1972.  Leaders of northern Michigan based organizations have called upon his skills in:  derailment prevention with skilled but underachieving members of the organization, selection systems, staff development and leadership/executive coaching.  The resources he brings to the task are high-performance computer driven as well as personally based within him.  The sub-cultural corporate setting is assessed and along with the leadership, a set of goals are established that will address the organization’s systemic factors and vital signs.

 GVann Consulting/TGCP brings a rare combination of experience from both the corporate and  clinical world to each development plan.  Personality factors, thinking styles, temperament traits and relationship skills are all looked at carefully. 

 Clients have included; graphic arts, civil engineering, Native American reservation based gaming and health care, orthodontic/dental practices, telecommunications, federal government, automotive dealers, education, health care, law enforcement, commercial and residential construction.

 Dr. Vann received his undergraduate Sociology and Business Administration training at Illinois State University in Bloomington and his Masters in Clinical Social Work at the University of Illinois – Chicago and Urbana.  His doctorate is in Clinical Psychology from the Union Institute in Cincinnati and his internship was with the Michigan Dept. of Health.  His post-doctoral training has specialized in human resource and organization development.  He is a Principal and manager of the northern Michigan office of The Global Consulting Partnership, an international HR/OD firm located in Philadelphia.  He is a member of the American Psychological Association, a licensed psychologist and resides with his family in northern Michigan.

The Global Partnership Mission

Our Partnership focuses its capabilities on a single line of a company’s balance sheet—its human resource assets.  While only a single line, most executives agree that their businesses will rise and fall based on how astutely they manage their human resource portfolio, because profits and growth are about performance and performance is about people—one person at a time and collectively. 

The Global Consulting Partnership has designed a motivational and performance enhancement methodology that assists an organization in supercharging the productivity of its workforce, to ensure that each individual is delivering real value and is deriving full satisfaction from participating in the enterprise.