Bios Lee Gardenswartz, Ph.D. Anita Rowe, Ph.D. Lee Gardenswartz, Ph.D. Lee Gardenswartz is a partner in the management consulting firm of Gardenswartz & Rowe of Los Angeles, California. Since 1980, Gardenswartz & Rowe has specialized in shaping corporate culture for a variety of clients across the country, helping them build productive and cohesive work teams and create inter-cultural understanding and collaboration in the workplace. Lee is a native of Denver and a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder. After working as a secondary teacher and staff development facilitator in the Los Angeles Unified School District for a number of years, she returned to academia and earned her Doctorate of Human Behavior from the United States International University in 1981. She wrote her dissertation on organizational stress and what a company can do to minimize its negative effects. Lee, and her partner, Anita Rowe, have co-authored a series of articles and numerous books: Beyond Sanity and Survival, a stress management workbook; What It Takes (1987), a new model for success and achievement and Managing Diversity: A Complete Desk Reference and Planning Guide (1993, 1998) which has served as a primary guide to organizations in structuring their diversity initiatives, providing not only conceptual information but techniques and tools as well. In addition to Managing Diversity, which received the book of the year award from the Society for Human Resource Managers (SHRM), they have co-authored Managing Diversity Survival Guide (1994), The Diversity Tool Kit (1994), Diverse Teams at Work (1995, 2003), Lending and Diversity Handbook, and Lending and Diversity Workbook (1996), Managing Diversity in Health Care, (1998)Managing Diversity in Health Care Leader's Guide (1999) and The Global Diversity Desk Reference (2003) They also write a regular column in Managing Diversity and Mosaics newsletters, have written articles on diversity for publications such as Physician Executive, College and University Personnel Journal and Cultural Diversity at Work and have been featured in Personnel Journal. Among Gardenswartz & Rowe's clients are Nissan, GTE, Southern California Gas Company, IRS, Lucent, The Los Angeles Times, The Home Depot, Kaiser Permanente, National Atmospheric & Oceanographic Administration, Mattel, Walt Disney World, State of California Department of Health Services, British Telecommunications, and The Prudential. Anita and Lee have lectured widely, giving keynote speeches, facilitating team building retreats and teaching seminars across the country. They have made guest appearances on such programs as Mid-Morning LA, CNN's News Night, Sun Up San Diego, AM Northwest, Crier and Company and the Michael Jackson show. Gardenswartz & Rowe's principals also continue to teach about diversity, not only through training in client organizations, but also through institutions such as the Intercultural Communication Institute in Oregon. Anita Rowe, Ph.D. Anita Rowe is a partner in the management consulting firm of Gardenswartz & Rowe of Los Angeles, California. Since 1980, Gardenswartz & Rowe has specialized in shaping corporate culture for a variety of clients across the country, helping them build productive and cohesive work teams and create inter-cultural understanding and collaboration in the workplace. Anita Rowe is a native of Los Angeles and a graduate of UCLA. After working as a secondary teacher and staff development facilitator in Los Angeles Unified School District for a number of years, she returned to academia and earned her Doctorate of Human Behavior from the United States International University in 1981. Anita, and her partner, Lee Gardenswartz, have co-authored a series of articles and numerous books: Beyond Sanity and Survival, a stress management workbook; What It Takes (1987), a new model for success and achievement and Managing Diversity: A Complete Desk Reference and Planning Guide (1993, 1998) which has served as a primary guide to organizations in structuring their diversity initiatives, providing not only conceptual information but techniques and tools as well. In addition to Managing Diversity, which received the book of the year award from the Society for Human Resource Managers (SHRM), they have co-authored Managing Diversity Survival Guide (1994), The Diversity Tool Kit (1994), Diverse Teams at Work (1995), Lending and Diversity Handbook, and Lending and Diversity Workbook (1996), Managing Diversity in Health Care, (1998), Managing Diversity in Health Care Leader's Guide (1999) and The Global Diversity Desk Reference (2003). They also write a regular column in Mosaics newsletter, have written articles on diversity for publications such as Physician Executive, College and University Personnel Journal and Cultural Diversity at Work and have been featured in Personnel Journal. Among Gardenswartz & Rowe's clients are Nissan, GTE, Southern California Gas Company, IRS, Lucent, The Los Angeles Times, The Home Depot, Kaiser Permanente, National Atmospheric & Oceanographic Administration, Mattel, Walt Disney World, State of California Department of Health Services, British Telecommunications, Starbucks, Toyota, and The Prudential. Anita and Lee have lectured widely, giving keynote speeches, facilitating team building retreats and teaching seminars across the country. They have made guest appearances on such programs as Mid-Morning LA, CNN's News Night, Sun Up San Diego, AM Northwest, Crier and Company and the Michael Jackson show. Gardenswartz & Rowe's principals also continue to teach about diversity, not only through training in client organizations, but also through institutions such as the Intercultural Communication Institute in Oregon. Home | About Us | Services | Book List | Clients EIDI | Resource Center | Activity Center | Contact Us © Gardenswartz & Rowe, All Rights Reserved