Todd Rhoad
MSEE, MBA
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Todd Rhoad Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Career Development, MBA, Job Search Techniques, Marketing
- Best Sellers
- Blitz The Ladder, The Joy of an MBA, Personal Brand Planning for Life, Just Me: The Business Woman's Personal Branding Guide
- Career Focus
- Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur
Todd Rhoad is the Managing Director at BT Consulting, an Atlanta-based career consulting firm. His company can be found at www.blitzteamconsulting.com. He is the creator of the Henry Series of books for MBA Aspirants, students and graduates, covering numerous career topics. Todd also started MBAWriters, an international group of writers driven to share their experiences with other MBA professionals in the hopes of helping others avoid the common barriers associated with MBA career growth.
Todd's expertise is in career development; that is, building strategies to help others become more successful in their chosen profession. His company also performs:
1. Resume development
2. Job search (we do it all)
3. Goal Setting
4. Career development strategies
5. Personal Branding
6. Content Marketing
Todd has published his best research on improving career upward mobility through a team-based approach in 2008, entitled "Blitz The Ladder." This book was hailed by Brian Tracy as one that would "save yourself months and even years in moving upward and onward in your job and your career."
You can find a lot of Todd's thoughts at the The Blitz Blog, blog.blitztheladder.com
Todd is an active speaker for colleges and associations. Working with students and graduates is a passion for him. His current interest is in assisting MBAs through the maze of corporate leadership. He is publishing his success and those of many of the students he's worked with, entitled "The MBA Owner's Manual." You can see more of Todd's books at www.bt-books.com.
Todd has worked with numerous experts as well, such as Brian Tracy, Marshall Goldsmith, David Allen, Samuel Chand, Steve Farber, Stephen Covey, Jr., Tom Ziglar, Sally Helgesen, Cathy Greenberg, Donald Laurie and Mark Sanborn.
Todd worked on his PhD at the University of Texas and graduated with a MSEE from the Missouri School of Science and Technology and a MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University. He's a military veteran who's now putting his 20+ years of professional experience together with his 14 years of college education to help others achieve more success in their career and life, Todd has developed techniques for career improvement that are tried and true and verified internationally.
Todd Rhoad Books
Blitz The Ladder
http://www.amazon.com/Blitz-Ladder-Team-Based-Approach-Business/dp/1600051030/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411520519&sr=8-1&keywords=blitz+the+ladder
The Joy of an MBA
http://www.amazon.com/Joy-MBA-Henry-ebook/dp/B005OD6TB2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1317576691&sr=8-2
The MBA Value Proposition
http://www.amazon.com/MBA-Value-Proposition-Henry-ebook/dp/B006JFVKXQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1323805232&sr=8-3
The MBA Guide To Networking
http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Networking-Henry-Series-ebook/dp/B00820O6ZK/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1337307181&sr=8-5
The MBA Guide To Career Change
http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Career-Change-Henry-ebook/dp/B0094KFPW0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348024119&sr=8-1&keywords=todd+rhoad
The MBA Women's Guide to Success
http://www.mbawomen.org/bookreviews/mba-womens-guide-success
Just Me: The Business Woman's Personal Branding Guide
http://www.amazon.com/Just-Me-Business-Personal-Branding/dp/0988308495/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1411520563&sr=8-9&keywords=todd+rhoad
The MBA Guide to Soft Skills
http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Soft-Skills-Henry-MBAs-ebook/dp/B00E81NO3W/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1411520620&sr=8-8&keywords=todd+rhoad
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Todd Rhoad, MSEE, MBA
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Atlanta, GA
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"Success is the intersection of preparedness and opportunity." - Todd Rhoad