Since 1984, Bruce Hodes has dedicated his professional life to helping companies grow and develop into powerful performance cultures.  Bruce has an MBA from Northwestern University and a Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work.  As a business consultant and a former psychotherapist, Bruce brings a very diverse blend of skills and education to his work with teams, business leaders and executives.  He has developed a number of unique and powerful tools to help business people improve their ability to perform individually and in groups.  Bruce has also developed techniques for small and mid sized companies to conduct business planning and strategy sessions.  This has been developed into a methodology called, Breakthrough Business Planning.  This methodology is also useful for departments and corporate divisions.    

Bruce has worked extensively with privately held companies from five to forty-five million dollars in size.  He is an expert in working with family owned companies and brings an insightful perspective to coaching and developing these companies.  CMI has worked significantly in the food processing, manufacturing, insurance, health care administration, technology, staffing and commercial laundry sectors demonstrating their diverse skill-set and adaptability.  Bruce has coached and planned with numerous companies that have experienced real tangible revenue growth.  Recently CMI’s work has been featured in the Chicago Tribune Newspaper and Industrial Launderer Magazine.

Bruce is a speaker for The Executive Committee with TEC.  He has spoken to and worked with their groups of CEO’s throughout the United States and Canada.  Bruce has given presentations at numerous international conferences including, Dust Control Association, INC Magazine’s, “Growing the Company Conference” and “Customer Service Conferences.”  Bruce has also coached and worked in the Chicago Public School System, and other Not For Profit Organizations.

Bruce is a prolific writer.  He has written the following articles: “Coaches Use Empowerment for Breakthrough Results,” “Coaching as a Mentoring Tool,” “Diary of a Change Agent,” “A New Foundation in Business Culture:  Managerial Coaching,” and “Creating Customer Focused Work Teams.”  He has also published The Coach’s Handbook and put together two booklets of inspirational quotes for creating culture change.

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