Don Grimme [pronounced grimm–me] is the President of GHR Training Solutions [www.GHR-Training.com], a nationwide “workplace people solutions” consulting firm … and is a leading expert on this topic. His www.Workplace-Violence-HQ.com website and articles are among the most frequently-quoted resources on the subject.

Don and his wife/partner, Sheryl, have trained organizations in every sector of the economy – ranging from Novartis, AOL and Nestle-Purina to Phelps Dunbar LLP and the CVPH Medical Center … and from the District of Columbia, Las Vegas and Oakland Park FL to the Veterans Administration, USDA, Department of Homeland Security and NASA.

His keynote presentations at major conferences include SHRM, IPMA-HR, CUPA-HR, Meeting Professionals International, the American Society for Industrial Security, Association of Health-System Pharmacists, and Employers' Assoc. of Trinidad/Tobago … among many others.

Don’s electronic newsletter, The Grimme Report [www.WorkplacePeopleSolutions.com], is read by over 20,000 executives in industry and government … and often reprinted. The Grimmes’ groundbreaking book on managing people in today’s workplace – The New Manager’s Tool Kit, published by AMACOM – will be on bookshelves in this November.

Don’s articles and interviews have appeared on the front page of the Wall Street Journal (thrice) and in numerous other publications (e.g., HR Magazine, Workforce and Reuters) … on ABC News … and on radio programs like the nationally syndicated Jim Bohanan Show.

Don’s televised interview for the SweepsFeed news service has been aired on dozens of TV stations across the U.S. … and his nationwide study on the “Impact of 9/11 on the American Workplace” was used to produce a Today Show segment.

Prior to founding his consulting firm ten years ago, Don was a Corporate Human Resource Manager and Director. He brings to bear over two decades of HR and training expertise – acquired at both Fortune 50 and Inc 500 corporations. Don holds a Bachelor's degree in Speech & Drama, with graduate studies in Human Resource Management at Cornell and The New School.