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Group (TLG) a consulting and training company
devoted to helping leaders and their teams
become more effective and professional.
TLG was created in 1996, and is now located in
Canaan, New Hampshire, USA.
TLG clients are typically from Fortune 500 companies.
Dr. Brightman holds a Doctorate in Business (DBA) degree from
The George Washington University where his doctoral thesis was in the area
of innovation and planned change in organizations. His MBA is from
American University (Washington, DC) and he holds a
BA in Economics from Clark University (Worcester, MA).
President,
The Leadership Group
Professionally, Dr. Brightman was an Assistant Professor of Management at Western Michigan University for two years
prior to his moving to the corporate world with Associates Metals and Minerals Corporation (ASOMA). ASOMA, a
$3.5 billion company, was one of the first U.S. firms to enter into business with China where Dr. Brightman eventually
became Vice President of China Trade. The firm conducted approximately $1 billion of trade with China from 1973-
1983. Brightman conducted business in approximately 65 countries mostly in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.
Following his work at ASOMA, Dr. Brightman became Executive Director of Harvard’s International Marketing
Institute (IMI) that brought senior executives from around the world to Boston for a six-week intensive executive
program in leadership and marketing management. Dr. Brightman designed and facilitated the annual six-week Summer
Program as well as custom executive education programs for IMI clients around the world.
After eight years at IMI, Brightman became a Senior Consultant for MIT’s Peter Senge and his organization,
Innovation Associates (IA). Senge wrote the seminal text on organizational learning - The Fifth Discipline: The Art and
Practice of the Learning Organization - which has sold approximately 1 million copies around the world and has been
translated into 20 languages. Dr. Brightman was a consultant and facilitator for the firm for five years,
and regularly applies the principles of organizational learning with his global clientele.
Dr. Brightman was recruited by the President of the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) to join the firm in 1991 as a
Senior Program Associate. CCL is the world’s premier leadership training institute usually ranked in the Global Top Ten
of Leadership Training in Business Week and The Economist. Dr. Brightman was a lead trainer for the Center’s six-day
flagship program – The Leadership Development Program (LDP) - as well as the firm’s 3-day “Effecting Change”
program. He also designed custom leadership development programs for CCL clients around the world. While at CCL,
he was certified as a professional executive coach and still continues this work today in an adjunct capacity.
433 Canaan Street ~ Canaan, New Hampshire ~ 03741
p. 603.523.9871
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