Tad Waddington
Tad Waddington is an American businessman. Early life and education. Waddington received his BA in Psychology and Chinese from Arizona State University where he graduated "summa cum laude" with a 4.0 GPA; and was inducted into the academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa Society, and won the Moeur award, ASU's highest academic honor. He also studied at the Beijing Foreign Language Institute and the International Chinese Language Program|International Chinese Language Program. He received an Master of Arts|MA from the University of Chicago|University of Chicago's University of Chicago Divinity School|Divinity School in 1990 and a Doctor of  Philosophy|PhD from the Department of Education's Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistical Analysis program at the University of Chicago under Larry Hedges . He is also a graduate of the University of Chicago|University of Chicago's Booth School of Business ' Chicago Management Institute. Business works. Positions. Waddington was with Accenture from 1997 to 2012. He was a The Gallup Organization|Gallup Organization Research Director. As a writer at "English Digest" ( Taipei , Taiwan ), he published over 300 articles. Waddington co-authored "Return on Learning: Training for High Performance at Accenture" (Agate, 2007). Waddington performed an in-depth statistical analysis of detailed records on the  261,000 people who have ever worked for the company. These records include information such as cost rates, bill rates, total time with the organization, and promotion date. Waddington is the author of "Lasting Contribution: How to Think, Plan, and Act to Accomplish Meaningful Work". This self-help business book was published by Agate Publishing|Agate in 2008. Kirkus Reviews described "Lasting Contribution" as: A self-help guide that assembles scholarly and scientific material to illustrate why things happen, why people act and how those people can plan actions that make a difference. Unlike the average motivational guru who seems to have  read a single book-the one he or she has just written-Waddington has read them all, so readers will learn what ancient thinkers, religious leaders, modern scientists and rival motivational guides teach about human behavior... This thin volume contains wisdom, scientific facts and insights from great figures, all in the service of planning a meaningful future. A thought-provoking work that bears rereading. External links. Category:Living people Category:American chief executives Category:Arizona State University alumni Category:University of Chicago Divinity School alumni Category:University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni Category:Year of birth missing (living  people)