A b o u t   J u d y   H a l e

Judith A. Hale, Ph.D., CPT, started her consulting firm Hale Associates in 1974 and she has worked in all industries in the private and public sectors. Clients describe her as someone who:

• Knows what is going on in the field of performance improvement,
• Can quickly analyze organizational problems and identify key issues,
• Gets the job done,
• Is easy to work with, and
• Can make sense out of confusion while helping them stay focused on what matters.

Judith serves on the Illinois Occupational Skills Standards Credentialing Council. She is a past-president of the International Society of Performance and Improvement (ISPI) and was awarded "Outstanding Member of the Year" in 1987. She has been a member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) for many years and was nominated for ASTD's Gordon Bliss Award in 1995. She was president of the International Board of Standards for Performance and Instruction (ibstpi) and has served as president of the Chicago Chapter of the Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA). She was a commercial arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association. She taught graduate courses in management for 14 years for the Insurance School of Chicago and received the school's "Outstanding Educator" award in 1986. Her firm is an affiliate member of the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA). Judith speaks regularly at international and national conferences on subjects related to implementation, evaluation, needs assessment, certification, and performance improvement.

Judy's Publications

Judith is the author of the Performance-based Management: What every manager should do to get results (2003), Performance-Based Evaluation (2002), Performance-Based Certification: How to Design a Valid, Defensible, Cost-effective Program (2000), the Performance Consultant's Fieldbook (1998), The Training Manager's Competencies (1989), and co-author of Achieving a Leadership Role for Training (1995).

Judith was the topic editor of Designing Work Groups, Jobs, and Work Flow and Designing Cross-Functional Business Processes, published by Jossey-Bass, 1995. She wrote the chapters "The Intervention Questionnaire" in What Smart Trainers Know, ed. Lorraine L. Ukens, Jossey-Bass Pfeiffer, 2001 and "The Hierarchy of Interventions" in the Source Book for Performance Improvement, 1997, Pfeiffer. She developed the Standards for the Training Function, 1995, and the Workbook and Guidelines for Designing Valid Tests.

Judy's Education

Judith was awarded a B.A. from Ohio State University in communications, a M.A. from Miami University in communications, and a Ph.D. from Purdue University in instructional design. Her doctoral research was on how to control bias in competency studies.