Dr. Jane Allen Petrick, vice-president of Informed Decisions International, is the retired Vice President of People Development for AT&T Wireless Services, Southeast Region. During her tenure with AT&T, People Development was built into a strong team of professionals who led the Region to the lowest employee turnover rates and highest Attitude and Opinion Survey scores of any region in the company.
Dr. Jane's book, Making the Connection: Getting Work to Work, has been described by Tom Horton, retired president of the American Management Association, as "wisdom that will benefit you at any stage of your career". She is also the author of the book, Beyond Time Management, now in its second edition.
Dr. Jane has taught at UC Berkeley, Herbert H. Lehman College, State University of New York at Albany and Ulster County Community College. She is currently a professor in the graduate school of business of Capella University.
Dr. Jane is the author of Making the Connection: Getting Work to Work, described by Tom Horton, retired president of the American Management Association, as "wisdom that will benefit you at any stage of your career". She is also the author of Beyond Time Management, now in its second edition, as well as numerous magazine and newspaper articles. Dr. Petrick was selected by Ebony Magazine as "one of the 100 Best and Brightest Business Women in America."
Dr. Jane holds a BA in Economics (Barnard College), an MA in Higher Education and Student Personnel Administration (Teachers College, Columbia University), an MS in Educational Psychology (State University of New York) and a Ph.D. in Organization Psychology (Saybrook Institute). She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychologists.
Building on work done in the area of psychocultural dynamics, Dr. Jane 's present projects reflect her passionate interest in cultural and heritage preservation and the role it plays in the nourishment of healthy workplaces and communities. She has even become a certified and licensed tour director and leads tours in Miami, New York and Washington "in her spare time"!
