Dr. Larry D. Baker, Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), is an internationally known management consultant, coach, speaker, author and publisher. His companies are the Dr. Larry Baker Management Center and Time Management Center, Inc.

As a consultant, he is sought after because of his special abilities to help executives, managers and others adapt strategic and operational concepts to resolve organizational and personal performance and productivity issues.

His many clients among well-known firms include Abbott Laboratories, ALCOA, Buckman Laboratories, Corning Incorporated, Edward Jones, Environmental Protection Agency, IVAC, May Company, Merck, Microsoft, Motorola, Nabisco, National Basketball Association and Nortel Internet Services.

Among the more than 200 publications that have cited Dr. Baker are Avenue, Business Week, Fortune, Los Angeles Times, Money, New York Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Success, Time Magazine, Toronto Star, Wall Street Journal, Women's Day, Working Women and The Art of Managemnt in Russia.

Dr. Baker has more than 150 professional publications to his credit. Among his articles, books, booklets, tape albums, movie scripts, and educational software programs are two “best sellers.”

Dr. Baker is a member of the Academy of Management, American Psychological Association and National Speakers Association (NSA). NSA has awarded him its coveted “Certified Speaking Professional” (CSP) designation - held by only 500 speakers, internationally. Dr. Baker is also co-founder and Past-President of the St. Louis Chapter of NSA.

Prior to founding his two companies in St. Louis, he was a management professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Since 1978, his consulting, speaking, writing and publishing have included Strategic, Operating and Performance Planning; Time and Performance Management, Personality-Work Style Analysis and Organizational Structure and Design. He also is a principle in a Marietta, GA based wine wholesale company, Continental Beverage Corporation.

For nearly nine years, he has been a Professor on Shorter College’s School of Management full-time faculty for the Division of Adult Studies in its Atlanta program - teaching Senior and MBA students. Dr. Baker also serves as a consultant to four CEO Roundtables (55 CEOs in total) at their monthly meetings.

Dr. Baker earned his BS, MBA and Doctor of Business Administration degrees from Indiana University School of Business. He is the recipient of many scholastic, civic and professional awards including a special achievement award presented at The White House by the President of the United States.