Boyd Scheff Bio

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Boyd Scheff

Boyd H. Scheff is a training and development specialist with extensive experience in the development and implementation of multi-level management and staff training seminars.

Prior to establishing his own firm, The Lighthouse Training Group, in 1985, Mr. Scheff’s background included Vice President and Director of Management Development for Drexel Burnham Lambert; Associate Director with the American Management Association; Sales Manager with the New York Times.

Mr. Scheff has developed and conducted management seminars for supervisors, middle managers and senior executives. His specialty is helping managers develop the interpersonal skills so critical to effective leadership. Some of those critical skills are communicating effectively, legal issues for managers, motivating, coaching and counseling, decision-making and conducting effective performance reviews. He has also developed and led numerous negotiating seminars for a wide range of clients. The emphasis in the negotiating seminars is a problem solving approach, one in which both parties achieve their goals. Mr. Scheff is a frequent seminar leader for the American Management Association in both the Partnership Development Group and the Center for Management Development.

Mr. Scheff’s clientele includes business, industry, banking, education, government, utilities, manufacturing, and the associations that serve them. A partial list of his clients includes: AGCO Corporation, Airline Tariff Publishing Company, Aristech Chemical Corporation, Association of American Railroads, Birmingham Steel Corporation, Brown & Root Industrial Services, CIT Financial Group, Citibank, Cornell University, de Havilland Corporation, Digital Audio Disc Division of Sony, Drake Bakeries, DuPont-Merck, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Exxon, Freeport-McMoRan, Gaylord Container Corporation, Law Environmental, Steinway & Sons, University of Maryland, Unocal, US Airways, and the Virginia Education Loan Authority.

Mr. Scheff was a cofounder of the Wall Street Training Association. He is also an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers. He continues to do pro bono training for Operation Enterprise, a division of the American Management Association that offers leadership training for 16 to 18 year olds. He has long been involved in community service, grass roots politics and charitable organizations.