The EquiPro Team
EquiPro's consultants work in partnership with clients to create leadership, team and business development strategies. We work collaboratively with clients to provide practical tools and advice that produce high performance results-oriented programs. EquiPro's consulting philosophy is based on the belief that successful organizations maintain focused attention on their changing markets and make an investment in developing high performance teams and leaders.
Our Principals
Lynda McDermott,
President
Certified Speaking Professional -- National Speakers Association
Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals
International Coaching Federation
American Management Association -- Faculty
Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
Lynda C. McDermott is President of EquiPro International, Ltd., an international management consulting firm based in New York and Florida, which specializes in the strategic development of organizations and their employees. Her experience involves over 30 years of line management, and internal and external consulting.
As a line manager and then an internal consultant with Ohio Bell Telephone Company, AT&T and Ernst & Whinney, Ms. McDermott developed and administered management, organization development and marketing skills programs. She began her external consulting career with E&W as Manager-in-Charge of Human Resources Consulting, and later served as a Director for a national Human Resources and Organizational Consulting Practice for KMG Main Hurdman.
Over the last eighteen years her firm has provided consulting services in strategic planning, leadership, team development, executive coaching performance management, 360° assessment, business development, change management and organization effectiveness in a wide variety of industries. Her client list includes such companies as Pfizer, DuPont Women Lawyers' Network, Hearst Magazines, sanofi-aventis, Standard & Poor's, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Zegna.
She has served on the National Board of Directors of the American Society for Training and Development and has been a Torch Award Winner. Her firm has received two ASTD "Excellence in Practice" Citations for their ground-breaking work with global teams in over twenty-five countries and for their innovative "Build Our Business" program. She has also served on the Board of Directors of Girls Incorporated (Formerly Girls Clubs of America).
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Ms. McDermott is a frequent speaker and is co-author of the best-selling book World Class Teams (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) and author of the best-selling book titled Caught In The Middle: How To Survive and Thrive In Today's Management Squeeze (©Prentice-Hall). She is a Certified Speaking Professional of the National Speakers Association and has appeared on CNBC, Wall Street Journal Radio, National Public Radio and in numerous business publications. |
William W. Waite, Executive Vice President
William W. Waite is Executive Vice President of EquiPro International. Bill consults extensively on an international basis, specializing in leadership coaching and development and in global team development.
Before joining EquiPro, Bill was Director of Corporate Management Development and Training for the CIGNA Corporation. During his years with CIGNA, he managed a staff of 40 with whom he developed training programs recognized throughout the industry as leading edge. He and his staff also consulted with senior management on a variety of strategic business issues.
After starting his career with Procter and Gamble as a field sales representative, Bill was recruited by the Ohio Bell Telephone Company into a high-potential line management program. He held positions within Ohio Bell, including network operations and customer service, and after eight years became Director of Manpower Utilization for the entire company. In that position, he developed and implemented Corporate Human Resource Utilization Systems which included overall performance management, career development and human resources planning.
Bill left Ohio Bell after 18 years to become Director of Corporate Management Education and Training for the American Can Company, where he directed his staff in designing, implementing and revising existing core programs and introducing new pilot programs. He then went on to Connecticut General Life Insurance Company as Director of Corporate Training. Over a two-year period, he and his staff developed a corporate training plan that resulted in a new curriculum comprised of first-line management programs up to and including senior management programs.
Bill has a Masters degree in Human Resource Development and a BA degree in Business Administration.
Our Associates
