The Professional Development Institute PDI Inc. is a leading provider of personalized coaching services and cutting-edge leadership education, systems and performance-improvement products throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, Japan, Australia and China. Our product portfolio includes leadership and management seminars, strategic road maps, software, planners and complexity-reduction
tools to help business and governments excel. PDI is a leading developer of patented productivity-improvement tools for executives, managers, project leaders, executive assistants, scientists and other knowledge workers in high technology, finance, health sciences, communication, manufacturing and mining, defense, government and business schools. We are the architects of Harvard University Global System™, an innovative framework supported by a portfolio of road maps, templates, checklists and other instruments to improve innovation and productivity, negotiations, time management and risk and project management. Incorporated under a Federal Charter in 1974, The Professional Development Institute PDI Inc. is a global leader in the creation and delivery of learning solutions, skills-development services and cutting-edge products to improve leadership, innovation and performance at work. Characterized by unrivaled quality and a high focus on innovation, our workshops and world seminars are available in English, French and Spanish with simultaneous translation into other languages. They provide the most effective leadership skills applying Harvard University Global System™ tools to excel in performance, productivity and growth in a turbulent environment. Tailoring in-house sessions to client needs is among our distinctive strengths. We are the only organization licensed, since 1991, by Harvard University to create and deliver Harvard University Global System™. HUGS visually-attractive road maps on negotiation, risk management, strategy, time and project management are practical checklists, featured in corporate conference rooms to support innovation and creativity, rigorous decision-making and insightful discussions. Our vision is to democratize exemplary-leadership and management education worldwide, by pushing the boundaries of innovation and complexity reduction in decision-making, a long journey we have nurtured with the support of Harvard and MIT students, fellows and faculty members. Excellence and diversity characterize the exclusive membership of our distinguished International Board of Independent Advisors (http://www.eharvard.org/info/aboutpdi.asp). All members share our vision to “democratize exemplary leadership and management education worldwide, by pushing the boundaries of innovation and complexity reduction in decision-making”. They bring a wealth of international business, NGO and government experience, at the highest professional level, in education and executive development, entrepreneurship, private equity, finance, leadership, governance, marketing and sales, science, biotechnology, IT, diplomacy and government policy.
