Businessman, scholar, rover--Patrick has dined with European kings to promote Scouting and broken bread with Bedouins. He has distilled his experiences and scholarly research in four self-improvement books and one "improbably" classified under the metaphysics and futurology labels. One more book is in the works. Patrick says this will be his last. A graduate of Ripon College, Wisconsin and the University of Kentucky, and MENSA member, after a series of trial-and-error jobs he ended up in Mobil Oil Corporation, where he served in several marketing and human resource development positions for twenty-some years. Nowadays, if he isn't roaming over the Arabian peninsula or about the South Seas and other offbeat locales, he sort of works as Chairman of La Costa Consultants, Inc., of Rancho Santa Fe, California, and occasionally conducts graduate management seminars at National University in San Diego, where sailing tops his fun list.
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Alan M. Barratt, M. Phil., Ph.D., co-author of the Synolic Manager, is a management consultant who has lectured and consulted widely in Europe, USA., Asia and the Middle East, and is often called upon for keynote speeches. At present he is the Principal and Managing Director of Alan M. Barratt & Associates, Chairman of Queenshill Lodge Service, Ltd. and a Director of Partners for Growth, PLC, U. K. He has served as Vice President of Mobil Oil Corporation's International Consulting Services, Inc., and in various capacities with Texas Instruments, the British Furniture and Timber Industry Training Board, and as President of Executive Development Systems, Inc., of Westport, Connecticut. He is also Professor of Executive Development and a member of the Editorial Board of the Leadership and Organisational Development publications of the Management Centre at Buckingham University Press, U. K.
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Kathleen Marusak has provided guidance and editing support to Patrick since he started writing. More than a valuable associate, she has also been Patrick’s champion and good friend. Kathleen lives with her husband Mark and their son Matt in Long Beach, California. A professional free-lance editor, she may be contacted at: Kathleen_Editor@yahoo.com |
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| With H.M. King Constantine of Greece in Stockholm |
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| With H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in Crete |
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| With Alan Barratt in Beirut |
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| With Ghada Alireza in Los Angeles |
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| With Dimitri Tsitos and Alexandra Efthimiadou at Colorado National Monument |
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| With Alexandra in Budapest |
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| With Ali Dialdin in Al Khobar |
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| With Myrta Doldan by Lake Ypacarai, Paraguay |
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| With Dr. Laszlo Nagy in Geneva |
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| With Dr. Graham Waugh in Nyeri, Kenya |
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| With Byron Bakelas at antique car rally, Athens, Greece |
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| With guide in Rio de Janeiro |
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| Exchanging mementoes with the Governor of Taif, Saudi Arabia |
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| Flying at Lasham, England |
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| Stranded in Abu Dhabi's desert |
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| Freezing off Cape Horn |
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| Touring Guatemala |
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| Shopping in Saudi Arabia |
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| On the Inca Trail, Peru |
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| Gaga over the 275 cascades of Iguazu Falls |
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| Doing the pyramids thing |
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| Bicycling in Norway |
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| Trying to sneak into Red China |
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| Admiring the oddities of Christmas Island |
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