In 1976, he founded Masterplanning Group International. As its president, he has
consulted personally with over 400 clients. In that time, he has met one-to-one
with over 4,000 executives (board members, senior executives, and staff members)
and invested an estimated 40,000 hours in private sessions with some of the
finest leaders of our generation. His clients are primarily:
- For-profit corporations
- Government agencies
- Large or fast-growing churches
- Nonprofit organizations
Bobb is a proven “Behind the Scenes” leader ... mentoring and bringing strength
up under the platform of “Up Front Leaders”. He consistently brings “Practical
Wisdom to Leadership / Management / Life”. The Result is Leadership Clarity and
Confidence.
Based on these thousands of hours of practical “rubber-meets-the-runway”
experience, he has originated 35 leadership / management tools (books, tapes,
notebooks) in the area of personal and organizational development. These
resources include published books entitled:
Boardroom Confidence (Eighth printing)
Leading with Confidence (Eighth printing)
Masterplanning (Seventh printing)
Mentoring (Fourth printing)
Stop Setting Goals (Second Printing)
Why You Do What You Do (Fifth printing)
For over 31 years Bobb was a member of the board of directors of Focus on the
Family. He is also a member of the board of directors of Liquid Metal
(publicly traded).
Prior to starting Masterplanning Group, Bobb was on the executive staff of World
Vision International. While at World Vision he designed and developed the Love
Loaf program, which has raised millions of dollars worldwide.
He graduated from Michigan State University (psychology major) in 1964. He also
received a Master’s Degree (counseling) from Michigan State in 1966. Bobb and
his wife, Cheryl, have been married since 1964. They have two adult children,
2 grand children, and two great grandchildren.