Who We Are

Imperial Consulting Corporation focuses on strategic workforce planning through employment and job strategies to improve business productivity, regional economic development, andcommunity job growth, as well as the preparation of students for 21st-century careers. Clients have included Microsoft, IBM, the Federal Reserve, the Swiss government and many more. We serve large corporations, local businesses, community/regional economic development agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations, (CBOs), trade associations, non-profit organizations, and local, state, national and international governmental agencies.

Imperial Consulting Corporation's senior consultants offer clients a superior consulting relationship based on the latest research tempered with mutual respect and delivered with the highest professional ethical standards.

Imperial was founded in 1968 by Edward E. Gordon, who is its president and the author or co-author of 17 books, over 300 articles, and white papers featuring research, best practices, and case studies on myriad aspects of global workforce development.

Imperial Consulting's research and case studies of human capital planning best practices have been featured regularly in articles and white papers written by Edward Gordon. Also interviews with Edward Gordon on these topics appear regularly in print and on the Internet. National publications in which articles by Ed Gordon have appeared include: M World and Executive Matters, published by the American Management Association; The Futurist; Employee Relations Today; Benefits & Compensation Digest; Employee Benefit News; The Web CPA; Trend Letter; Training; T&D (American Society for Training & Development); the Phi Delta Kappan; Techniques (Association for Career and Technical Education); and two publications of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the Bulletin and Principal Leadership. Articles on Ed Gordon's books and research have been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago SunTimes, Dallas Sentinel, Courier-Journal (Louisville), Business Week, ComputerWorld, Quality Progress, Report on Literacy Programs, the Knight-Ridder News Service and Gannett News Service.

For over 40 years under the leadership of Imperial's founder, Edward Gordon, Imperial's past extensive involvement in the direct provision of tutoring has evolved today into providing consulting services on tutoring and literacy for school systems, government agencies, and non-profits. (Click TutoringLiteracyResources for more information.) Dr. Gordon has also developed popular history presentations for contemporary audiences at museums, educational institutions, and other types of groups. (Click HistoryPresentations for more information.)