“Rob has a rare ability to bring Boards and Individuals into an improved awareness of themselves and how they affect the organization, team, or those whom they lead. All have a direct and positive impact on business results, company culture and employee morale.”

Robert E. Schrull  Rob has worked in or consulted to diverse industries on a domestic and global basis since 1978. He founded GBLA in 1992 to help companies more effectively development talent ready for global assignment. He has especial knowledge in Asian and Japanese cultural business practices and personally focuses on leadership development programs for companies in or doing business in Asia and Japan.

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“Rob's expertise in coaching and change management better prepared members of our team for the significant change resulting from the merger that our company was undergoing.  His support was instrumental in preparing our managers to better assimilate change which contributed significantly to quickly and successfully bringing our companies together.

Later I engaged Rob to support me as a thought partner and to lead our Emotional Intelligence Initiative. His support to me and my team has been terrific and is having a significant positive impact on our team and on business results ”

Tony Alvarez                        President and Representative Director (Prev)                    MSD KK

                                                 Senior Vice President, Global Human Health                              Merck

What differentiates Rob from those in his industry is:

1) He has actually run a real-world brick and mortar business and has first-hand experience which he shares in terms of approaches to overcoming problems that worked or those that did not. He can also relate to the impact business decisions have on individuals and teams either as decision makers or those being impacted.

2) He is well read in terms of the academics relating to leadership, emotional intelligence, and team dynamics and, knows how to bring the best of that academic learning to apply to the situation being faced.  Importantly however, he is not wed to any single philosophy.  In life there is no one right answer and I really appreciate that he doesn’t see the world through a single lens.

3) He is perhaps one of the most sincere and empathetic persons I have ever met.  His  commitment to the people he works with has truly amazed me.  I know from talking to him, and to others that have worked with him that his level of commitment to support the people he works with is complete. 

David Peacock                       Chief Of Staff, Office of The Chairman, President, & CEO     MSD-Merck

“Rob’s support extended beyond helping me through the changes due to merger. He was instrumental in helping me achieve one of my key life goals. This was invaluable support that goes beyond that of any professional achievement I could really think or dream of. And for this I'm extremely grateful.”

Jean-Marc Morange President                                                                                  CSL Behring-Japan

Rob helped me gain control over the combined medical organization. His coaching for me was based on real life perception and had deep and direct impact to transform our teams performance. It is a pleasure to work with him and I owe him a lot!

Kurt Rimkus DR. med       Director Medical Affairs                                                    MSD KK

"Rob's support had a significant impact on my success and improving business results both when I was leading the sales division and later HR.  I genuinely value his insights regarding our development needs as well as the scope and depth of his analysis and commitment." 

Sachio Takeda                    VP Human Resources                                                         Pfizer

"Rob has an especial ability to bring people together towards a common goal. He can walk into a room of people fighting and when he leaves they are united in purpose." 

Ann Rogers                         Chairwoman                                                     American Committee for KEEP

"While I only worked with Rob for a short time while in Japan, my experience with him during that time has given me the highest respect for his abilities, his courage and most of all, his character. He has especial sensitivities and skills" 

Alan B. Bootes                    President and CEO (Retired)                                            Pfizer Japan Inc

"Rob's insights and comments were extremely valuable to me during the period of integration of SPKK and Banyu KK. Thanks to his assistance I have been able to lead my team members in making the transition more smoothly, preserving their morale and maintaining high performance. Furthermore, on a personal level his coaching has helped me focus on achieving my goals." 

Jeroen Bokhoven                Director Sales Support                                                     MSD KK

“Rob is not like other coaching entities because he has a lot of business experience, making him also an effective business trainer.”

Hiroshi Kizaki                    VP-Human Resources and Global Operations               Pfizer Holdings KK

"The first thing about Rob-san is that he is warm-hearted. He has served the sales leadership as an experienced business consultant who is aligned with us and our situations as a partner. He also brings advanced tools. With his warmheartedness as the background the fear and anxiety Japanese usually have to speak or to share openly is resolved. Their trust allows him to help raise sales colleagues motivation and productivity.

Hirai, Noboru                     Associate Director , Sales Productivity & Motivation    Pfizer-Japan

"Rob is a life coach who helped me recommit to Pfizer and to my subordinates. I can always speak to him from my gut and it is helpful to increasing my productivity."

Kawasaki, Shuji                Therapeutic Sales Director                                                 Pfizer-Japan