Community service
- Co-President, Harvard Alumni Association of Utah, 2000 - present.
- Board Member, Alpine Sculpture Park and Community Arts Center.
Consulting and executive education experience
In industry
Schindler, ABB, LG Group (Korea), Generali Group, Johnson & Johnson, Zurich Insurance, Kennecott, Kodak, Texas Instruments, Groupe TOTAL, Beckton-Dickinson, Warner Lambert, ITT, IBM Europe, Novations, Northwestern University Kellogg School, IMD, Petro-Canada, Boise-Cascade, Utah Power and Light.
In Government
U.S. Navy, World Bank, Salt Lake City Corporation, VA Hospitals, Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation of Canada, Utah Division of Social Services.
In Education:
The Urban School Sabbatical Program (Utah), International Learning Cooperative (Norway); Educational Administrative Change Effort (Indonesia); Schools Change Program (Holland); Lesley College; NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science and American University; Brooklyn College; State Departments of Education in Massachusetts, New Jersey, California; School Districts in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz, California, Boston and Newton, Massachusetts, Jefferson and Adams Counties, Colorado, Greenville, South Carolina.
Publications
Books
- Kurt Sandholtz, Brooklyn Derr, Kathy Buckner and Dawn Carlson, Beyond Juggling: Rebalancing Your Busy Life, (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2002).
- C. Brooklyn Derr, Sylvie Roussillon and Frank Bournois, eds., Cross-Cultural Approaches to Leadership Development, (Westport, Conn: Quorum Books, 2002).
- Gary R. Oddou and C. Brooklyn Derr, Managing Internationally: A Personal Journey and the Instructors Manual, (Fort Worth: Dryden Press, 1999).
- C. Brooklyn Derr, Career Success Maps, Jossey-Bass Audio Book, 1989.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, Managing the New Careerists (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Management Series, 1986).
- C. Brooklyn Derr, ed., Work, Family and the Career: New Frontiers in Theory and Research (Praeger, 1980).
- Richard A. Schmuck, Philip Runkel, C. Brooklyn Derr and Ronald Martell, Handbook of Organization Development In Schools (Palo Alto: Paragon Press, 1972).
Special journal issues
- C. Brooklyn Derr, ed., "Organization Development in Urban School Systems," in Education and Urban Society, February, 1974.
Refereed journals
- Frank Bournois and C. Brooklyn Derr, "Les directeurs des ressources humaines ont-ils un avenir?" in Revue Francaise de Gestion, No. 98, March-April-May, 1994, pp. 64-78.
- C. Brooklyn Derr and Gary R. Oddou, "Internationalizing Managers: Speeding Up the Process," European Management Journal, Vol. II, no. 4, December 1993, pp. 435-442.
- C. Brooklyn Derr and Gary R. Oddou, "Are U.S. Multinationals Adequately Preparing Future American Leaders For Global Competition," International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 2, No. 2, September, 1991, pp. 227-244.
- Ada Demb and C. Brooklyn Derr, "Managing Strategic Human Resources; Leadership for the 21st Century," European Management Journal, 7:2, June, 1989, pp. 148-158.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, Candace Jones and Edmund L. Toomey, "Managing High-Potential Employees: Current Practices In Thirty-Three U.S. Corporations," Human Resource Management, Fall 1988, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 273-290.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Managing High Potentials In Europe: Some Cross-Cultural Findings," European Management Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1987.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Five Definitions of Career Success: Implications for Relationships," The International Review of Applied Psychology, Vol, 35, No. 3, July 1986, pp. 415-434.
- C. Brooklyn Derr and Susan K. Chilton, "The Career Directionality of High School Principals," The High School Journal, Vol. 67, No. 1, October-November, 1983, pp. 11-19.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Living on Adrenalin: The Adventurer-Entrepreneur," Human Resource Management, Vol. 21, No. 2-3, Summer-Fall, 1982, pp. 6-12.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Defense Management: Pushing the Revolving Door," The Bureaucrat, Vol. 10, No. 1, Summer, 1981, pp. 26-31.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Managing Organizational Conflict: Collaboration, Bargaining and Power Approaches," California Management Review, Vol. XXI, No. 2, February, 1979, pp. 76-83.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "'OD' Won't Work in Schools," Education and Urban Society, Vol. VIII, No. 2, February, 1976.
- Don A. Orton and C. Brooklyn Derr, "Crisis and Contingencies for the Small Private College," Teachers College Record, Vol. 77, No. 2, December, 1975.
- C. Brooklyn Derr and Ada Demb, "Entry in Urban School Systems: The Context and Culture and New Markets," Education and Urban Society, Vol. VI, No. 2, February, 1974.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Conflict Resolution in Organizations: Views from the Field of Educational Administration," The Public Administration Review, No. 5, September/October, 1972.
- Donald M. Levine, C. Brooklyn Derr and Richard Junghins, "Educational Planning with Organizational Development: A People-Involving Approach to Systematic Planning," Educational Technology, IXX, 10, October, 1972.
- C. Brooklyn Derr and John J. Gabarro, "An Organizational Contingency Theory for Education," Educational Administration Quarterly, Vol. VIII, No. 2, 1972.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Organization Development in One Large Urban School System," Education and Urban Society, Vol. II, No. 4.
Chapters in books
- C. Brooklyn Derr, Jon P. Briscoe and Kathy Buckner, "Managing Leadership in the United States," published in Derr et al., Cross-Cultural Approaches to Leadership Development, op. cit., 2002.
- William S. Hesterly and C. Brooklyn Derr, "Changing Organizations and Leadership Management," published in Derr et. al., Cross-Cultural Approaches to Leadership Development, op. cit., 2002.
- Gary Oddou, J. Stewart Black, Hal Gregersen and C. Brooklyn Derr, "Building Global Leaders: Strategy Similarities and Differences Among European, U.S. and Japanese Multinationals," in Mendenhall, Kuhlmann and Stahl, eds., Developing Global Business Leaders (Quorum Books, 2001), pp. 99-118.
- Gary Oddou, C. Brooklyn Derr, J. Stewart Black, "Internationalizing Managers: Expatriation and Other Strategies," in Jan Selmer, ed., Expatriate Management: New Ideas for International Business, (Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books, 1995), pp. 3-16.
- Gary Oddou and C. Brooklyn Derr, "European MNC Strategies for Internationalizing Managers: Current and Future Trends," in James B. Shaw et al., Research In Personnel and Human Resources Management, (Greenwich, Connecticut, JAI Press, 1993), pp. 157-170.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Human Resource Management: Issues For the 1990s," in Philippe Hermel, ed., International Management: Human Resources and Organization (Paris: Economica, 1993) pp. 111-122.
- Erik Jansen and C. Brooklyn Derr, "Managing Careers In Europe," in Gutteridge, Leibowitz and Shore, Organizational Career Development: Benchmarks For Building A World-Class Workforce (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993), pp. 35-56.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Managing High Potentials In Europe," in Mendenhall and Oddou, International Human Resource Management (Boston: Kent Publishing, 1991), pp. 245-258.
- C. Brooklyn Derr and Andre Laurent, "The Internal and External Career: A Theoretical and Cross-Cultural Perspective." In The Handbook of Career Theory, Arthur, Laurence and Hall, eds. (Cambridge University Press, 1989), pp. 454-471.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Ken Garff: Small Business Entrepreneur," in H.C. Bartlett, Strategic Management and Policy: A Case Book (Dryden Press, 1989).
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Career Anchor Assessment," in H.J. Kurtz and Rolf Th. Stiefel, eds., Life and Career Changes of Managers (Munich: Academic Press, 1986).
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Career Switching and Organizational Politics," in Ralph Katz, ed., Career Issues in Human Resource Management (Prentice-Hall, 1982), pp. 65-84.
- C. Brooklyn Derr and T.J. DeLong, "What Business Management Can Teach Schools," in Harry L. Gray, ed., The Management of Educational Institutions (London: Falmer Press, 1982), pp. 127-137.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "More on Career Anchor Concepts," in Work, Family and the Career, 1980, op. cit., pp. 166-187.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Managing Organizational Conflict: A Contingency Theory with a Collaborative Bias," in Mike Milstein, ed., Schools, Conflict, and Change (Teachers College Press, 1980), pp. 259-278.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Successful Entry as a Key to Successful Organizational Development in a Big-City School System," a chapter in W. Warner Burke and Harvey A. Hornstein, eds., The Social Technology of Organizational Development (Washington: NTL Institute for Applied Behavior Science, 1972).
Other
- C. Brooklyn Derr and Kurt Sandholtz, "Beyond Juggling: Cross-Cultural Issues in Work-Life Balance," Management et Conjuncture Sociale, no. 616, Autumn, 2002, pp.102-106.
- C. Brooklyn Derr and Nathalie Tessier, "L'equilibre: une orientation de carriere en hausse," Management et Conjucture Sociale, juillet, 2001, 608, pp. 79-81.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, book review of The New Structure of School Improvement, by Joyce, Calhoun and Hopkins, in Comparative Education Review, 45:2, 2001, pp. 78-83.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, book review of Working the Divine Miracle: the Life of Apostle Henry D. Moyle, by Richard D. Poll, Journal of Mormon History, 26:1, 2000, pp. 263-268.
- Marjorie McEntire, C. Brooklyn Derr and Chris Meek, "Novell's Global Strategy: Bytes are Somewhat Narcotic," CIBER Case Collection, no. 097-001, 1997.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, Jack Wood, Michael Walker and Charles Despres, 1992. "The Emerging Role of the HR Manager in Europe," research report, IMD and the European Association of Personnel Management, IMD, Chemin de Bellerive 23, CH-1001 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- C. Brooklyn Derr and Frank Bournois, "Rhone Poulenc Fibres," IMD Case, 1991.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, 1988. "Messages From Two Cultures: Mormon Leaders in France, 1985," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 98-112.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Matchmaking: Improving Your Success Rate." Journal of Career Planning and Placement, Winter, 1988, pp. 32-36.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "What Value Is Your Management Style?" Personnel Journal, June, 1987, pp. 74-83.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "How Do You Define Career Success?" National Business Employment Weekly, February 15, 1987, pp. 8-10.
- Jill Mulvay Derr and C. Brooklyn Derr, "Outside the Mormon Hierarchy: Alternative Aspects of Institutional Power," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol. 15, No. 4, Winter, 1983.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, a review of H.G. Kaufman, Professionals in Search of Work (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1982), in Administrative Science Quarterly, June, 1983, pp. 313-315.
- C. Brooklyn Derr and Claire Turner, "The Executive's Wife: Implications for Male Careers," Business, May/June, 1982, pp. 18-22.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "OD and the Future: Some Policy Considerations for the Navy," The Navy Human Resource Management Journal, Summer Issue, 1976.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Conflict: A Neglected Resource," The Conference Board Record, Vol. XII, No. 3, March, 1975.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "OD in Schools: Some Questions, Some Alternatives," Thrust, Association of California School Administrators Journal, Vol. IV, No. 2, November, 1974.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Organization Development in Education," UCLA Educator, May, 1974.
- C. Brooklyn Derr and Ada Demb, "A Report of the Five City Entry Study: University-Urban School Relations," UCEA Newsletter, Fall, 1973.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Negotiating Intergroup Decisions: An Intervention to Surface and Manage Organizational Power," OD Practitioner, Vol. IV, No. 2, 1972.
- C. Brooklyn Derr, "Managing Conflict in the Church," BYU Studies, vol. 12, no. 3, 1972, pp. 279-291.
Research in progress
- study on cross-cultural dimensions of career orientations: USA, France and Thailand (with S. Roussillon in France and D. Chompookum in Thailand).
- Dawn S. Carlson, C. Brooklyn Derr and Lori L. Wadsworth, "The Effects of Career Dynamics on Multiple Forms of Work-Family Conflict," Journal of Economics and the Family (revised and resubmitted)
Convention presentation
- "Managing Global Talent in the New Economy," the Spanish Human Resource Association Convention (Salon Capital Humano), Madrid, March, 2002.
"Managing Talent," BT.Novations Conference, Park City, Utah, October, 2001.
- "The Future of Career Orientations," for world-wide HR conference, Dupont Corp., March, 2001.
- "The Future of the Field," Pre-conference Workshop, Careers Division, Academy of Management, Toronto, August 2000.
- "Cross-Cultural Issues in Getting Balanced," NIBES Conference, Cracow, Poland, Sept. 1999.
- "Managing Knowledge Workers," PAUSE Foundation, Goteberg, Sweden, 1998.
- "New Issues in High-Potential Management," the Executive Roundtable, Boston University, December, 1995.
- "Managing High-Potentials: New Concepts and Practices," the Second International Conference on Employment Creation," Barcelona, Spain, October, 1995.
- "Les ressources humaines pour la concurance globale," ARPE Conference (French Personnel Association), Paris, February, 1995.
- "The New Role of the HR Director In Europe," at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, August, 1993.
- "New Directions For Human Resources: European Examples," American Society for Training and Development Annual Meeting, Atlanta, May, 1993.
- "The Emerging Role of the Human Resource Manger In Europe: Report of the EAPM/IMD Study," World Congress of Personnel Management, Madrid, Spain, June 3, 1992.
- "The Emerging Role of the Human Resource Manager In Europe: Preliminary Research Report," at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Miami, 1991.