Bruce Tulgan is internationally recognized as the leading expert on young people in the workplace. He is an advisor to business leaders all over the world, the author or coauthor of fifteen different books and numerous management training programs, and a sought-after keynote speaker and seminar leader.

Since 1995, Bruce has addressed tens of thousands of leaders and managers in hundreds of organizations ranging from JP Morgan to JC Penney. He has been called "the new Tom Peters" by many who have seen him speak, and was named by Management Today as one of the few contemporary figures to stand out as a "management guru."

Bruce Tulgen's newest book is IT'S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS (HarperCollins, 2007). He is also the author of WINNING THE TALENT WARS (W.W. Norton, 2001) and MANAGING GENERATION X (W.W. Norton, 2000; first published in 1995), the classic study of Generation X in the workplace. Many of Bruce's works have been published around the world in foreign editions.

Bruce's writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including the Harvard Business Review, BusinessWeek, HR Magazine, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. As well, Bruce Tulgen's work has been the subject of more than 1,000 news stories around the world.

Before founding RainmakerThinking in 1993, Bruce practiced law at the Wall Street firm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn. He graduated with high honors from Amherst College, received his law degree from the New York University School of Law, and is still a member of the Bar in Massachusetts and New York. Bruce continues his lifelong study of Okinawan Uechi Ryu Karate Do and holds a fourth degree black belt. Bruce Tulgen lives in New Haven, Connecticut and is married to Debby Applegate, who received her PhD in American Studies at Yale University and is the author of a biography of the famous 19th Century minister Henry Ward Beecher titled HENRY WARD BEECHER: THE MOST FAMOUS MAN IN AMERICA (Doubleday, June 2006).