Gardner Heaton
Senior Consultant
For over six years Gardner Heaton has advised and trained global corporate clients on internal and external relationship management practices, negotiation and communication skills. His corporate clients include Alcatel-Lucent, Barry Callebaut, The Boeing Company, Capital One, General Mills, JP Morgan, and Land O' Lakes.
Gardner also facilitates workshops in Nepal intended to help the country through a protracted period of violence, political and social change. He coordinated CMPartner's Kashmir Initiative, a long-term endeavor devoted to strengthening Kashmiri communication, negotiation and collaborative problem-solving skills. Gardner has facilitated training at Kellogg's School of Business Administration, Duke CE, The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, and The National University of Singapore's School of Public Policy. Other public sector projects include developing customized remote learning solutions for The World Bank and facilitating negotiation training for The World Health Organization.
Before entering the field of negotiation and conflict management, Gardner honed his leadership, crisis management and decision-making skills as a professional mountain guide in the Teton Range of Wyoming.
Gardner received his BA, Cum Laude, from Cornell University, and is a candidate for the Master of Law and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School, Tufts University.
