Our Beginning

ADVANTAGE Advisory was born from nearly two decades of working with, advising, and learning from opportunities and challenges faced by global organizational leaders and their teams. Experienced in both theory and practice as an operator, facilitator, and global advisor, through our platform, we bring depth and insights gained from work and proximity to best-in-class business practices rooted in the work of world-class scholars and practitioners of the Harvard Business School, where the Firm principal has both studied and served as an Officer and Director in the division of Executive Education.

The Firm’s mission is to help leaders and teams achieve high(er) levels of performance, and to help strategically align and optimize their human capital capabilities toward a clear set of operational objectives. We build competence and confidence in the leaders and teams we touch.

Our engagements center on building learning paths for managers, senior leaders, and their teams striving to better themselves and their organizational impact. Regardless of size and scope, all leaders (and teams) face the same challenge of optimizing human capital capacity matched toward achieving clear and widely understood organizational objectives. This “talent” and “culture” matching and optimization is the Firm goal. We live by the mantra, “Don’t manage your people; manage the backdrop against which they work.” This rings true to our approach to advising leaders and teams toward peak performance.

Prior to leading Harvard Business School’s Owner Managed Program Portfolio, Dobbin served ten years as a director and advisor at Harvard. ADVANTAGE Advisory has worked extensively across global sectors, including Healthcare, Finance, Private Equity/Venture Capital, Energy, Real Estate, Telecom, Government, and Hospitality.

Advantage Advisors

My Mission

To help leaders and teams to see more clearly what is before them, and to strategically optimize their human capital capabilities toward a clear set of operational objectives.

"Don't manage your people. Manage the backdrop against which they work."

-Dobbin O. Bookman

President & CEO

Our Approach

I BELIEVE IN A UNIQUE AND CUSTOMIZED CONSULTING EXPERIENCE FOR EACH AND EVERY CLIENT.

Each company and client relationship is unique. Given the importance of organizational culture and context and their impact on the work we do, I spend considerable time during the initial engagement gaining insight into and alignment with your existing organizational culture, goals, and objectives. We deliver custom solutions tailored to you—your people, your industry, your culture, and your one-of-a-kind challenges.

Our Clients Speak

"I love that Dobbin took the time to learn about my business before presenting an insightful strategic plan that was adopted by our leader team and that ultimately increased our engagement scores 3-fold. Thanks, ADVANTAGE Advisory!"

-- Director Human Resources, L&D (Professional Services)

"We hit a rough patch which resulted in a number of costly defections which had a negative impact on several formerly high performing teams in our organization. We were unsure of where to turn for help. I was referred to ADVANTAGE Advisory and from our first meeting we were confident that the experience that they brought was exactly what we needed."

-- SVP, Strategy & Business Development (Healthcare Network)

"The biggest breakthroughs frequently start where you are, as should purposeful and impactful leadership."

-Roderic Norman

Senior Advisor,

International

Roderic has over 25 years of experience originating and structuring innovative capital solutions, leading investors into new markets and working with diverse teams to build successful cross-border businesses. Roderic launched and served as Senior Country Officer for JPMorgan's Ghana office, covering West Africa (ex-Nigeria); was a pioneer team member of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC); and, more recently, led a team responsible for resource mobilization, governance and oversight for the Africa Development Bank's non-statutory financing vehicle.

Roderic also has a long-standing passion for education. He is co-founder of the United World Colleges Togo National Committee. He previously served as a Trustee for the French American School of NY and a Director for the Harvard Cooperative Society (COOP). He received a bachelor of arts degree from Morehouse College and a master's degree from Johns Hopkins SAIS and Harvard Business School.

Our Beginning

Advantage Advisors

Our Approach

Our Clients Speak

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