About Us

Management Training Systems, Inc. personnel have served as confidential process advisors and facilitators to numerous senior level decision makers and individual work teams in addressing factors that impact daily operations and, ultimately, their bottom line results.  Management Training Systems, Inc. uniquely combines analytical tools and enhanced performance techniques for a multiple strategies approach to problem solving, long-range planning and building team communication and cooperation.  Additionally, we provide solutions for recruiting, interviewing and hiring new employees as well as aligning and retaining a qualified and loyal workforce.

Management Training Systems, Inc. prides itself on offering a platform of solutions that are tailored to meet the specific needs of their clients. 

Our Management Team 

Dr. Jan Northup, President of Management Training Systems, Inc. is an internationally known author, speaker and organizational strategist.  Dr. Northup began serving as a confidential advisor, executive coach and strategic and planning consultant to senior-level decision makers in military and government agencies and private and public corporations.  Numerous organizations have drawn on her expertise in working with top and mid-level managers in the areas of strategic planning, transitional planning, quality improvement and pre-employment recruiting and hiring.  

At the same time, Dr. Northup has kept her ties with academia.  Currently an adjunct faculty at Bellevue University, she develops and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of organizational design, strategic planning, team building, leadership, and marketing.  Additionally, Jan has taught at numerous universities including Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management, and George Washington University.

As a Professional Behavioral and Values Analyst, she has assisted organizations in meeting employee development needs in subjects including Mentoring, Conflict Resolution, Team-Building, Wellness in the Workplace, Change Management and Project Planning. 

Dr. Northup created The Promotable Woman:  What Makes The Difference video training program that has been featured on the Public Broadcasting Service.  Dr. Northup has been a featured speaker at numerous regional and national conferences and was the first woman to conduct a nationwide speaking tour of Australia on women's management issues. Jan has made frequent radio and television appearances discussing the factors that make the difference in the lives of successful people.  Close to one million people worldwide have attended her seminars, training classes and presentations. 

In recognition of her professional and community accomplishments, she has been the recipient of numerous awards and commendations.

Sheryl Stephen, Director of Operations, brings to any project a unique combination of technical and human relations expertise.  Beyond her formal training in the counseling and coaching arena, she has kept current with the technical demands of the learning process and is a certified Behavioral and Values Analyst.  Upon joining Management Training Systems, Inc. in 1990, she quickly applied her people skills in working with clients requiring one-on-one analysis of business needs. She continues offering personalized attention clients assisting with designing and implementing customized organizational assessments, de-briefing behavioral and values analyses reports and providing technical training and support to clients.