Jean is President of Leadership On Paper® and a Founding Partner of The Right Direction. Leadership On Paper® is a consultative service founded in 1986.  Its mission is to help business and technical people extend their leadership and management skills to written communication.  The firm provides training and also works with senior management at corporations to improve the quality of internal communication.

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The Right Direction, a newer venture, is also a consulting firm.  It offers a range of services  to business with a focus on problem solving, creativity and group decision-making. Clients include Procter & Gamble, Walt Disney, Clorox, Nestle, Google, Abbott Labs, Walmart, Intuit, Mars, Sun Products, ConAgra, Coors, Kroger, McCormick, Centene, Kimberly-Clark,The Royal Bank of Canada and The Cleveland Indians.

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Jean's skills come from years of hands-on experience as an Executive Vice President of Dancer Fitzgerald Sample (now Saatchi & Saatchi), a large multi-national advertising agency.  At DFS, Jean ran major accounts, including Procter & Gamble.  He introduced successful brands like Luvs Disposable Diapers and developed programs to reposition existing brands.  One such program took Duracell from a small specialty brand to the #1 premium battery in the world.  In addition to his other responsibilities, Mr. Plumez was a member of the DFS Board of Directors. After 18 years with DFS, Mr. Plumez left to form Leadership on Paper®.

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Jean started his career as a commissioned officer assigned to U.S. Army Intelligence.  He then worked for two years as a chemical engineer for Mobil Oil before getting his MBA from The Wharton School.