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BEHAVIORIST CROSSING
Daniel Reimer / University of Nevada, Reno
Behavioral Crossing: The field of behavior analysis is varied and diverse. The science
can be useful to practically any profession, allowing us to work or contribute in many
different settings. However, many of us are not aware of the unique and uncommon
professional opportunities available to behavior analysts. This column strives to highlight
the diverse areas in which behavior analyst’s work and to inspire all behavior analysts to
pursue opportunities in areas not traditionally part of our repertoires.
Interview with Cloyd Hyten, PhD, Senior Consultant with Aubrey
Daniels International
Daniel Reimer: What is your current
occupation and job title?
Cloyd Hyten: I am a Senior Consultant
and Director of Safety Solutions
at Aubrey Daniels International,
Inc. I am one of ADI’s “road
warriors”, visiting clients all over
North America and Europe.
DR: What does a typical day look
like for you?
CH: I don’t really have a “typical”
day. Sometimes I’m working from
my home in Texas, sometimes
teaching a workshop at our Atlanta
headquarters, and mostly flying to a
client location to do anything from
a multi-day assessment to training
to consulting follow-up visits with
managers and supervisors.
DR: What aspects of your job do
you find most interesting?
Cloyd Hyten.
Photo courtesy of CH
CH: Several things: the thought
that goes into an assessment, the
instructional design that goes into
training, and the problem-solving
that goes into consulting. The
variety of clients we see and where
we work with them is also quite
interesting. We work with heavy
industry, transportation, insurance
companies, you name it. We often
work solo, but when we work in
teams it’s always a blast because
everyone at ADI is fun to work
with. Sometimes we’re in offices
at their company headquarters to
meet with senior leaders in business
clothes, and sometimes we’re in
jeans and steel-toed boots out on
a shop floor or in a railyard, or in a
mine. And you have to fit all that
in a roll-aboard because as George
Clooney said in the movie Up in
the Air, “consultants never check a
bag”. That’s true in my case.
DR: Are there any additional skills
you had to learn or develop after
graduate school? What were they?
CH: You never stop learning after
graduate school. I had to learn to
be a faculty member at UNT after I
graduated from WVU, did that for
20 years, and then changed careers
to do consulting full-time. I had to
forget a lot of academic behavior I
had developed and learn different
styles to teach workshop participants
you have to win over in a day
or two. I also had to learn to write
in plain English, and simplify con-
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