Distance Consulting LLC provides consulting and training services related to improving the performance and productivity of people, processes and organizations. Fred Nickols is the Managing Partner and principal consultant. His experience includes 20 years in the United States Navy as well as an extensive management consulting career and two executive executive-level positions in the private sector. Distance Consulting is also home to The Knowledge Worker's Tool Room, a collection of tools for use by knowledge workers, people who apply and occasionally create knowledge in the course of producing results.