Alan S. Berson, MBA, CLC, PCC

Alan Berson’s leadership experience and stories were collected over thirty years during eleven different careers in leadership, marketing, finance, and strategic planning at Fortune 500 firms, including Gillette, Bausch & Lomb, Lincoln First Bank, Marriott (as a contractor); a VC-funded firm; and start-up companies. Berson has been an executive coach for twelve years and a leadership professor for the past four years.

Berson earned his BS and MBA from Wharton, received his Certificate in Leadership Coaching (CLC) from Georgetown University, achieved the PCC certification from the International Coaching Federation, and is certified to deliver assessments of the CCL, PDI, and StrengthsFinder. He has done team and individual coaching at dozens of organizations, including NASA, NCI, KPMG, LexisNexis, Children’s Hospital Foundation, and Bearing Point.

At the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, Berson taught and coached in the Executive Masters in Leadership and in the Georgetown/ESADE Global Executive MBA programs; he also taught change management to second-year MBAs and in Booz Allen Hamilton’s Change Management Advanced Practitioner Program (CMAP). He is a learning director at Wharton Executive Education. Berson also speaks at corporate and industry events.

 

Richard G. Stieglitz, PhD

Stieglitz’s leadership skills were acquired during forty years of practical experience, mentoring by trusted advisers, and service in the U.S. Navy. He built and later sold a consulting company that helped executives in federal agencies lead change. His company grew rapidly because of his ability to guide high-potential employees through two industry-shaking events—the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of the Internet—and recurring economic peaks and valleys.

Stieglitz earned a PhD in nuclear engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and received extensive leadership training and experience as a U.S. naval officer refueling nuclear submarines. After leaving the Navy, he became vice president of a software company and director of defense consulting for an aerospace firm. In 1984, Stieglitz founded his company and in 2006 sold it to devote time to writing, executive coaching, and consulting. He has written three previous books on the subjects of personal change, change in business, and mergers and acquisitions. Stieglitz also publishes monthly e-letters titled My Leadership Conversations to business contacts and speaks frequently at industry and government forums on the subjects of leadership, change, relationships, and growing privately held companies.

 

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