A Message from Susan Battley, Founder and CEO

Most executives would agree that success in today's business environment involves tremendous complexity, agility, and brain power. Opportunities, whether in the marketplace or the laboratory, challenge leaders to foster and leverage innovation while simultaneously managing risk and available resources. This is daunting work, not for the faint-hearted!

Exceptionally talented people--both individually and collectively--are at the heart of all peak performing organizations. As experts in applied behavioral science, we help leaders and senior managers to mobilize their "people assets" for optimal performance. We also add value by creating change mechanisms that are enduring, and that contribute substantively to the organization's mission.

Our independent, unbiased perspective translates into customized client solutions that incorporate state-of-the-art diagnostics and research while steering clear of management fads du jour. Indeed, we strongly believe that no firm can properly advise management on what programs to implement before first understanding the organization's culture, its history, talent pool, constituencies, and business imperatives.

We take great satisfaction and pride in serving a select group of Fortune 500 companies, multinational firms, and research and professional institutions with whom we forge long-term relationships.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILES

Susan Battley, PsyD, PhD, is a leadership psychologist and author with more than two decades of experience advising senior executives, management teams, and high performance organizations. She is an expert in executive and organization effectiveness, including CEO behavior, talent strategy and management, and organizational change.

An internationally recognized behavioral scientist, Dr. Battley has a proven track record of designing and implementing customized, results-oriented programs that leverage a senior executive's or leadership team's untapped potential for performance excellence.   She has worked with Fortune 500 CEOs, university presidents, world-class technical professionals, and public and association leaders. 

Fast Focus on Success, her radio program on leadership excellence, was commended by the Clinton White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

She has served as a nominator for CFO Magazine's annual "Global 100 Leaders."

Her newest book is Coached to Lead: How to Achieve Extraordinary Results with an Executive Coach (Wiley|Jossey-Bass, 2006).   Soundview Executive Book Summaries hails her "a wise guide on the road to greater effectiveness."

Her articles on leadership and executive excellence have appeared in numerous publications, including Leader to Leader, Leadership Excellence, Associations Now, and Management Consulting News.

Her expertise is regularly featured in outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Investor's Business Daily, CNN, CNBC, National Public Radio, Entrepreneur, and the Harvard Management Update.

Dr. Battley speaks frequently to business and professional groups on leadership trends and evidence-based leadership and talent development.  A licensed psychologist, she also holds a PhD in economic history from Stony Brook University.

A past board director of the New York Institute of Management Consultants, Battley serves on the advisory board of the Long Island Historical Journal. She is also a member of the American Psychological Association, Society of Consulting Psychology, American Society of Healthcare Executives, American Society of Association Executives, and the National Speakers Association.

SENIOR CONSULTANTS

Joanne Ingham, EdD, is a published expert in leadership, creativity, and adult learning. For 20 years, she has designed and delivered performance enhancement programs to a diverse clientele in the legal, health care, and high tech sectors. Her specialty areas include top talent development and retention. She holds a doctorate in education from St. John's University, and a master of science degree in counseling from Long Island University.

Mark Lederway, PhD, has been working with advanced-degree professionals in technical, scientific, and biomedical settings for over two decades. His areas of expertise include performance coaching, team dynamics, and stress management. Dr. Lederway holds a PhD in psychology from Hofstra University, and is a licensed psychologist. He previously managed a nationally accredited clinical psychology graduate training program.

SPECIAL CONSULTANTS

Manuel London, PhD, is an internationally recognized expert on performance and talent management, career development, performance appraisal, feedback, and organizational learning. A pioneer in 360-degree performance measurement and research, he has developed performance and talent management programs for an international clientele that includes Fortune 100 companies, professional service firms, nonprofits, and public sector institutions. 

His books include: