The Berman Leadership Development Team
Bill Berman, Ph.D., ABPP
Bill is a seasoned consultant with more than 25 years experience as an academic, clinician, senior line manager and consultant / coach. He has been assessing individuals since 1983, delivered organizational consulting and coaching since 1993, and has worked with a wide range of companies and leaders since returning to full-time consulting in 2004. Bill has worked with senior leaders, GMs and C-suite individuals from companies like Diageo, Lexis Nexis, Novo Nordisk, Playtex, Reed-Elsevier, Starwood Hotels, Thermo Fisher Scientific, UBS and alternative investment groups.
Previously, Bill started his own software company in 1995 to track healthcare performance, which he grew and subsequently sold to The Echo Group, an enterprise healthcare information management system vendor. He served on their executive management team as the head of professional services, expanding the function to generate 25% of annual corporate revenues through consulting, implementation, training, and support functions. Bill’s early career included clinical and executive consulting work, teaching at Cornell University Medical College, and full time academic research and teaching at Fordham University, where he received tenure in 1994. Bill received his B.A. from Harvard College, and his Ph.D. from Yale University. He is licensed in NY and CT, and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and board certified by the American College of Professional Psychology.
Beth Minton, MBA
Ms. Minton has over 30 years of business management and consulting experience. Her expertise lies in helping people understand themselves and others, facilitating group processes, teaching useable people skills, and guiding progress toward business and personal goals. She has applied these skills as a business line manager, a marketing and organizational development consultant, an executive coach, and a military officer.
Ed Bancroft
Ed specializes in executive development and coaching. Ed’s consulting experience includes clients in health care, non-profits, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, distribution and energy. These clients have ranged from 50 to 50,000 employee organizations. He takes pride in practical solutions molded to the specific organization’s strategic issues. Ed is an experienced leader. He was a World-Wide Partner and Midwest Performance and Rewards Practice Leader for Mercer Human Resource Consulting, national performance management consulting leader for Watson Wyatt, senior management development specialist for Perrone-Ambrose Associates and Regional Training Director for ACTION.
Tanya Kiefer, Ph.D.
Tanya has over ten years of external and internal human resource consulting experience. She has designed and delivered talent management processes and tools to attract, develop and retain talent for Bristol-Myers Squibb. She also has extensive experience in survey research, workforce analytics and statistical analyses through her work with Caliper, and has been involved in multiple executive assessment centers and systems.
Brian Bienn, Ph.D.
Brian has over 20 years experience in executive leadership assessment, development and coaching. He works with managers, executives and their teams to align expectations and objectives, build foundational team processes, and accelerate team performance. He has developed, led and conducted assessment centers for both selection and development, and has particular expertise in emotional intelligence training, assessment and coaching.