University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business

Chicago School for Professional Psychology/Santa Barbara Graduate Institute

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

University of Arizona

I help anxious achievers - especially  in professional services firms -- boost their influence, advancement, and impact while decreasing stress & pressure.

San Diego, California, United States

I coach mid-career high achievers who are hard on themselves, so feel more self-assured, even through transitions and challenging situations.   WHAT I DOI help you to  ✅ build new habits to decrease your stress, especially in uncertain times✅ clarify what really matters to you and craft more easeful ways to pursue your purpose ✅ deal effectively with difficult people, including people who envy and overwork you✅ work in ways that enhance your work/life balanceYou can work with me through:✅ Ease Up, Move Up - an online community supporting mid-career Anxious Achievers to dial down stress, dial up influence & impact at work✅ 1:1 Coaching HOW AM I DIFFERENT?I'm an Anxious Achiever myself, so I understand the pressures we can put on ourselves. After a corporate career, I pursued a PhD in mind/body psychology, and chose to help people with career issues. I blend MBA strategic thinking, PhD psychological insights, and unique mind/body approaches to help you be the leader you want to be. INTERESTED? LET’S TALK! Set up your complimentary consultation:  <a href="http://bit.ly/MeetDrSusan">http://bit.ly/MeetDrSusan</a>

DrSusanBernstein.com

Executive Coaching

Customized speaking on themes related to shifting from conflict to collaboration. Your group will understand the strategy and psychology that elevates interpersonal dynamics at work and  brings out people's best

Keynote Speaker:  The Conflict Shift

If you're leading a group, team, or organization that's dealing with conflict, I help you build the perspectives and skills to make a shift to more positive patterns. I consult with you to custom-craft a hands-on, experiential "laboratories" that give your people memorable experiences trying out tools and paradigms to facilitate greater collaboration, creativity, innovation, and effectiveness. You & your people learn to diagnose and remedy conflict dynamics. Through tailored "experiments" and simulations, your group transforms unproductive toxicity into a positive force that fosters connection & collaboration. I HELP YOU MASTER & MOVE THROUGH CONFLICT, with.✅ In-depth consultation to make sense of your situation & take strategic action✅ Custom-tailored conflict & communication experiments ✅ Advising on dealing with difficult personalities & situationsYou can exponentially increase the success of the conflict-shifting lab by adding on individual, dyad, and group consultations. Interested? Set up a time to talk with me:  <a href="https://drsusanbernstein.com/contact-me/">https://drsusanbernstein.com/contact-me/</a>

The Conflict-Shifting Laboratory:  Hands-on skill building to break through to collaboration

Created produced, and delivered 38 weekly shows on the critical issues of work, including boredom, frustration with colleagues, getting promoted, and reinventing yourself. Provided live, in-the-moment career guidance to over worldwide 200 callers on this international internet radio show on <a href="http://www.HayHouseRadio.com">www.HayHouseRadio.com</a>, with Hay House, a leading personal growth publisher.

Hay House, Inc.

HayHouseRadio.com Show Host

I coached and advised mid- to senior-level professionals to transform their careers by taking control of their innate power -- whether they're sensitive, emotional, or just plain stuck -- and using it to claim the next rung on their personal success ladder.I provided support in...- planning for career promotion, transition, and reinvention- increasing self-confidence- navigating workplace conflict- boosting resilience I specialized in three key issues that tend to hold professionals back in their careers:  (1) Overcoming self-doubt, imposter complex, perfectionism, procrastination(2) Expressing oneself with power and presence(3) Crafting work so it fits -- on your terms

Work from Within

Career & Workplace Consultant

This was perhaps the hardest job of my life, helping elementary school kids with emotional issues. But it was also some of the best training that allows me to quickly help the professionals I coach to identify and work with emotions that they feel, or that their colleagues or employees are experiencing. In this demanding role, I counseled K-5 students with severe emotional issues, including depression, anxiety, dissociative identity disorder, and suicidality. I helped them using play therapy, sand tray, art therapy, and expressive movement. I also advised faculty on assisting austic-spectrum boys and disruptive girls in cultivating social skills.

Bay Area Community Resources / Vallecito Elementary School

Psychotherapy Intern

Highly sought-after by full-time and executive MBAs, teaching career transition workshops, conducting interview practice sessions, assisting students with strategically enhancing their resumes, and advising them on a wide range of career issues.Annually counseled over 300 individual full-time, evening, and executive MBA students on career issues.  Recognized for skills in assisting students making major career shifts, particularly into non-traditional fields.  Created and delivered interactive workshops on career issues, including interviewing skills, resume writing, and networking.

Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley

Career Advisor

In this role, I negotiated with top-ranked international business schools, including Harvard, London Business School, IESE, and Stanford to acquire content in MBA-level core business fundamentals. I lead a cross-functional team that designed interactive online learning modules used by corporate universities.  With no prior business development background, I cultivated over $5 million worth of new business in less than one year. I customized management education modules for organizations such as GE, and Unisys, as well as executive education programs at business schools including Duke University and UCLA.  Facilitated focus groups with HR, Learning + Development, and line organization staff to understand customer needs and enhance new product offerings.  I managed a dedicated team to market and facilitate corporate knowledge-sharing communities for leading Fortune 500 companies.

Pensare

Director, Customer Experience Marketing

I developed and managed an intensive executive development program on a $2 million annual budget for 50+ international “fast-track” and "high potential" consultants to provide a “mini-MBA.”  I managed a staff of five within the HR organization to coordinate all participant operations and logistics including HR, travel, visas, legal issues, and lodging costs for participants from the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Reduced costs in second year by 50% through strategic negotiations.I coordinated with others on the Global HR Team to research, develop, and promote new training courses.

Accenture

Global Training Manager

Provided guidance to C-suite executives of leading healthcare (including UnitedHealthcare, Kaiser Permanente, Group Health) and consumer products companies (including Levi-Strauss & Company) in the development of corporate strategies and implementation plans.  Project manager for 3- to 9-month highly complex projects with multiple stakeholders, requiring sensitivity and confidentiality. Highlights of client engagements include:• Health Futures Forum, Singapore – Researched and designed educational materials for a conference of prominent worldwide healthcare executives and policy makers for presentation in Singapore.   • Kaiser Permanente. North Bay - Redesigned the delivery of patient care on the medical-surgical units of three hospitals. Managed cross-functional stakeholders comprising 40 clinical and managerial personnel, including nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians, and accounting staff. Determined optimal patient-to-staff ratios through interviews and detailed financial analysis.  Developed and monitored multi-million dollar budget for hospital transformation program. Created implementation plans that lead to a 10% reduction in total costs in the first year.  • Levi-Strauss & Company, San Francisco - Developed communication strategy and materials used in a major corporate transition.  Coached senior staff to counsel employees on new career progression issues.

Manager - Strategy

- Conducted benchmarking study of Fortune 500 training practices to enhance salesforce productivity.  • Interviewed salespeople in the field to determine processes for learning about newly released semiconductor products in a rapidly- changing market.  Recommended adoption of new technologies that enabled rapid access to information and increased salesforce job satisfaction an average of 20% across sales territories.

Intel

Performance Technology Analyst

- Conceived, produced, and marketed management training programs for global companies including ARCO, IBM, GE, Keebler, and Procter & Gamble. Topics included time management and project management. • Trained a nationwide salesforce of over 50 on newly released products and enhancements.

Susan Bernstein, MBA PhD