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"Marty Seldman is an exceptional psychologist who has coached most of our senior executives at one time or another. He gets rave reviews from all of his 'students', and is a valuable member of our extended team. The effect he has had on personal development for so many people is remarkable. He is truly gifted in that which he does."

Pete Bassi
President
Yum Global Restaurants

"Grounded in science and the experience of thousands of coaching engagements, the most powerful aspect of Marty's coaching is his ability to translate complex behaviors into practical understanding and concrete actions one can use every day to improve individual and group performance."

"After my first coaching session with Marty, I was able to apply the tools he provided my very first day back in the office. Now, three years later, he has continued to share new insights with me, and has worked with dozens of managers in our firm, raising the effectiveness of numerous individuals and groups within the organization."

E. Bernard
President
T. Rowe Price Investment Services

"Marty has been an essential resource in our leadership development efforts at BD for many years. He has coached and led executive development seminars for many of our most senior executives. At critical points in their careers, Marty has preventively coached many of our high potential leaders to help them prepare for key roles or to overcome major leadership challenges once in role. Marty has also been asked to intervene and work with key leaders who were already tumbling within a vicious cycle that threatened to lead to their derailment. Marty has helped save more than a few executive careers in our company."

"There are many people out there who profess to be executive coaches...Marty is the pro's pro. Highly skilled and a world expert in organizational and political savvy, Marty has earned the highest respect of our most senior leaders through his professionalism, effectiveness and ability to provide confidential and courageous counsel. Marty has my highest respect and is an invaluable leadership development resource for our organization."

Dr. Ed Betof
Vice President, Chief Learning Officer
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)

"I've dealt with many executive coaches over the course of my career--no one comes close to Marty Seldman in terms of skill and impact. Whether Seldman was coaching Pepsi's high potential talent or underperforming managers, his success rate in improving performance, motivation, and leadership effectiveness was staggeringly high."

Michael Feiner
Faculty Columbia Graduate School of Business
Author, "Feiner Points of Leadership"

"Marty's insights/perspectives have been invaluable over the last 15 years. He has been a key coach to help refine and develop my own leadership style while also helping our future leaders of tomorrow do the same. He demonstrates an uncanny ability to identify the areas of opportunity that are the difference between being a good leader and becoming a great one."

Eric Foss
President
The Pepsi Bottling Group, North America

"Marty has been a great business partner for the PBG Leadership Academy. His insights are spot on and actionable. His approach is high touch and instructive. The results have enhanced the careers of most participants, and our business performance. Participant's often ask for continued access. They have all become better leaders."

David Kasiarz
Vice President, Compensation and Organization Capacity
The Pepsi Bottling Group

"I think every leader who aspires to increase their overall effectiveness would be well served to work with an objective professional coach. My relationship with Marty Seldman has spanned nearly ten years and I have found his guidance and input to be effective, engaging and useful in every circumstance. He helped me to increase my organizational savvy and self-awareness. I'm a better leader for having worked with Marty."

Edward Ludwig
CEO
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)

"Marty has coached several of our senior executives with tremendous success. He is able to help executives clearly see the areas that hold them back from their full potential and implement a specific action plan that changes behavior and benefits both the executive and the Company. His methods are simple and practical, yet led to results that had a positive impact on our bottom line."

Michael Maroone
President, COO
AutoNation

"Its been several years since I went through my intensive with Marty, but many of the concepts he helped me with are in my tool kit today. Marty has a unique sense to be able to understand people's approach to relationships within the business setting. He provided valuable feedback/direction to me on how to alter my approach in different settings with different people who have different needs."

Matthew Rose
President, CEO
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad

"Marty Seldman possesses a wide range of high impact consulting skills. Marty's credibilty is greatly enhanced through his own real business experience. Marty has a unique ability to simplify seemingly complex issues and offer common sense solutions. I have been fortunate to have worked with Marty over the past 15 years in a wide variety of interventions. Marty has particular strength in dealing with cross-cultural issues, both in and outside of the USA. Individuals who attend Marty's 'Social Styles' coaching session consistently remark about the resulting improvement made in their interpersonal relationships. For broader audiences, the feedback and coaching seminar Marty offers is simple and concise. I am convinced that employing the skills learned about giving and receiving quality feedback from Marty's program are a business imperative. Marty has a 'practice what you preach' style. He is incredibly skilled at helping managers re-phrase feedback to deliver tough messages in a non-threatening, direct, and honest fashion. Marty is truly the best in his field."

Peter Smith
Senior Vice-President of Human Resources
Burger King

"Our firm has undergone a significant transformation over the past few years and Dr. Seldman has been an integral part of the process helping to assess key additions to our management team, and modifying leadership styles where increased levels of participative management have become an imperative for business success."

Manuel N. Sousa
Head of Human Resources, Partner
INVESCO

"I have had the pleasure of working with Marty Seldman to implement his program 'Encouraging Excellence: Evaluation, Feedback and Coaching Skills' with our management team. Marty is brilliant! He has an incredible ability to engage managers at all levels of our organization and help them to develop their feedback and coaching skills. Given his years of experience in executive coaching, he shares examples with our managers that 'hit home' and truly bring the skills to life. His expertise in the business world gives him immediate credibility and enables him to provide a direct link between the impact of 'people skills' and our bottom line business results."

Julie A. Staub
Director, Human Resources
AutoNation, Inc.

"Marty has done and excellent job, first helping me, then my key associates, to become more effective in understanding ourselves and developing better working relations with others. I have worked with Marty for over ten years now and I have found him to be an excellent partner in developing leaders among our top talents. His own experience with Asian culture was clearly a big plus when he works with my team."

Sam Su
President, Greater China
Yum Global Restaurants

Dr. Seldman's philosophy on leadership and the motivations of leaders is revolutionary. Through his unique style of executive coaching, he has amassed invaluable insight into the profiles of a diverse mix of leaders worldwide. Dr. Seldman has developed invaluable tools to assess leadership talent using highly successful behavioral predictors to anticipate key developmental areas and potential career derailers. Dr. Seldman's tools effectively arm current and future leaders with vital survival and performance skills to ensure their and their organization's success. Moreover, Dr. Seldman successfully coaches leaders on the "how to's" of effectively balancing a focus on increasing shareholder value with uncompromising organizational ethics in a global environment of cutthroat competition.

Dr. Seldman intimately understands that the greatest return-on-investment is not in technological advancements, command of the financial markets, or merely "building a better mousetrap", but rather in a chief executive's abilities in his/her role as "talent scout".

Jovita Thomas-Williams
Vice President, Human Resources
MGM Grand Detroit

"Marty is a terrific coach and counselor. He has a unique insight into both organizational dynamics and individual style. He understands the core of how to build effective leadership with integrity and passion."

Michael D. White
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Pepsico International

"Dr. Seldman is a rare resource in the arena of executive coaching and organizational development."

"His insights into individual behavior and interpersonal dynamics in the work place are stunningly crisp, revealing surprising root-cause social patterns that are often obfuscated. He fuses his deep analytical and broad practical knowledge with a vast array of diverse experiences."

"The results are usable solutions that lead to immediate self insight and clear actionable steps for personal and organizational improvement."

"I know first hand that he has helped hundreds of even the best performers take their game up to the next level of achievement."

Dennis Zeleny
Former Senior Vice President, Human Resources
DuPont



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