Erica Hoffman
Erica Hoffman is owner and president of The Symphony Group, an organization
development and leadership coaching practice founded in 2000. Erica brings
to The Symphony Group over 13 years of organization development, leadership
coaching and team coaching experience with clients in diverse industries.
Erica is committed to awakening the potential in others and expanding choice and
possibility in their lives. Erica has coached all levels of the workforce,
from senior executives to individual contributors. She has a proven record
of helping clients become better communicators and achieve a greater sense of
purpose and balance in their lives. Erica has a passion for experiential
learning and has created high-impact learning opportunities for her clients in
unique venues such as sailing on the Chesapeake Bay and building a Habitat for
Humanity house. Erica has expertise designing and delivering large-scale
leadership development and culture change programs for her client organizations.
Erica's client list includes Aramark, Arinc, Habitat for Humanity of the
Chesapeake, Northrop Grumman, Marriott, USinternetworking, Vision Technology
Services, among others. Erica holds a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from
James Madison University and two graduate certificates in both Organization
Development and Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University. She is a
member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Carol Graser
Carol has a passion for discovering the
untapped potential in people and organizations. Carol has
held leadership positions in IBM, HP, Marriott and
Caterair. She brings creative and innovative
approaches and insight gained through these experiences to
executive coaching, leadership development and
transformation.
Examples of her impact:
- Led the organization design and
culture strategy for a start-up organization inside a
major corporation.
- Led Change Management for a
multi-year cross-divisional strategic initiative
- Designed intranet portals to support
strategic change initiatives
- Designed and developed leadership
training programs and executive coaching programs
- Provided executive coaching to
clients across many industries
Clients
Carol has coached individuals or consulted
on leadership and transformation in the following companies:
IBM Business Consulting Services, IBM Almaden Research, IMS
Health, Merck, Capital One, Nissan, ING, P&G, McDonald’s,
Allianz, JP Morgan Chase, Lockheed-Martin, AT&T, State of
Michigan, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Towers-Perrin, TXU,
University of Maryland, US Naval Academy, Pathmark Stores,
Essroc, Singapore Ministry of Defense, Anne Arundel Medical
Center, The International Center for Missing and Exploited
Children, the DC Cultural Tourism Committee, and the Family
Institute for HIV Aids.
Education and Faculty Positions
MBA
University of Maryland
BA International Relations,
School of International Service,
American University,
Washington, D.C.
Executive Coaching. Graduate
of Georgetown University Leadership Coaching Certification
Program.
Faculty positions:
A member of the adjunct faculty in the University of
Maryland MBA program, teaching Leadership Development and
Organizational Change Management. Adjunct faculty at
Georgetown University in the Leadership Coaching
Certification Program.
Beth Bloomfield
Beth is an experienced certified executive coach, strategic
consultant, and senior executive whose clients
include leaders in the business, non-profit, and
public sectors. With 25 years of federal government
experience, 12 of those as a Senior Executive, she
brings a wide range of leadership experience and a
proven track record as a manager of operating
components in large, complex organizations.
Beth has earned the distinction of Professional Certified
Coach (PCC) from the International Coach Federation,
the premier international professional organization
for coaches, and she currently serves on the faculty of the
Georgetown University Leadership Coaching
Certificate Program .
She is also a Certified Management Consultant (CMC),
the mark of excellence among management consulting
professionals, awarded by the Institute of
Management Consultants. Beth is trained in
instructional design and technique, facilitation
skills, human performance improvement, and Baldrige
quality methodologies, and is a certified
practitioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory, as
well as other assessment instruments.
She has
coached and consulted for
senior executives and
leaders in organizations,
specializing in strategic
planning and systems
thinking, organizational
assessment, and executive
and leadership development.
She has pioneered the
introduction of leadership
coaching programs into
organizations. Beth brings
to her executive coaching
practice the perspective of
a strong leader in
customer-focused,
results-driven,
entrepreneurial
organizations, with
far-reaching vision and
well-honed "emotional IQ" to
inspire and motivate
people. She is a strong
advocate and practitioner of
collaborative work, and her
approach to coaching is to
build a solid partnership in
support of the client's
learning and the
organization's strategic
objectives. Executive
coaching clients appreciate
her keen intellect and sharp
analytical abilities,
coupled with exceptional
coaching, consulting,
presentation, and writing
skills. Beth has
extensive experience in
strategic forecasting and
scenario planning, as well
as in designing and
implementing major system
change. She works
inclusively with managers,
workforce, customers, and
stakeholders to create clear
vision, viable transition
plans, and performance
tracking systems.
She has
facilitated senior-level
planning sessions and focus
groups at all levels,
conducted seminars and
workshops for leaders of
change, and has coached
leadership teams engaged in
organizational
transformation. Beth
graduated from Barnard
College and earned a
master's degree from
Columbia University. She
completed executive
education programs at
Harvard University and
professional certification
programs at George Mason
University.
She
trained as a coach with the
Newfield Network,
recognized internationally
as one of the premier
coaches training programs.
Beth has been recognized
repeatedly for her
professional excellence, and
she is a member of the
International Coach
Federation and the Institute
for Management Consultants.
Beth has
published numerous articles
and is an experienced
speaker, and she regularly
presents at workshops and
conferences. She is
available to write for
publications or to speak to
groups on a range of
management, executive, and
leadership development
topics.
Clarice Scriber
Clarice Scriber, draws on more than 25
years of experience in financial
services and the media in her work with
senior level executives. In addition to
coaching executives to deliver excellent
results, Clarice works with leaders to
help them enhance their interpersonal
and presentation skills. As such, she
leverages a decade of work as a
speechwriter, years as a professor of
speech communication, and her
considerable experience in media and
public relations. Clarity’s clients
include executives in the corporate,
government and nonprofit arenas. For the
past three years, Clarice has served on
the faculty of the
Georgetown University Leadership Coaching Program, where she trains
and supervises prospective coaches.
Clarice believes that leaders must find
their voice and leadership style that
work within the parameters of their
organizations. As a coach and
consultant, Clarice works with clients
to assist them in maximizing their
strengths and identifying ways to use
them to reach their goals. Her coaching
enables executives and their teams gain
clarity and alignment around their
organizations missions and values so
that they can implement a strategy that
supports the overall’s company’s goals
and objectives. It is her belief that
to perform over time with stellar
results, executives must find balance
and live in integrity with their
values. As such, she works in tandem
with clients to help them demonstrate
mastery, and to acquire the leadership
style that energizes them and motivates
others.
Prior to creating her coaching practice,
Clarice was an executive coach at Fannie
Mae, where she coached senior executives
and also designed and managed the
company’s leadership development
programs for senior leaders and high
potential managers. Before becoming a
coach, Clarice was an executive speech
writer for Fannie Mae’s Office of the
Chairman. Earlier in her career she was
Information Services Manager for a top
20 network-affiliated televisions
station. In that position, she was
responsible for crafting and
communicating the organization’s message
to national press and local media.
Clarice earned her
coaching certification through the
New Ventures West Professional
Coaching Course. She holds a Masters of
Science degree in Clinical Psychology
from Loyola College in Baltimore (1997),
and a Masters of Arts degree in
Communications from The Annenberg School
of Communications, University of
Pennsylvania (1976). She earned her
undergraduate degree in French from (the
former) Morgan State College in 1971.
She is qualified in the Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator, the FIRO-B, Baron EQ-i,
(Emotional Intelligence), Benchmarks,
360 Custom By Design, and she has worked
with the Leadership Profile Inventory.
Paul Tesluk
Paul Tesluk is Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Organizational
Behavior and Human Resource Management, Chair of the
Department of Management and Organization, which is
currently rated as one of the top five management
departments in the world in research productivity and
scholarly impact, and Co-Director of the Center for Human
Capital, Innovation and Technology (HCIT). His research
focuses on strategies to enhance team effectiveness and
innovation, the assessment and development of management and
leadership talent, and organizational culture and climate in
organizations transitioning to high-involvement workplace
systems. He has published dozens of articles and book
chapters on these topics and has received awards from the
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology for his
research on work team effectiveness and work experience and
leadership development. He is currently on the editorial
boards of several of the leading academic journals in the
management field. Paul is also a Fellow of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He has worked with
a number of private and public sector organizations in both
research and consulting capacities and his research has been
supported by agencies such as the National Science
Foundation and the National Institutes for Health.
Primary Research Areas
Issues impacting work team
effectiveness including development of managerial talent and
human capital through the use of work experiences and
implications for organizations and career development
Selected Publications
Dragoni. L, Tesluk, P.E.,
Russell, J.E.A., & Oh, I.S. (in press). Understanding
managerial development: Integrating developmental
assignments, learning orientation and access to
developmental opportunities in predicting managerial
competencies. Academy of Management Journal.
Marrone, J.A., Tesluk, P.E.,
& Carson, J.B., (2007). A multilevel investigation of the
antecedents and consequences to team member boundary
spanning. Academy of Management Journal, 50:
1423-1439.
Gupta, A.K., Tesluk., P.E., &
Taylor, M.S. (2007). Innovation at and across multiple
levels of analysis. Organization Science, 18:
885-897. [Introduction to Special Issue on Innovation at and
Across Multiple Levels of Analysis; Served as Co-Guest
Editor]
Carson, J.B., Tesluk, P.E., &
Marrone, J.A. (2007). Shared leadership in teams: An
investigation of antecedent conditions and performance.
Academy of Management Journal, 50: 1217-1234.
Quigley, N., Tesluk, P.E.,
Bartol, K.M., & Locke, E.A. (2007). A multilevel
investigation of the motivational mechanisms underlying
knowledge sharing and performance. Organization Science,
18: 71-88
Kirkman, B.L., Rosen, B.,
Gibson, C.B., and Tesluk, P., & McPherson, S. (2002). Five
challenges to virtual team success: Lessons from Sabre, Inc.
Academy of Management Executive, 16(3), 67-79.
Takeuchi, R., Yun, S., Tesluk,
P.E. (2002). An examination of crossover and spillover
effects of spouse's and expatriate's cross-cultural
adjustment on expatriate outcomes. Journal of Applied
Psychology, 87, 655-666.
Kirkman, B.L., Tesluk, P.E.,
& Rosen, B. (2001). Alternative methods of assessing
team-level variables: comparing the predictive power of
aggregation and consensus methods. Personnel Psychology,
54, 645-667.
Tesluk, P. E., & Mathieu, J.
E. (1999). "Overcoming road blocks to effectiveness:
Incorporating management of performance barriers into models
of work group effectiveness.", Journal of Applied
Psychology, 84, 200-217
Tesluk, P. E., & Jacobs, R.
J. (1998). "Toward an integrated model of work experience.",
Personnel Psychology, 51, 321-355.
Honors and Awards
Olian Summer Research Award,
Robert H. Smith School of Business (2003)
William A. Owens Scholarly
Achievement Award - presented by the Society for
Industrial-Organizational Psychology for the best
publication in the field appearing during the past full year
(1998)
S. Rains Wallace Dissertation
Research Award - presented by the Society for
Industrial-Organizational Psychology to the author of the
best dissertation in the field
Fellow,
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Consulting Work
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Leadership Development
-
Organizational transitions
to high-involvement work practices
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Work team design and
performance
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Organizational climate and
performance
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Performance management and
reward system design
Steve Kullback
Steve Kullback is an
executive
coach and
global
leadership
development
consultant
with more
than 15
years
working with
leaders who
share common
goals such
as
organizational
excellence,
leadership
effectiveness
and personal
fulfillment.
In addition
to being a
seasoned
executive
and
entrepreneur
and a
management
consultant,
Steve is an
experienced
facilitator
and trainer
with
expertise in
human
dynamics and
business
strategy.
Steve
specializes
in working
with
high-performing
teams and
individuals
who are
managing
business-critical
strategic
initiatives
as well as
leaders who
are making
transitions
in their
work and
personal
lives. In
addition,
Steve has
skills that
position him
to help
multinational
organizations
and
professionals
reach new
levels of
achievement,
having
managed a
global
executive
leadership
program and
lived and
worked in
Asia, Europe
and
Australia.
The
fundamental
principles
of Steve's
coaching
style are
authenticity,
truth and
empowerment.
He operates
as a partner
who listens
to
understand
his clients'
perspectives
and needs,
then calls
on his
experience
to ask
difficult
questions
and to
provide
thoughtful
input with
the
objective of
enabling
clients to
develop
their own
solutions.
Steve is
empathetic
and
understanding
in his
approach,
but speaks
the truth in
a way that
challenges
clients to
reach deep
and emerge
with
effective,
self-sustaining
outcomes.
Before
starting his
own
practice,
Steve worked
at
PricewaterhouseCoopers
as a
Director. He
was an early
member of
the
management
team of
Genesis
Park, a
best-in-class
global
leadership
development
program,
where he
developed
and expanded
this
initiative.
He coached
teams and
individuals
from more
than 40
countries to
effectively
build
high-performing
teams to
lead in
multi-cultural
environments
and global
markets.
While a
member of
the
management
consulting
practice at
PwC, Steve
partnered
with Fortune
100
companies
and
government
agencies to
develop
effective
strategies
and improve
performance.
He also
served as a
staff
advisor to
PwC's Global
Managing
Partner for
Operations
(COO),
focusing on
restructuring
global
operations.
Prior to
joining PwC,
Steve
founded and
was
President of
Pacifica
Vietnam, a
consulting
firm
specializing
in helping
clients
enter
Southeast
Asian
markets. His
company was
featured in
Fortune
Magazine in
1996.
Steve
received his
master's
degree in
International
Management
from the
University
of
California,
San Diego,
where he was
a Ryoichi
Sasakawa
Young
Leaders
Fellow (SLYFF).
He has a
bachelor's
degree from
Wesleyan
University.
Steve is a
Professional
Certified
Coach (ICF)
and earned
his
leadership
coaching
certificate
from
Georgetown
University.
He is
qualified
with the
Myers Briggs
Type
Indicator (MBTI)
and is a
certified
Action
Learning
Coach (WIAL
- pending).
Alicia Rodriguez
Alicia is
driven by a natural
curiosity about what is
possible. She offers her
intuition, imagination and
keen sensibilities combined
with twenty years of
business experience to work
with current and emerging
leaders and entrepreneurs.
Her clients know Alicia as a
“wisdom partner” for her
ability to tap their
inherent wisdom and to
cultivate breakthrough
thinking within themselves
and in their organizations.
Her forté lies in her
ability to create forums for
meaningful dialogue that
generate shifts in personal
leadership and
organizational alignment.
She is a catalyst for
unfolding conversations at
the deepest level. Alicia
combines her expertise in
leadership development,
experiential learning and a
whole systems approach to
guide her clients to
innovative thinking that
results in higher levels of
personal and organizational
agility and resilience. She
achieves sustainable and
generative results from
building leadership into
multiple levels in the
organization. As President
of Sophia Associates, Inc.
she has worked with C-level
executives to develop talent
in their organizations. She
was chosen to coach
executives at The Notre Dame
Executive MBA Program. Her
coaching often focuses on
cultivating a leader’s
ability to make decisions in
the face of ambiguity, to
manage competing commitments
and to develop the skills to
build collaborative
relationships
cross-culturally. She is
certified in several
assessment tools including
the cutting edge individual
and group profile from The
Leadership Circle™. Her
association with The Full
Circle Group allows her to
engage organizations in deep
leader development within
the context of a business
relevant conversation.
Alicia has worked with
individuals and teams in
such industries as financial
services, technology,
hospitality, real estate
development, and health care
and in both for-profit and
non-profit settings. Clients
include: Freddie Mac, Sodexo,
the Executive MBA Program at
Notre Dame, National
Cooperative Bank,
International Finance
Corporation/World Bank, Anne
Arundel Medical Center,
International Center for
Research on Women, Guidestar,
Anne Arundel Community
College Foundation,
Chesapeake Bay Environmental
Center, Hospice of the
Chesapeake, and the YWCA.
She has also worked in the
government sector in
agencies such as Customs and
Border Patrol, NASA/Goddard
Space Flight Center, Naval
Surface Warfare Center/Carderock
and for government
contractors such as Northrop
Grumman, Navy Federal Credit
Union and ARINC. Alicia is
also founding member of
makeaseen, a creative house
of the brightest minds
focused on delivering high
impact visibility for
organizations using emerging
technologies and innovative
thinking. makeaseen works
primarily with social
entrepreneurs to gain
visibility and influence
issues of significance
through multi-media. Alicia
provides Open Space
Technology facilitation for
makeaseen clients to tap
inherent creativity and
generate new ideas to help
businesses grow.
John O'Brien
John O'Brien combines his experience as a behavioral scientist, teacher and football coach with his profound knowledge of experiential
learning. A true pioneer in his chosen field, John believes passionately in the power of experiential wisdom and wants to infuse it in those
leaders who have the greatest influence in the world of business and their communities. John's early career in academia was followed
by research and development in the field of experiential learning, working as Education Policy Fellow at the National Institute of Education
and Regional Director for Laser Leadership Inc. A graduate of Princeton and Johns Hopkins Universities, John's degree work is in
psychology, learning theory and motivation. He has been a keynote speaker, seminar leader and high performance coach for over
50,000 managers and executives.
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