Jen Goldman-Wetzler
Speaker & Expert on Conflict and Organizational Psychology / Executive Coach at Columbia Business School
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Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler, a leading expert on conflict and organizational psychology, is founder and CEO of Alignment Strategies Group, and author of OPTIMAL OUTCOMES: Free Yourself from Conflict at Work, at Home, and in Life (HarperBusiness, 2020), selected as a Financial Times Book of the Month. For two decades, she has advised senior leaders at global corporations in a wide range of industries as well as at large non-profit and governmental institutions.
In the corporate arena, Jennifer helps CEOs and their teams achieve optimal organizational health and growth, specializing in innovative technology, healthcare, and financial and professional services companies. She has served clients including: CSC, IBM, Intel, athenahealth, Novartis, Oscar Health Insurance, Oxeon, Roche, Barclays, GE Capital, Moody’s, Cornerstone Research, Lexis Nexis, Navigant, and KPMG.
In the public sector, she enables leaders and their teams to optimize organizational impact at institutions including: Jazz at Lincoln Center, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, The New School, Oxfam America, and the United Nations.
As a keynote speaker, Jennifer inspires audiences of all kinds, spanning Google and TEDx, to Harvard and Columbia University, where for the past decade she has served as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Organization and Leadership and taught a popular course on conflict freedom. She also coaches global business and government leaders in the Executive Education Program at Columbia Business School.
Earlier in her career, she was Director of Negotiation Programs at Mediation Works Incorporated, and a facilitator at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
In addition to Jennifer’s new book, Optimal Outcomes, she has also written the book Emotions in Long-Term Conflict (2014). Her work has been featured in The Financial Times, Forbes, Inc., MarketWatch, Success Magazine, The Washington Times, The New York Post, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, Fast Company, Fortune, and many others. She currently writes the Achieving Conflict Freedom column at Psychology Today.
A former counterterrorism research fellow with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, she received her B.A. with honors from Tufts University and holds a Ph.D. in Social-Organizational Psychology from Columbia University.
Videos
Finding Brave 112: How To Free Yourself from Conflict, with Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler
Free Yourself When Conflict Resolution Fails | Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler | TEDxChelseaPark
Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler | Optimal Outcomes
Searching for optimal outcomes with @JGoldmanWetzler on #FutureofWork #Work2dot0 #Podcast
How to Free Yourself From Conflict With Better Habits
Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler - Optimal Outcomes - Bregman Leadership Podcast
Mastering Conflict | Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler | Talks at Google
People First! Jen Goldman-Wetzler, Free Yourself From Conflict!
Build your Courage muscle, Conflict resolution and counter-terrorism! - Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler
Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler, Free Yourself From Conflict at Work, at Home, and in Life
The Heartbeat Interview - Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler, Author, Founder, CEO: Alignment Strategies Group
▷ 🔴JENNIFER GOLDMAN-WETZLER, PH.D. | OPTIMAL OUTCOMES | EPISODE #142
Optimal Outcomes: Solve the Unsolvable – Even Without the Other Side’s Cooperation
Free Yourself from Conflict: Jen Goldman-Wetzler on Plant Yourself
You are Both RIGHT: Managing Conflict in Times of Crisis
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