Joanie Connell

Background and Experience

Dr. Joanie B. Connell is an organizational consultant, author, speaker, and leadership coach who is passionate about helping people maximize their leadership and personal potential. A former engineer, Joanie works especially well with technical leaders to develop people strategies to better manage their teams and build stronger relationships across functions and organizations.

Joanie has a wealth of consulting experience. She has consulted to Fortune 100 companies, small and medium sized businesses, non-profits, and the public sector. She has taught business and psychology students at the Rady School of Management in San Diego and the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. She developed and ran the Center for Executive Assessment (executive assessment center) at the Rady School of Management for 10 years.

Author: Consulting to Technical Leaders, Teams, and Organizations: Building Leadership in STEM Environments. 2022

Author: Flying without a Helicopter: How to Prepare Young People for Work and Life. 2015

Industry Experience:

Construction
Consumer Products
Education
Energy
Financial Services
Government
Healthcare Services
Information Services
Manufacturing
Media
Oil and Gas
Pharmaceuticals
Professional Services
Technology
Transportation

Areas of Specialization

Assessment for Development
Assessment for Selection
Career Planning
Change Management (Large Scale)
Communication: Executive Presence
Communication: Language
Communication: Presentation
Conflict Resolution
Culture Change
DE&I: Women
Emotional Intelligence
Executive Coaching (Individual)
I-O Psychology
Influencing/Collaboration Skills
Leadership: Emerging
Leadership: Senior
Leadership: Private C-Suite
Leadership: Public C-Suite
Onboarding
Organization Design/ Development/Effectiveness
Strategic Thinking/Planning
Surveys
Talent Functions (e.g. performance management succession planning etc.)
Team Coaching/Development
Training & Large Scale Facilitation (Group Education)
Whole Person Development

Your Success is Our Reward

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

The best athletes have coaches. As a CEO, I work with an executive coach from Berman Leadership to help me stay focused, help my team stay focused, help me communicate better, and help my team communicate better. I appreciate being able to bounce ideas off of them when I’m seeing issues from personnel to strategy. Their psychology based approach combined with business experience helps me navigate new problems and gives me great guidance for how to get from point A to point B when you don’t have a map.

CEO,
FinTech Software

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

Berman Leadership coaches make sure our leaders have a safe place to work through issues. Their coaches are highly intelligent, wonderful partners, who quickly get into a rhythm. I appreciate their flexible style and willingness to meet us in a place that works well for the organization.

Senior VP Human Resources,
Private Investment Firm

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

The coaches at Berman Leadership start with intelligence. I appreciate their ability to rapidly diagnose, then offer sets of solutions to choose from that are situationally appropriate for my organization. Their psychological insight and business experience across industry and across different levels of the organization is invaluable.

SVP Global Clinical R&D,
Pharmaceutical

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

Berman Leadership coaches are good at being able to strategize, manage a situation, and provide really good solutions. I appreciate their flexibility and the thoughtful, creative way that they bring insight into their advice. They find the right balance between what works for the individual and what the firm needs, and then marry them together.

Managing Director of HR,
Global Investment Bank

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

I trust the team at Berman Leadership to coach consistently with the organizational culture and business climate, and contextually with deep appreciation for the coache’s environmental challenges. Their incredibly deep approach, rooted in psychology, enables them to navigate incredibly complex and sensitive situations with our most senior folks.

Chief Talent Officer,
Vault50 Law Firm

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

I trust Berman Leadership to operate at the highest level. Their process starts off with clear goals and focuses on what we are trying to achieve from a business perspective. I appreciate their balance between business focus and a strong research mindset.

Chief Talent Officer,
Pharmaceutical Manufacturer

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

Every engagement I source, I look at the executive, the personality, the leadership, and the coach’s style, cadence, and approach to make sure they’re going to be the best fit. If I have a very senior executive in a critical, important role, I call on Berman Leadership for the high stakes assignment because the individual and the outcome are so important. I trust them to provide impact and seamlessly support cultural assimilation with their executive onboarding work because they understand our company so well.

VP HR,
Financial Services

Background and Experience

Industry Experience:

Areas of Specialization

Education and Training

Coaching Certifications:

Qualifications

Books

Berman Leadership Articles

Media Resources

Your Success is Our Reward

Your Success is Our Reward

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

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