Lisa Kwan

Background and Experience

From the very start of her career, Lisa ‘cut her professional teeth’ coaching clients from the world’s most respected companies. She was also rigorously and scientifically trained at some of the world’s best institutions. Coupled with her highly pragmatic nature, these foundations shaped Lisa into a coach who’s known among clients for her unique strengths in evidence-based solutions, and as described by relieved executives, “[her] ability to quickly separate the wheat from the chaff” no matter the situation. Lisa’s been an executive coach at Harvard Business School for 8+ years in their senior executive education programs and also coaches directly for companies and executives. She works with senior leaders (e.g., chairmen, CEOs, SVPs, founders, GMs, VPs etc.) and ‘high potential’ leaders. Industries span technology, professional services, financial services, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and beyond. Lisa uses multiple methods to identify root causes and hidden patterns that hinder personal and company results.

Lisa is also a collaboration consultant and thought leader. Her consulting and award-winning research focus on barriers to organizational change and effectiveness, specializing in bridging siloed units, and identifying what leaders commonly miss when attempting to foster collaborations. Lisa prioritizes highly leverageable insights and interventions that lead to outsized improvements. She speaks to executive audiences, ranging 90-350 people, on these topics. Lisa’s also taught internationally and domestically, including at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Author, The Collaboration Blind Spot. Harvard Business Review, feature print article, “Best of Issue.”

Author, A Model of Territory Management Among Groups. Best Paper Proceedings Academy of Mgmt.

Author, Managing Creativity at Shanghai Tang (TN). Harvard Business School Case 411-026.

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

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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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