Rebecca Turner

Background and Experience

Becky started her consulting career in Washington, D.C., There, she served government clients, such as the National Institutes of Health and Department of Health and Human Services. Since 2003, she has consulted to multiple leaders in diverse industries, including technology, finance, medical, real estate, wine, higher education, and art. She has worked with leaders at the senior director, vice president and C-suite levels. Earlier on, Becky worked as a research scientist doing work that was funded by various grants to study health risk behaviors and the neuroscience of stress at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. She subsequently taught organizational assessment, executive coaching, and team dynamics at the California School of Professional Psychology in San Francisco.

Becky is an expert at helping individual contributors make the transition from focusing on their own career to providing the right vision and culture for others to flourish and meet business objectives. She works with senior management and their teams to build trust and manage conflict effectively so that their collaborative efforts have a positive impact on the whole organization. She is known for getting results in extremely challenging situations.

Author, Delivering behavioral change with senior executives. Mastering Executive Coaching

Author, The case for eclecticism in executive coaching: Application to challenging assignments. Consulting Psychology Journal

Industry Experience:

Education
Financial Services
Government
Healthcare Services
Hospitality
Information Services
Media
Pharmaceuticals
Professional Services
Retail
Technology

Areas of Specialization

Assessment for Development
Communication: Executive Presence
Communication: Language
Conflict Resolution
Culture Change
DE&I: Women
Emotional Intelligence
Executive Coaching (Individual)
Influencing/Collaboration Skills
Leadership: Emerging
Leadership: Senior
Leadership: Private C-Suite
Surveys
Team Coaching/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

Rebecca Turner

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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