Sandra Martinez, Ph.D., PCC

Background and Experience

For 20 years, Sandra has consulted in the areas of scenario planning, leadership development, and organizational culture and change. Since 2007, she has successfully coached senior leaders in national security, healthcare, pharma, technology, finance, manufacturing, and consumer product companies. She also offers support to grass roots leaders to serve their communities more effectively.

Early in her career, as an entrepreneur in the arts, Sandra managed the commissions of public sculpture and organized exhibitions of contemporary art. After earning a doctorate in business administration, she served as adjunct faculty and a researcher with the GLOBE project at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. While in Philadelphia, she was a senior associate of Decision Strategies International, a leader in scenario planning. Later in 2007, called upon by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, she served as the defense transformation chair on the faculty of the U.S. Army War College where she designed curriculum, taught, and coached senior leaders in national security. She also collaborated with her counterparts in other professional military institutions to forge relationships with international security partners to improve leadership development for security leaders globally. She has published and presented internationally on effective leadership in complex and uncertain environments.

Industry Experience:

Consumer Products
Education
Financial Services
Government
Healthcare Services
Information Services
Manufacturing
Pharmaceuticals
Technology

Education and Training

Ph.D., Business Administration, New Mexico State University
M.A., International Management & Ibero-American Studies, University of New Mexico

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

Sandra Martinez, Ph.D., PCC

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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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