Arthur Resnikoff, Ph.D., Principal Consultant

Arthur has worked in the areas of Individual Leadership/Executive Development, Prehire Assessment, Team Building, Talent Management and Succession Planning since 1995. He held the position as Principal Consultant and Practice Leader in both Leadership Development and Prehire Assessment at Hagberg Consulting Group (HCG) from July 1995-April 2004, when he began his own company. Since 1995, he has worked individually with over 600 executives, mostly VP level and above. He has assessed, in a Prehire process, over 500 executives from CEO through Director level in a variety of different industries. He has developed knowledge of various industries and functions to better understand the workplace and its challenges for those individuals with whom he works. The combination of behavioral science, management experience, and industry knowledge allows him to be able to make seasoned insights that have impact.

Arthur has an avid interest and demonstrated expertise in the field of peak performance. He has worked extensively with highly driven amateur, professional, and Olympic athletes, and has consulted with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra on issues involving stress and stage fright management

In the area of executive coaching, Arthur uses approaches in dealing with maximum performance, which originate in sports psychology. He helped the Coors Skydiving Team win the national and international eight-person skydiving titles in 1984. He also worked with the Loyola-Marymount NCAA basketball team when they were the highest scoring collegiate team in the nation during the 89-91 seasons.

Dr. Resnikoff has contributed to a number of articles on a variety of topics affecting a company's business.

Associates:

David Mitchell, Ph.D.

David Mitchell, Ph.D. has been a corporate psychologist for many years. His wide-ranging experience has helped him in his work in leadership development – professor of psychology at Central Oklahoma State University, CEO of a software company which he developed and sold, as well as a land developer and home builder. He has worked with a number of companies as a consultant in the areas of leadership development, executive strength assessment, and development of training programs in various competencies.

His approach to leadership development uses his understanding of one's strengths and how those strengths may provide constraints as one's responsibilities increase.

Harly Neumann, Ph.D.

Dr. Neumann has held several human resource positions including Vice President of Human Resources. In addition, he has worked for a number of management consulting firms in the San Francisco area. His focus has been leadership development, pre-hire assessments, and human resource management.

Harly is known for his relaxed but straightforward style. He has an ability to quickly identify the root cause of an issue and suggest pragmatic solutions.

Academically, he conducted graduate research in leadership self-awareness and corporate behavioral integrity and presented at national conferences on topics such as corporate culture and change. He has taught courses in organizational behavior and psychology. Clinically, Dr. Neumann is a trained psychologist and completed his clinical internship at the University of California, Berkeley.

Harly holds both a Masters and Ph.D. degree from Stanford University and is a Fulbright Scholar.

Gary Richardson, M.S. (Org. Devp.)

Gary Richardson offers 30+ years experience in general line management, consulting, coaching, and training. His consulting practice is focused on working with senior leaders of corporations to help them construct a viable business strategy

He is a seasoned trainer in group experiential learning: planning and problem-solving skills, performance management, effective communication, interpersonal skills, team development, organizational systems, leadership and motivation, culture issues, facilitation skills, outdoor challenges, and organization development. He is currently on the external faculty of NYU, Cornell University, and Cal State Sacramento. Gary is also a columnist for a bio-tech newsletter that has a distribution of 6,000 to select bio-tech and venture capital companies.

As a line manager, Gary has been responsible for running organizations of several hundred employees and budgets in excess of $48 million. Gary holds an MA in Management from Webster University in St. Louis.