Nominated for special recognition by Queen Elizabeth II for Australia’s highest Award

The Order of Australia.

Best non-fiction book, Book Publicists of Southern California

IRWIN Award

Professional Development, American Society of Training and Development, Los Angeles 

Director

 American Society of Training and Development, Los Angeles

Board of Directors

Minor Fields: Organizational Development, Leadership, Communications, Marketing, Organizational Administration

Minor Fields: Human Development, Leadership, Industrial Psychology

UCLA Custom Programs Instructor

American Society of Training and Development

USA
Director of Professional Development and Board member
American Society of Training and Development

Los Angeles 

Optimal Thinking Leader Networking Group at 
LinkedIn.com  (Founder)

Institute of Management Consultants

USA
Institute of Management Consultants

Provides training to optimize - not just improve or manage - individual thinking, productivity, organizational culture and performance. International best-selling author of Optimal Thinking (Wiley 7 printings, and in 16 languages), hailed by academia and the media as "the successor to positive thinking" and "the essential ingredient for best practices, personal, interpersonal, and organizational optimization." 

Clients include Young Presidents' Organization, Warner Bros., BP, Johnson & Johnson, U.S. Army, Internal Revenue Service, UCLA, California State University, (School of Business Admin),  National Australia Bank, Smithsonian Associates, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Australian Institute of Management, Mensa, Delta Air Lines and Air New Zealand.

Founder of OptimalThinking.com and President of The World Academy of Personal Development Inc., a Los Angeles, California optimization training and consulting firm (established in 1985). Creator of Optimal Thinking 360 Online Assessment and numerous optimization resources.  

Expert witness in leadership development and cognitive analysis, and founder of The Optimal Thinking Leader Networking Group on LinkedIn. Served as the Director of Professional Development for the American Society for Training & Development in Los Angeles.

Recipient of the "Woman of the Year" award for National Business Women's Week in Hollywood, and nominated for special recognition by Queen Elizabeth II for Australia's highest award, The Order of Australia.

Born in Melbourne, Australia, and lives in Los Angeles. After studying Pharmacy, began career as a high school science teacher. Taught high school certificate Physics and Chemistry and became Chair of the Science Department. Worked as international secondary information consultant, led multinational language consulting teams, prior to becoming a performance optimization consultant.

Earned a Teaching diploma, a degree in Business Administration, and a Ph.D. in Psychology.

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This optimization seminar focuses on creating a "Best Place to Work” environment where loyal employees don't rely on a pat on the back from management or a bonus at the end of the year to do their best. They have mastered consistent systemic optimization:  ask the best questions to invite the best solutions, make the most of the hands they are dealt, and implement the highest priorities. External incentives, recognition, and rewards are secondary, because they are optimally self-motivated.

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