Taking the Pulse: Organizational Mastery for Newly Appointed Leaders: A complete handbook for effective leadership transitions. A must f (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781463647377)

William F. Pilder, Ph.D. www.leadershiptransitions.net wpilder@leadershiptransitions.net 845.405.6408 Areas of Expertise -Senior Leadership Coaching -Leadership Transition -Team Coaching -Talent Retention -Competency Frameworks -360 degree Feedback William is an educator, an entrepreneur and a seasoned executive coach. He has been a founding partner in three entrepreneurial ventures, each related to providing career development and transition services to individuals and major corporations in a wide range of industries. In this context, he has been involved in major change management initiatives in the steel, energy and auto industries. He co-authored a series of eight books published by Prentice-Hall on the career transition process. William is experienced in the coaching of senior executives using competency frameworks and 360 degree feedback as an integral part of the coaching process. He has been coaching senior executives since 1975. In his coaching work, William emphasizes the importance of developing strengths rather than a focus on weaknesses. He is a skilled and intuitive listener with a great deal of business experience. He seeks to make the coaching experience one where executives find a place to confide, reflect and bring wisdom to their daily work life. As President of Leadership Transitions Solutions, William provides an innovative Leadership Transition Program to support managers in assuming new positions that combines coaching, interviewing and team development to insure successful integration of the new manager into an organizational unit. The Leadership Transition Program is supported by Dialogue(TM), a Web-based tool that generates valuable organizational intelligence for newly appointed leaders. William is a certified administrator for the Meyers Briggs Type Indicator and the Strategic Leadership Development 360 assessment instruments. William's undergraduate degree is from the University of Dayton. He has a Masters Degree and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University.