Yaron Prywes

Yaron Prywes, Ph.D.

 SUMMARY STATEMENT

Yaron Prywes is a consulting psychologist who works with individuals, teams, and organizations to enhance collaboration and achieve excellence. He coaches leaders, trains groups, and facilitates change in a variety of industries including international non-profit, technology and governmental agencies. Yaron is an expert in the science that supports effective coaching and leadership development. He also adds value with his knowledge of conflict resolution and collaborative communication. To support his work, Yaron co-created LeaderNation, a web-based leadership development portal that deploys customized 360 degree feedback surveys.

SELECT COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

•  International Law Firm. Conducted a 2-year evaluation of a coaching program for an international law firm finding evidence that coaching, (1) enhanced self-awareness of strengths and weaknesses, (2) enhanced job satisfaction, and (3) improved communication skills.
• Global Humanitarian Crisis Organization. Facilitated a 3-day training program to equip managers to read and conduct coaching conversations involving staff 360 degree feedback reports.
• Global Maternal Health Fund. Coached a technical specialist to develop negotiation skills and “managing up” strategy.
• Borough Manager. Coached chief executive of a municipal government as she led a major change management initiative that balanced numerous stakeholder interests including elected officials. 
• Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. Coached director who was managing conflict between his operators and maintenance staff.
• International Technology Company. Helped CEO and founder of an international technology company to increase awareness of how his strengths and weaknesses were impacting his executive team, as well as the culture of his 200+ employee organization.  
• Community Mental Health Center. Coached executive director to increase awareness of how his personal role definition both supported and limited his ability to meet the organization’s demands placed on him.
• American Learning Organization. Evaluated the effectiveness of a coaching technique called goal attainment scaling by providing coaching to 50 participants including a control group. Findings indicated that participants who received coaching performed approximately 30% better than those who did not, after goal difficulty was accounted for.

SELECT TRAINING & FACILITATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Global Organization of Countries. Continually delivered collaborative communications program for hundreds of United Nations professional staff over the past four years in various duty stations worldwide including Nairobi, Geneva and New York.
• International Technology Company. Co-facilitated a series of 9 monthly sessions for mid-level managers to enhance their ability to collaborate effectively across functions including sales, IT, analytics, and inventory
• Commercial Construction Company. Assisted the creation and launch of a tailored 360 degree feedback instrument for the executive team of one of the largest and fastest growing grading and pavement maintenance companies in the country.
• International Children Advocacy Organization.  Conducting an evaluation of the organization’s emerging talent initiative, which seeks to identify and groom high-potential professionals.
• Municipal Government. Conducting professional development training, which emphasized collaborative negotiation, for approximately 100 employees of a municipality including Police Chief and Directors of Utilities, Parks and Recreation, and Public Works.
• Non-Governmental Organization. Facilitated leadership development program for young adults around the world who lost a parent to politically motivated violence.
• Global Development Network.Helped facilitate gathering of hundreds of professional staff at an off-site retreat where live simulations helped the organization determine inefficiencies and best practices.

 RECENT PRESENTATIONS

• Keynote speaker.  Invited to present empirical coaching research findings to the Coaching Hudson Institute Conference in 2011.
• Radio appearances. Invited as a leadership expert on numerous radio stations in Chicago, Phoenix, and Memphis after co-authoring a self-help leadership development book.
• Associated press.Interviewed and photographed during live facilitation of Project Common Bond, an international gathering of 75 young adults from 15 countries who lost a parent due to politically motivated violence.
• Association for Psychological Type.Presentation to New York chapter regarding the intersection of 360 degree feedback and personality assessments in coaching conversations.  

PUBLICATIONS

• Research article (Columbia University, in press). Conducted coaching study titled, “Examining the effectiveness of Goal Attainment Scaling in a Coaching versus non-Coaching context.”
•  International Journal of Mentorship and Coaching (2012). Authored article titled, “Cognitive, Behavioral, and Affective Outcomes of a Coaching Program.”    
• Organizational Development Practitioner (2010). Authored award-winning article titled, “Organization History: Making the Construct Explicit in the Organization Change Literature.”
•  American Management Association (2007).Coauthored book titled, “The Nature of Leadership: Mammals, Reptiles and the Challenge of Becoming a Great Leader.”
• Greenwood Publishing (2007). Authored chapter titled, “Greenprints for Peacebuilding between Palestinians and Israelis.”

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

•  Center for Creative Leadership Adjunct Faculty (2012)
•  COLUMBIA UNIVERISTY, Ph.D. Social-Organizational Psychology (2011)
•  Certified 360 Degree Feedback Consultant (LeaderNation™ 2008)
•  Certified NBI™ Thinking Preferences Consultant (Global Insights 2008) 

PERSONAL

Yaron is an avid speed-chess player and is married to an Emmy-award winning singer. He was born in Jerusalem and his family lives in Tenafly, NJ.