Jane Shure and Beth Weinstock have worked for over 30 years to promote growth and change in individuals, groups and organizations. Both have PhDs in Group Psychology and Organizational Dynamics and are seasoned psychotherapists with a deep understanding of personality, motivation, perception and relationship. Their partnership has focused on designing and facilitating programs that help clients build self-esteem, strengthen their confidence at home and in the workplace and find personal fulfillment.
Beth and Jane’s workshops and trainings have served diverse client systems that include universities, corporations, non-profits, law firms and a myriad of healthcare and educational institutions. Their published writing brings shared wisdom to a wide range of audiences. They each write for the Huffington Post and are on the faculty of the Athena Leadership Lab at Barnard College (New York City), the Kripalu Center (Stockbridge, MA) and formerly at the Omega Institute (Rhinebeck, NY).
About Beth
Beth Weinstock is known for her powerful blend of academic and professional training mixed with practical wisdom. As an executive coach and organizational consultant, she has helped clients create clear vision, clarify roles, set goals, establish values, map strategy, build high performance teams, manage conflict, teach communication skills and facilitate multiple forms of leadership development. Her work is always tailored to the client and the particular situation, its historical evolution, current context, stated needs and financial realities.
Beth believes that good consulting outcomes involve a delicate balance between tightly choreographed interventions and room for the client, or work system, to find its own way. Creative facilitation, whether a one-hour meeting or a five-day retreat, needs a beginning, middle and end, all guided by clear goals and desired outcomes. She hopes that the consulting process is spiced with a little fun, and that her clients feel renewed and self-appreciating when the work is done.
Beth believes that assessment and feedback are essential parts of a meaningful coaching/consulting process as we don’t always see our own best gifts and talents, or our areas that may need improvement. She is certified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory, the most widely used and most reliable personality inventory, and also the “Tilt 360″ strength-based feedback assessment. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, has taught at universities on both coasts and founded Women’s LeadershipWorks, a non-profit organization committed to fostering young women’s success in the work place.
Beth has a PhD in Group Psychology and Organizational Dynamics from Temple University, a Masters in Counseling Psychology from California State University at Hayward, a Masters in American History from Columbia University and a Bachelor degree from the University of Wisconsin. She is coauthor of the book chapters “Executive Coaching to Support Doctoral Role Transitions and Promote Leadership Consciousness” in Role Development for Doctoral Advanced Nursing Practice and “Shame, Compassion, and the Journey Toward Health” (with Jane Shure) in Effective Clinical Practice in the Treatment of Eating Disorders: The Heart of the Matter and coauthor of the journal articles “The Benefits of a Leadership Program and Executive Coaching for New Nursing Academic Administrators: One College’s Experience”* and “The Hidden Challenges in Role Transitions and How Leadership Coaching Can Help New Leaders Find Solid Ground.”
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About Jane
Jane Shure is nationally recognized as an expert on bolstering resilience and self-confidence. Her keen power of observation, timing and ability to communicate with clarity and compassion makes her an excellent coach and group facilitator. She is known for her ability to help people identify their strengths, recognize and manage emotions, overcome resistance to change and mobilize forward movement. One of her greatest strengths as a coach is her ability to help highly skilled and capable people develop greater awareness of the ways they undermine their efforts. Jane recognizes that there are many types of automatic and patterned thoughts that influence how people define and interpret what’s happening in a given situation. She creatively teaches individuals and work teams about cognitive distortions and emotional intelligence, helping leaders understand that the way they communicate will impact themselves and those with whom they work. She is particularly talented in engaging people to look at themselves as leaders and learn practical strategies for how to encourage trust, heighten self-esteem and boost productivity in self and others.
Jane is adept at framing conversations in ways that invite openness and diminish defensiveness. She makes it safe to explore how even competent and highly successful people can have tendencies toward worry, insecurity and self-doubt that can stifle courage, increase irritability and limit successful outcomes. Knowing that the process of giving and receiving criticism reduces work stress because it lets employees know where they stand and how they are doing, she effectively teaches skills for giving and taking critical feedback that help improve interpersonal relationships to engender greater productivity, higher morale and job satisfaction. As a leadership coach, Jane helps others understand relational dynamics, recognize the difference between intention and actual impact, foster one’s ability to strengthen self-assurance and encourage actions that are beneficial to themselves and those reliant upon them.
Jane is a widely-cited expert who has been featured in several publications including: O The Oprah Magazine, Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, Washington Post and the Philadelphia Inquirer, and has appeared on live broadcasts for National Public Radio and CBS television. She is coauthor of the book Inside/Outside Self-Discovery for Teens: Strategies to Promote Resilience, Relationships, & Positive Body Image (with Helene Feinberg-Walker & Sarah Barrett), coeditor of the book Effective Clinical Practice in the Treatment of Eating Disorders: The Heart of the Matter (with Margo Maine & Bill Davis), and coauthor of the book chapter “Shame, Compassion, and the Journey Toward Health,” (with Beth Weinstock). Jane received her PhD from Temple University in Group Psychology and Organizational Dynamics, a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor degree from George Washington University.
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