Mark Goulston, M.D. heads up Steele Partners Executive Coaching practice. In the tradition of excellence of the US Marine Corps and Lt. General Steele, Dr. Goulston helps high performers perform even better through developing people skills that match their considerable technical expertise. His approach is direct without being threatening and the leaders, executives and senior managers he coaches walk away from each meeting with Dr. Goulston with a practical, tactical and doable action that they can implement immediately to increase their effectiveness with people both inside and outside their companies and organizations.
Although often brought it for remedial solution, people Dr. Goulston works with consistently view their work together as seizing the opportunity to perform better than they ever have (view Testimonials or if you are a member of linkedin.com, check out Recommendations)
Dr. Goulston also brings a remarkable access to individuals and outside resources in many areas of the business world that will help the success of any company we work with.
As a result of Dr. Goulston's 30+ years as a clinical and nationally recognized psychiatrist and UCLA professor, a trainer of FBI and police hostage negotiators, an advisor to executives from start-ups through early stage through the Fortune 100, a best selling author, a nationally syndicated career advice columnist and expert resource to national television, radio and print, he is well positioned to help the companies and organizations that Steele Partners works with on the people side of business.
Dr. Goulston's development of his skills started with his education: a B.A. from UC Berkeley, an M.D. from Boston University, post graduate residency in psychiatry at UCLA. He went on to be a professor at UCLA's internationally renowned Neuropsychiatric Institute for more than twenty years, become a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (the highest award that organization offers) and was named one of America's Top Psychiatrists for 2004-2005 and again in 2009 by Washington, D.C. based Consumers' Research Council of America.
A partial list of companies and organizations he has trained, spoken to, provided executive coaching to or consulted with include: GE, IBM, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Xerox, Deutsche Bank, Hyatt, Accenture, Astra Zenica, Kodak, Federal Express, FBI, Los Angeles District Attorney, White & Case, Seyfarth Shaw.
He is or has been a member of the International Leadership Association, the National Association of Corporate Directors and the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches and is the author of five books including Get Out of Your Own Way at Work...and Help Others Do the Same (Perigee, 2006) and his recent national best selling book, "Just Listen" Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone (AMACOM, 2010), is a contributor to Harvard Business Publications, blogs for the Business Insider, Huffington Post, writes the Tribune media syndicated column, "Solve Anything with Dr. Mark;" the "Leading Edge" column on leadership for FAST COMPANY and "Directions" for Directors Monthly.
He is frequently called upon to share his expertise with regard to contemporary business, national and world news by television, radio and print media including: Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Newsweek, Time, Los Angeles Times, ABC/NBC/CBS/Fox/CNN/BBC News, Oprah, Today.
