William R. Murray, Executive Coach & Leadership Trainer
Bill earned an M. Div. degree from Yale, an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, and pursued additional graduate studies in organizational psychology. Bill is a graduate of Corporate Coach U, a Master Certified Coach and is also certified in Mediation, NLP, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and DISC.
He served on the faculty of a large university where he taught and mentored business people in the MBA program. He exercised P & L responsibility as a line manager in a prominent retail firm. He was a Management Development Project Manager, training and developing leaders of major corporations and hospitals for 12 years.
Significant Achievements:
- Bill has been a corporate trainer since 1976 when he helped JC Penney’s open the largest management training center in New York City.
- He was one of the first to offer virtual, distance learning via conference calls and the web.
- He has designed an interactive, results-getting Virtual Workshop Series and a comprehensive Self-Study Course.
- Bill was one of the first in 1999 to earn the designation of Master Certified Coach from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). See this PDF article, “Why Hire an ICF Credentialed Coach.”
- Bill is a graduate and charter member of Corporate Coach U (CCUI).
- Bill is a Founding Member of the International Association of Coaches (IAC).
Mission:
For over 40 years Bill’s mission has been to develop leaders so that they improve the quality of work life for their team. This includes getting people engaged so that they enjoy their work and produce better. This is a win/win. The people enjoy an improved quality of work life and that impacts the bottom line for the leader and the organization.
Bill volunteers for organizations that cannot afford his services so that they can improve quality of work life and results. He spends much time as a volunteer Executive Coach to church leaders and executive directors of non-profits.
Clients:
As both an internal and external Executive Coach and consultant, Bill has served organizations ranging from small businesses to leading corporations such as JC Penney, Glaxo Smith Kline, IBM, Ericsson, Westvaco, Zenger-Miller, Supermarkets General, and Freeport MacMoran.
Results:
Bill’s broad background of work experience, education, and training uniquely qualifies him for his executive coaching and leadership training work. Bill coaches business owners and leaders, noticeably enhancing leadership skills, communication skills and emotional intelligence.
Bill is unusually talented in understanding organizational culture and in helping clients see what is going on around them in their organization. He developed this talent by alternating graduate education in organizational psychology at Yale, Harvard, and CUNY with hands-on business experience.
Bill is also unusually talented in assisting clients to devise new strategies to solve people problems and to improve their work relationships. He has cultivated this talent by participating in over 100 workshops on communication skills, leadership, coaching, and related topics offered by prestigious corporate training organizations such as NTL (National Training Labs). He has fine-tuned his coaching skills through 12 years of corporate in-house experience, and since 1993, as an Executive Coach and Trainer.
Bill is also an excellent facilitator of his own Virtual Workshops and Workshops. He evokes the wisdom of the group, getting participants to share deeply and learn from each other. He creates a safe environment for people to learn new interpersonal skills.
Bill also has a long history of conducting successful conflict resolution sessions. In one hospital job, he was responsible for resolving conflicts among 140 managers and the entire staff. He is certified in mediation. Now he resolves conflicts among leaders and helps them to enhance their team’s performance.
Resume
Executive Coaching Resume: For more detailed information on Bill’s background, see his Executive Coaching Resume (MS Word document).
Testimonials
1. From clients of Bill’s Executive Coaching: http://www.eaglealliance.com/about/testimonials/.
2. From participants of Bill’s Virtual Workshop Series – click below and scroll down to the yellow highlighted text: Leadership Communication®: How to Communicate with Emotional Intelligence for Powerful Leadership.
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