Biographies

GLORIA E. BADER, Ed.D. – President and Founder

Action Learning for Leadership Development
Interviewer/Editor:
Amy Berger, Technology Coordinator, ASTD San Diego
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Gloria is the president and founder of The Bader Group, a 22 year-old international, organization development consulting firm specializing in leadership, executive and team development, organizational assessments, and action learning. She has facilitated leadership development and organizational renewal for clients in a broad spectrum of industries: e-commerce, manufacturing, education, finance, insurance, NGO‘s, healthcare, pharmaceutical, retail, technology, and engineering. Ninety percent of her clients are repeat business, and they include: Solar Turbines (winner of the 1998 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award), Northrop-Grumman, the Inter-American Development Bank, the UN, and IKEA North America.

Most recently, Gloria received certification in Covey‘s Speed of Trust program that offers organizations tools and assessments to build trust and reduce costs. She is leading a seven-month complex Action Learning project for State Farm‘s high potential directors that includes coaching, assessments, videotaping, and focused learning experiences as the group solves a strategic organizational challenge. The Bader Group client projects are highly customized. Examples include:

▲ designing and facilitating a leadership workshop in Ethiopia for health care change agents in women‘s reproductive rights and family planning
▲ serving on a three person design team for succession management and leadership development for an international bank
▲ designing a mentoring program across six countries that increased productivity 30%
▲ facilitating an engineering leadership team over six years

Gloria‘s publications include: Coaches’ E-Library, Trust Cards; Creative Activities for Teams; “Building the Consulting Relationship” with Tom Stich; and “How to Do Peer Review” with Audrey Bloom, both published in Training and Development Journal. She is national conference presenter and professor in the University of California, San Diego‘s Masters in Healthcare Leadership program. For over 20 years, she has served as an adjunct staff member and feedback specialist at the Center for Creative Leadership. She holds a doctorate in leadership from the University of San Diego. Her master‘s degree is from Temple University and she received her B.A. from Rosemont College.

Gloria‘s original approach to organization development and coaching grows out of her diverse life experience. She‘s an accomplished graphic artist, mountain climber (Mt. Rainier, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Ruwenzoris, Dolomites, and others) and former Outward Bound wilderness instructor. She‘s lived and worked in Italy and Nigeria, travels widely, and studies yoga, Italian, and gourmet cooking.

ANNE M. LILJENSTRAND, Ph.D. – Principal Consultant

anne@badergroup.com ▲ 858.717-0601

Dr. Anne Liljenstrand is a Principal Consultant with The Bader Group. Anne‘s main areas of focus are executive coaching, organizational and psychological assessments, team development, and design and implementation of custom initiatives. Anne has worked with clients across a broad range of industries, including: Hi-tech, Engineering, Financial/ Investment, Manufacturing, Consumer goods, Logistics/ Freight, Governmental agencies, Healthcare, and Biotech.

In addition to Anne‘s leadership consulting engagements she is an Adjunct Staff member and a Feedback Coach at The Center for Creative Leadership. She holds experience from teaching in the Master‘s Degree in Clinical Research program at the University of California, San Diego. Anne is a licensed psychologist and has provided clinical psychology services in a private practice setting, as well as at San Diego State University‘s Counseling and Psychological services delivering individual therapy and group facilitation. She also serves on the board of directors and as a consultant for an international search firm.

She is well traveled. She has lived in Sweden for a number of years where she is also originally from. In her consulting, Anne combines her clinical understanding of individual differences and potential with organizational knowledge and business acumen.

Anne has researched and authored on practices and approaches to executive coaching, including creating an E-Library for coaches and managers consisting of different topics often discussed within coaching engagements with Gloria Bader, Ed.D. Her research, articles and published work include: A Comparison of Practices and Approaches to Coaching based on Academic Background, The Value of Building Trust in the Workplace with Gloria Bader, Coaching: who, what, where, when and how with Jonathan Gale, Joyce Pardieu and Del Nebeker, as well as Coaching Services: A look at coaches, clients, and practices with Del Nebeker, published in the Consulting Psychology Journal.

Anne holds degrees in business administration and psychology from Western Washington University, and a Dual Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational and Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology.

STEPHEN O. HANSEN, PCC – Senior Consultant

steve@badergroup.com ▲ 619.225-5887

Steve Hansen is a Senior Consultant with The Bader Group specializing in executive and leadership development coaching, team building, Action Learning, and relationship systems coaching. He brings his practical, in-depth business experience drawn from past executive and leadership roles to his consulting. In addition to executive coaching, Steve is an experienced facilitator working with teams to meet changing organizational objectives. He is a skilled Action Learning coach who works with teams to create more effective individual and team performance.

Steve has 30 years business experience in both sales and operations. He has had P&L responsibility and been a part of executive teams. He has a strong business background in organizing, automating, and streamlining operations, administration, and the sales function combined with a solid record of increasing revenue and profits by improving processes, managing projects, and building teams. Steve has coached in the fields of banking, high tech, manufacturing, insurance, health care, engineering, wholesale suppliers, automotive, government and defense contracting among others.

Before joining The Bader Group, Steve worked in the home healthcare industry at the executive level. He provided operational support to 55 franchise owners in 8 states for the largest home care franchise company in the U.S. Prior to that, as Chief Operating Officer for the visionary eldercare industry leader, Age Concerns, Steve focused on organizational development, process management and improvement, team building, and strategic planning. Steve also has multiple years of experience as a sales manager where he was recognized for leadership in business development and cultivating customer and employee loyalty.

Steve is a Master Coach for the Center for Creative Leadership, an international leadership training organization. He has completed an extensive course of study with the Coaches Training Institute and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach. He has also completed group coaching coursework in Organization & Relationship Systems Coaching. As a member of the International Coach Federation he holds the designation of Professional Certified Coach (PCC). Steve holds a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University.

Steve is certified in 360-degree multi-rater assessments including Benchmarks®, Leadership Development 360®, and Polaris 360®. He is also experienced with the Workplace Big 5 Profile, the CPI-260, FIRO-B, and MBTI.

As a trained mediator, Steve served with the National Conflict Resolution Center for many years. In addition, he has served as a member of the Board of Directors in both for-profit as well as non-profit sectors.

Interview featuring Steve as a coach.

ELIZABETH HARPER, Psy.D. – Associate Consultant

elizabeth@badergroup.com ▲ 619.992-6588

Elizabeth Harper is an Associate Consultant with The Bader Group. She obtained her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Industrial Organizational Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) at Alliant International University. At CSPP her curriculum included social sciences and psychology with a strong industrial-organizational foundation in test administration, group dynamics, and coaching. She is proficient in psychometric tools, such as the Leadership Practice Inventory, Leadership Competencies 360, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and StrengthsFinder 2.0. Elizabeth holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Irvine.

Since joining The Bader Group in 2007, Elizabeth has provided customized feedback coaching to executives and facilitated team building activities in a variety of industries. Currently, she serves as a facilitator in a systematic and structured group coaching initiative that is part of a large change initiative. Elizabeth planned and implemented an Assessment Management System for a large healthcare organization in San Diego.

Elizabeth incorporates depth and scope to her client undertakings. Her extensive experience in both inpatient and outpatient clinical settings have prepared her to interact with an array of diverse problems and clients in a variety of organizations. As the Assistant Program Director at a Crisis Center she oversees a staff of 40 professionals while guiding ongoing program evaluation, change management and team building. She conducts individualized client assessments for a wide range of psychopathology. By understanding the mental health spectrum coupled with her administrative role, Elizabeth applies training, experience and insight to her innate ability to evaluate and interact with others.

Adding an additional value to her organizational development skills, Elizabeth offers business acumen through her experience in creation of strategic marketing programs with executive level leaders. At Cox Media, she successfully partnered with leading businesses and Fortune 500 companies to launch on-air advertising campaigns. Through detailed appraisals and rapport-building, Elizabeth customized programs to meet critical enterprise needs.

With her clinical and business history, Elizabeth provides The Bader Group clients with a distinct and uncommon blend of skills, such as: case conceptualization, project management, leadership, organizational development, individual and group coaching, teambuilding and business savvy.

XAVIER HERNÁNDEZ, Ph.D. – Associate Consultant

xavier@badergroup.com ▲ 909.815-9714

Xavier Hernández, Ph.D., Associate Consultant with The Bader Group, is a management consultant with a passion for partnering with individuals, teams, and organizations in reaching their full potential. Xavier has doctoral level training in Clinical and Industrial/Organizational Psychology as well as progressive experience in leadership development, organizational assessment and development, team building, and group facilitation. He is skilled in strengths-based approaches for implementing change initiatives including application to performance and talent management. Xavier is proficient and certified in administering, interpreting, and providing feedback on several psychological and organizational assessments and instruments.

Xavier has extensive experience in creating and administering internal- and external-facing opinion and satisfaction surveys as well as other quantitative and qualitative evaluation tools. Recent experience includes: managing performance management processes (from goal setting to performance appraisal); management coaching and training on the components of trust and utilizing strengths; internally on-boarding new talent; group coaching via action learning; executive coaching; creating and facilitating training programs for managers and employees on several topics including performance review and professional development planning. Xavier‘s interests include Latino leadership and character strength development for optimal performance. In addition, Xavier carries over ten years experience working in therapeutic settings working with individuals and groups.

Originally from Ontario, California, Xavier attended California State University, Fullerton where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a Minor in Human Services. His Masters of Science degree in Psychology is from Alliant International University in San Diego, California. He completed his dissertation research on the Character Strengths of Mexican-Americans and managers. Xavier received his Doctorate in the Dual Clinical and Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Ph.D. program at the California School of Professional Psychology and the Marshall Goldsmith School of Management at Alliant International University.

JANET RATNIEWSKI, M.S. – Intern

janet@badergroup.com ▲ 858.245-9874

Janet Ratniewski is an Intern with The Bader Group. She received a Masters of Science in Psychology and is currently pursing her doctorate in Clinical and Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) at Alliant International University. Her dissertation research explores the impact of factors such as organizational support, family support, coping styles, and gender on work-family balance. Janet holds a bachelors degree in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley.

In her role with The Bader Group, Janet has assisted in designing and conducting focus groups with employees and patients for a large health care organization in San Diego. In addition, she participated in data collection for a strategic planning project in a small PR firm. Recently, Janet participated in the New Coach Orientation at the Center for Creative Leadership, where she received training on providing feedback on several assessments and coaching insight sessions. Janet has provided individual psychological services to students at the University of San Diego Counseling Center, as well as offering behavior modification therapy for children with autism spectrum disorders. Her diverse academic and professional background has afforded her a unique perspective and skill set.

JANETTE WILLIAMS – Intern

janette@badergroup.com ▲ 619.723-9093

Janette Williams is an Intern with The Bader Group. She is currently working on her Masters of International Business Administration and doctoral degree in Consulting Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) at Alliant International University. At CSPP her curriculum includes organizational behavior and psychology with a strong industrial-organizational foundation in test administration, group dynamics, individual assessments and coaching. Janette holds an undergraduate degree in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego.

Janette works in the financial industry as a Senior Relationship Manager. She provides operational support for Registered Investment Advisors with assets under management that exceeds 4 billion dollars. Janette served two years on the Employee Advisory committee designed to communicate employee concerns with top-level executives. She also has multiple years of experience in leadership, training, and development while serving in the United States Coast Guard.

Since joining The Bader Group, Janette has served as an administrative assistant in a mentorship program as part of a large change initiative. Janette organized material for the Young Professional Mentor Program at a large international financial organization in Washington, DC. In addition, Janette is the subject matter expert in hosting and facilitating webinars at the Bader Group.