About Joel Garfinkle
Founder of Garfinkle Executive Coaching
Recognized as one of the top 50 coaches in America, Joel Garfinkle has worked with many of the world’s leading companies. He has first-hand experience working closely with thousands of executives, senior managers, directors and employees. His more than a decade of executive coaching experience has provided him insight into the secrets of what turns business professionals into influential leaders, making him one of the nation’s most sought after personal leadership coaches.
Joel’s expertise covers career transition, personal business coaching, job fulfillment and business leadership excellence. As one of the country’s top personal leadership coaches, Joel is frequent speaker at national and international conferences and is regularly featured in national media, including ABC News, National Public Radio, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, BusinessWeek, Kiplinger's Personal Finance and Fast Company.
International Change Management Consultant
Joel has worked as a consultant for two of the top consulting firms in the world: Ernst & Young in Hong Kong and Accenture in San Francisco. The executive coaching insight he gained from this prior experience in performance improvement and change management provide him with a well-rounded approach to coaching.
Through work with a wide variety of industries, Joel has developed a broad understanding of business, organizational behavior and personal dynamics. He has helped clients discover that, in times of transition, a personal business coach can be critical to ensuring a productive outcome for both the employee and the company.
Author
Traveling frequently from his home in California, Joel’s a keynote speaker who addresses national and international gatherings, a successful coach, and a widely published author. His works are read in more than 25 countries and include:
- Executive Presence: Sixteen Characteristics to Help You Advance Up the Corporate Ladder Quickly and Effectively Through Increased Exposure, Visibility, and Self-Promotion
- Time Management Mastery: Stress-Free Productivity in the 7 Key Areas of Life (time, projects, people, schedules, information, work/life balance, and abundance)
- Love Your Work: Make the Job You Have the One You’ve Always Wanted
- Land Your Dream Job: The Last Career Search Book You’ll Ever Need
- Find a Job in 14 Days: A Practical Guide and Process for Finding the Job You Need Fast!
Joel has also written numerous articles on executive leadership for local and national publications. More than 60 are available free on this website at the following link: http://www.garfinkleexecutivecoaching.com/articles.html
He also publishes a popular bimonthly newsletter “Fullfilment@Work,” which is delivered to more than 10,000 subscribers around the world.
Professional Speaker
As one of the nation’s most trusted personal leadership coaches, Joel is also a sought-after California keynote speaker who is regularly called upon to address conferences across the country and around the world. He has delivered more than 1000 workshops, speeches and keynote addresses to groups such as the Commonwealth Club of California, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, the Kentucky Society of Human Resource Management, Wells Fargo Bank, Haas School of Business, Financial Women’s Association and the University of California Berkeley.