President
CurrentDr. Paul Marciano is the world’s leading authority on employee engagement and respect in the workplace and has worked in the field of human resources for over 30 years. Paul earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Yale University and taught undergraduate and graduate courses at Yale, Princeton, and Davidson College on topics including Leadership, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Survey Development, and Research Methods and Statistics.His McGraw-Hill best-selling business book "Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work: Build a Culture of Employee Engagement with the Principles of RESPECT™" has received critical acclaim around the world and been named one of the 100 Best Human Resource Books of All Time by Book Authority. "Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work" provides supervisors, managers, and human resource professionals with dozens of specific, turnkey strategies that lead to an immediate increase in employee engagement and productivity. Moreover, it helps to instill and foster a culture of respect throughout an organization. "Let’s Talk About It: Turning Confrontation into Collaboration" is Dr. Paul’s most recent book and posits that dysfunctional relationships - both personal and professional – are largely caused or exacerbated by people’s unwillingness to have critical conversations and lack of skill in doing so. The book addresses the unconscious biases and mindsets that sabotage our conversations. It provides the skills and strategies needed to deal with interpersonal conflict in a straightforward, calm, and collaborative manner. Let’s Talk About It delivers everything you need to deal with the most challenging people and situations—confidently, competently, and collaboratively.On a personal note, Paul lives on his family’s 100-acre horse farm in the one bridge town of Three Bridges, NJ and is the proud grandson of Ludwig Bemelmans – author and illustrator of the classic children’s book Madeline.
