Speaker

Nancy Halpern

Nancy Halpern

Political IQ - Founder

New York City, New York, United States

Nancy Halpern is a nationally recognized leadership consultant and pioneer in
the field of talent development who diagnoses political dysfunction in organizations.

Leveraging thought leadership and intellectual capital from over twenty years of client engagements, Nancy helps companies find solutions to the most intractable of problems – office politics. With a proprietary model based on the core concepts of Political IQ, Nancy assesses organizations, teams and individuals to pinpoint the sources and causes of workplace dysfunction. That data is used to create customized solutions that dismantle silos, create effective communications, build dynamic cross functional teams, and help leaders both retain and develop key talent while achieving measurable business results.
Nancy’s client list ranges from the Fortune 500 to start-ups, and includes Bank of America, Dow Jones, Nestle, Novartis, Columbia University, Conde Nast, Ogilvy & Mather, Price Waterhouse Cooper, Pfizer, The World Bank, and Baker McKenzie among others. She has worked with teams in Japan, Thailand, South Africa, Singapore, Switzerland, and Great Britain, engaging across cultures to help organizations create sustainable change.
She has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, The Financial Times, INC., Fast Company, Forbes, The Huffington Post, The Chicago Tribune, as well as ABC, NBC, PBS and NPR as well as on numerous career websites such as Monster, Glassdoor and Recruiter.com. Nancy holds an MBA from Yale University with undergraduate education at Brandeis, University of Wisconsin and additional study at Oxford University in Great Britain. She volunteers as a mentor and business coach to organizations that support the U.S. military, released prisoners from Riker’s Island, newly arrived immigrants, and students at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Area of Expertise

  • Business & Management

Topics

  • Politics
  • Leadership and Presentation Skills
  • Leadership
  • Women Empowerment
  • Emergent leadership
  • Leadership development
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • workplace culture

Nancy Halpern

Political IQ - Founder

New York City, New York, United States