Marty Seldman

Dr. Marty Seldman is a corporate trainer, executive coach, organizational psychologist, and Chairman and Co-Founder of Optimum Associates.. He received a B.A. in mathematics from Cornell University and completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Temple University.

From 1972 to 1986, Marty specialized in the field of training. This experience included training trainers, designing training programs, and serving as VP of Sales for a training company. In 1986 he began his career as an executive coach and has become the coach of choice for many Fortune 500 companies. Marty has trained tens of thousands of executives around the globe through his seminars and coached over 2000 executives one-on-one. Approximately half of the executives Marty has coached are women, people of color, or non-U.S. executives.

Marty has written 9 books, including Survival of the Savvy (Free Press, 2004) which was a Wall Street Journal Best Seller, Executive Stamina, and his newest book, A Woman’s Guide to Power, Presence and Protection, coauthored with Mónica Bauer, Paula Santilli and Jovita Thomas-Williams. Learn more at www.AWomansGuidetoPower.com.

In addition to Marty’s corporate work, he is active in the non-profit sector as a coach and consultant. He also serves on the boards of four organizations that work in the areas of human rights and poverty alleviation.