Dr. Marty Seldman, chairman and co-founder of Optimum Associates, LLC, is a corporate trainer, executive coach, and organizational psychologist. 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 1800 executives one-on-one.
“Marty is a terrific coach and counselor. He has unique insight into both organizational dynamics and individual style. He understands the core of how to build effective leadership with integrity and passion.”
Michael D. White CEO, DirecTV
Marty has written several books, including Survival of the Savvy (Free Press, 2004) which was a Wall Street Journal Best Seller; Super Selling Through Self-Talk (Price Stern Sloan, Inc., 1986); and Customer Tells (Kaplan Publishing 2007), which is co-authored with John Futterknecht and Ben Sorensen.
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.
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