Daniel Robin & Associates
Making Workplaces Work Better
Daniel Robin is a business consultant, facilitator, and coach specializing in workplace tools for collaboration, organizational and leadership performance improvement. Mr. Robin is president of Daniel Robin & Associates (www.abetterworkplace.com), an international training and consulting firm that has helped people communicate, collaborate, and learn since 1985. Daniel is also managing director of Integrated Investments International (www.in3inc.com), a business development and private equity placement service linking sources of capital with qualified sustainable technology ventures.
Mr. Robin has more than 25 years business experience in roles ranging from organizational development consulting, to brand strategy and marketing. He has published over one hundred articles and extensive curriculum on interpersonal communication, collaborative leadership, and conflict resolution in the workplace. Mr. Robin has been published in magazines, newspapers, and in the book entitled Tactical Communications (2005, Pearson Custom Publishing), and authors, "The Healthy Workplace," a widely-read San Francisco Bay Area column.
Daniel’s training and facilitation style is energetic, engaging and fun. Drawing on experience in acting, comedy writing, and public speaking, he teaches by example. Daniel brings with him a tremendous respect for people’s uniqueness. This respect provides a safe place for participants to explore, learn, and acknowledge their strengths as a firm foundation for building additional strengths.
Education
Graduate Degrees: Bachelors in Computer & Information Science, minor in Psychology (1981), University of California at Santa Cruz; graduate studies in Marketing and International Business, U.C. Berkeley (1984).
Communication and Facilitation: Trained in the Syntax of Effective Communication, public speaking (advanced ATM certificate from Toastmasters International), and as a facilitator of Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.
Conflict Resolution: Community Board of San Francisco, psychologist Dr. Arnold Mindell, and U.C. Extension’s certificate program in Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Professional Certification: Certified practitioner and applications trainer of NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP Comprehensive); graduate of the Coaches Training Institute of San Francisco, and ISO 14000 (UC Extension); trained in martial arts (Brazil’s Capoeira), incorporating some of these principles into workshops.
Areas of Expertise
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Effective Communication: interpersonal, coaching & counseling, cross-cultural communication, and technology-assisted "distance" collaboration. |
Leading Change: individual and organizational learning, culture change, and systems thinking (based on research in complex adaptive systems theory) |
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Sales & Customer Service |
Leadership Skills & Styles |
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Group Facilitation & Mediation |
Negotiation & Conflict Resolution |
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Performance Metrics, implementing "Balanced Scorecard" |
Meeting Management; the art of focused conversation |
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Process Improvement & Redesign / Total Quality |
Supervision & Leadership Skills |
| Public Speaking / Presenting Skills | Team Effectiveness / Collaboration |
Recent Clients
| Corporations | Government Agencies | Schools / Utilities / Non-profits |
| CECOM | City of San Jose, CA | Oak Grove School District (San Jose, CA) |
| Diversey-Lever Corp. | City of Santa Cruz, CA | Pacific Collegiate School (Santa Cruz, CA) |
| Hewlett Packard Company | City of Watsonville, CA |
Santa Cruz County Office of Education |
| McKee Foods Corp. (Tenn.) | City of Palo Alto, CA | Pacific Gas & Electric (P. G. & E.) |
| MyCFO | County of Santa Cruz, CA | Ecology Action Santa Cruz, CA |
| Seagate Technologies | Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Central Coast of CA | The Redman Foundation |
| Spa Fitness Centers | Government of Kuwait | Save Our Shores (SOS) |
| Symantec Corporation | ||
| Threshold Enterprises, Ltd. |
