Daniel Robin & Associates
Making Workplaces Work Better
Professional Background and ExperienceDaniel Robin is a business strategist, facilitator, speaker, trainer and coach specializing in workplace tools for collaboration, building a culture of commitment, leadership development and performance improvement. Mr. Robin is principal of Daniel Robin & Associates (ABetterWorkplace.com), an international training and consulting firm that has helped people communicate, collaborate, and learn for more than two decades.
Mr. Robin brings a background in marketing, finance and executive management to his client work. He has published over two hundred articles and extensive curriculum on interpersonal communication, collaborative leadership, handling interpersonal differences, negotiation, emotions and conflict resolution in the workplace. Mr. Robin writing has been published in magazines, newspapers, and books in six languages, and he authors the widely-read column "Healthy Workplace" in San Francisco Bay Area publications.
Mr. Robin is adjunct professor at Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS), Graduate School of International Policy and Management (GSIPM), and Fisher International MBA program, one of the top MBA programs in the nation (was ranked 8th out of more than 700 graduate schools), leading workshops and webinars since 2006 that are lively, informative and full of surprises – often multiple “Aha’s” for participants.
Daniel is also senior partner of In3 Group (in3finance.com), a business development and financial sevices firm providing impact capital to ventures and projects delivering developmental benefits. In this role, Mr. Robin has chaired conferences, given keynote addresses, conducted seminars and moderated speaker panels.
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 trainer of NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP Comprehensive); graduate of the Coaches Training Institute of San Francisco, and certified in Emerging Markets Commercial Credit by Moody's Analytics.
Areas of Expertise
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Effective Communication: interpersonal, coaching skills training, cross-cultural communication, and technology-assisted "distance" collaboration. |
Leading Change: individual and organizational learning, culture change, and whole systems/adaptive change |
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Sales & Customer Service |
Leadership Skills & Styles |
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Group Facilitation & Mediation; Coaching |
Negotiation & Conflict Resolution |
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Performance Metrics and Productivity, implementing "Balanced Scorecard" and other tools |
Meeting Management; the art of focused conversation |
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Process Improvement & Redesign / Total Quality |
Supervision & Leadership Skills |
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| Project Management | Team Effectiveness / Collaboration | |
| Public Speaking / Presenting Skills |
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. (now JohnsonDiversey) | City of Santa Cruz, CA | Pacific Collegiate School (Santa Cruz, CA) |
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| Driscoll's berries | City of Watsonville, CA |
Santa Cruz County Office of Education |
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| Hewlett Packard Company | City of Palo Alto, CA | Pacific Gas & Electric (P. G. & E.) | |
| McKee Foods Corp. (Tenn.) | County of Santa Cruz, CA | Ecology Action Santa Cruz, CA | |
| MyCFO | Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA | Save Our Shores (SOS) | |
| Seagate Technologies | Government of Kuwait | The Sustainability Academy | |
| Superior Foods | |||
| Threshold Enterprises, Ltd. |
