Daniel Robin & Associates

Making Workplaces Work Better


Professional Background and Experience

Daniel 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

Areas of Expertise

 

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  

 

Sales & Customer Service

Leadership Skills & Styles

 

Group Facilitation & Mediation; Coaching

Negotiation & Conflict Resolution

 

Performance Metrics and Productivity, implementing "Balanced Scorecard" and other tools

Meeting Management; the art of focused conversation

 

Process Improvement & Redesign / Total Quality

Supervision & Leadership Skills

  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) 

  Driscoll's berries City of Watsonville, CA

Santa Cruz County Office of Education

  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.

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