Judith Sills

  • Clinical Psychologist
  • Bestselling Author

Media psychologist, keynoter and workplace consultant, Judith Sills, Ph.D, is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Excess Baggage: Getting Out of Your Own Way, a clear guide to your own personality pitfalls and a road map for steering around those of your staff and colleagues. She is author of five other popular psychology books which have been translated into 11 languages and is a widely cited expert and nationally recognized consultant in the business of relationships.

 

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Past Hosts Include:
  • A Step Above
  • Jewish Family Services
  • Nordstrom
  • DPK, Inc.
  • Tennessee Leadership
  • Overlake Hospital Medical Center
  • Rancho La Puerta
  • Phillip Morris, USA
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Talks & Conversations with Judith Sills
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Keynote Presentations

Each presentation is custom designed to address the needs of your organization. Typically, we will discuss the professional issues or skill building needs of your audience or the workplace problems you are hoping to ease. Keynotes are a vehicle for delivering pragmatic solutions in an upbeat, energe ...

Each presentation is custom designed to address the needs of your organization. Typically, we will discuss the professional issues or skill building needs of your audience or the workplace problems you are hoping to ease. Keynotes are a vehicle for delivering pragmatic solutions in an upbeat, energetic and palatable tone. They should leave you both smiling and thinking hard.

Half-Day and Full Day Training Seminars

These are small group, highly interactive trainings designed to address specific concerns in your organization. For example: Management Skill Building might include learning to constructively communicate negative feedback; developing motivational strategies for staff; strengthening decision-making; ...

These are small group, highly interactive trainings designed to address specific concerns in your organization. For example:

Management Skill Building might include learning to constructively communicate negative feedback; developing motivational strategies for staff; strengthening decision-making; graduate level empathy training.

Negotiation Skills Training usually centers on establishing principles of negotiation; learning communication methods to enhance cooperation; defining and defending boundaries.

Individual Executive Leadership Coaching

One-on-one, highly confidential sessions, usually with senior management, to identify personal stumbling blocks, think through critical strategic staff moves, resolve on-going internal conflicts or prepare for an anticipated professional tsunami. ...

One-on-one, highly confidential sessions, usually with senior management, to identify personal stumbling blocks, think through critical strategic staff moves, resolve on-going internal conflicts or prepare for an anticipated professional tsunami.

Individual and Small Group Trouble Shooting

Short-term consultation on specific organizational conflict, focused on developing an action plan for resolution. ...

Short-term consultation on specific organizational conflict, focused on developing an action plan for resolution.

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Biography

Media psychologist, keynoter and workplace consultant, Judith Sills, Ph.D, is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Excess Baggage: Getting Out of Your Own Way, a clear guide to your own personality pitfalls and a road map for steering around those of your staff and colleagues. She is author of five other popular psychology books which have been translated into 11 languages and is a widely cited expert and nationally recognized consultant in the business of relationships. 

Dr. Sills is the contributing editor for the workplace at Psychology Today, where she writes a regular column, which has been quoted in both the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. In addition, her work has been cited in, among others, US News and World Report, Time, and The Washington Post, as well as on CNN and MSNBC. Dr. Sills is also a regular contributor to the TODAY SHOW, as well as a frequent guest expert on other national radio and television platforms. 

A three year National Science Foundation Fellow, Judith Sills received her Ph.D. from the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research in personality and social psychology. She is licensed in Pennsylvania, where she maintains a private consultation practice. From her base in Philadelphia, Dr. Sills travels nationally to address groups across a wide range of industries, teaching a sophisticated skills set with one aim: to make your work less work.