Sharon Landes
Leadership Challenge Certified Master
For more than 25 years Sharon has been working with individuals and organizations in the U.S. and abroad to help them clarify their core principles and beliefs, develop their leadership skills, work effectively in teams, and advance their communication and relationship building skills.
Sharon is an extraordinary facilitator, adept at establishing open and safe environments, eliciting candid disclosure from group members, and guiding a flexible process for learning and discovery. She is extremely effective at guiding people through sensitive issues and interactions. She balances candor with humor and heart to ensure that important work gets done and important relationships are maintained and enhanced. Sharon's approach is based in a commitment to authenticity, focused on real-world leadership, from the inside out.
Sharon is a Certified Master of Kouzes and Posner's The Leadership Challenge® Workshop and is certified in the administration of the MHS EQ-i™ and the MBTI™. Prior to her consulting practice Sharon was Vice President of Human Resources Planning and Development for First Interstate Bank of California and held senior positions at California Federal Bank and with Citicorp in New York. Sharon has also served as a visiting member of the faculty and lecturer in leadership communication at the Haas Graduate School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
Sharon has been privileged to work with executives, management and staff at a diverse mix of organizations, including: Allied Irish Bank, Citicorp, Bank of America, Charles Schwab & Company, US Bancorp, Silicon Valley Bank, Technology Credit Union, Visa USA, Montgomery Asset Management, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, Capital Group Levi Strauss & Company, PacifiCare, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Mattel, The GAP, Unocal, Association of Legal Administrators, Power Bar, KAL Tire, IKON Office Systems, PG&E, Centocor Ortho-Biotech, Xilinx, Agilent Technologies - San Francisco and Beijing, China, Sun MicroSystems, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Pacific Bell Interactive Media, Sybase, Proxicom, J. Paul Getty Trust, National Geographic Society, U.S. Army - Panama, U.S. Postal Service, Leadership Long Beach CA, West LA VA Medical Center, Bay Area School Reform Collaborative, San Francisco Unified School District, Cal State Sacramento, NCCJ (National Conference for Community and Justice), SCLP (Sustainable Communities Leadership Program), WYSE (Women & Youth Supporting Each Other), California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.