Anna Marie Valerio, PhD, president of Executive Leadership Strategies, LLC, is a consultant specializing in executive coaching and leadership development and a member of New York University’s adjunct faculty in the I-O Psychology Master’s Degree Program.
Dr. Valerio promotes the growth of C-suite, high-potential, and STEM leaders to meet current business challenges and achieve results in Fortune 50 and other organizations. Anna Marie has served as an executive coach for leaders in a wide range of organizations and industry sectors, including technology, healthcare, insurance, pharmaceutical, professional and financial services, and consumer products. Anna Marie encourages leaders to develop learning agility and improve their decision making to develop, engage, and influence a diverse workforce, accelerate the development of female leaders into senior roles, and achieve important results for their organizations.
Anna Marie has authored two books, Developing Women Leaders: A Guide for Men and Women in Organizations (2009, Wiley/Blackwell) and Executive Coaching: A Guide for the HR Professional (co-authored with Robert J. Lee, 2005, Wiley/Pfeiffer). She has also published articles and book chapters and has made extensive presentations at professional conferences and meetings. Dr. Valerio holds a PhD in Psychology from The City University of New York and a New York State license in Psychology. In acknowledgement of her contributions to I-O Psychology, Anna Marie was elected Fellow in the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).
In her prior corporate experience at IBM, Anna Marie was responsible for executive development with the CEO’s direct reports and top 300 executives focused on building global leadership and organizational capability. In Anna Marie’s prior leadership roles at Verizon and at Sony Electronics, Inc., she created and led groups of I-O psychologists, managers, and consultants in strategic human resources and talent management functions, resulting in improved HR methodologies and organizational outcomes.
Anna Marie’s article on the topic of high-potential women won SHRM’s HR People+Strategy2018 Walker Award for Best Article. Other articles by Anna Marie have been published in The Journal of Consulting Psychology, Harvard Business Review, SHRM’s HR People+ Strategy Journal, Forbes.com, and Bloomberg Businessweek.com.
