Beth Fisher-Yoshida, PhD, CCS

Dr. Beth Fisher-Yoshida, is a Facilitator, Educator, Mediator and Executive Coach, who partners with clients to develop initiatives that will foster change resulting in improved organizational performance and quality of life. Clients have included global organizations in the Fortune 100, private sector, nonprofit and government sectors, communities, school districts and academic institutions. Dr. Fisher-Yoshida is Director and Faculty in the Master of Science in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution in the School of Continuing Education at Columbia University and Adjunct Faculty in the Social and Organizational Psychology Program at Columbia University, Teachers College.

Dr. Fisher-Yoshida has more than 25 years experience in the areas of change management; leadership development; conflict resolution management systems, negotiation and mediation; intercultural communication and diversity; team development and effectiveness; and performance management. She has worked globally across a variety of industries.

For the past 15 years Dr. Fisher-Yoshida has worked with the United Nations as an external consultant in a variety of capacities including facilitating small and large group processes, activities related to organizational development, instructional design and delivery of staff development programs in New York, Bangkok, Kenya, Geneva, Vienna, Brindisi, Amman, Beirut and Tokyo. Prior to that she was a Training Manager with McKinsey & Company, Japan, a management consulting firm.

She has published many articles, chapters, and has authored and edited books. Her main areas of expertise in consulting and writing involve conflict resolution and collaborative processes, intercultural communication, transformative learning and Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM), which takes a communication perspective.

Dr. Fisher-Yoshida received her Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems and MA in Organization Development from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California. She graduated with honors when she received her MA from Columbia University. She received both a BA and a BS from Buffalo State College. Dr. Fisher-Yoshida is a Certified Clinical Sociologist (CCS). She speaks conversational Japanese and lived and worked in Japan for 13 years.