Maynard Brusman

Working Resources is a Leadership Consulting, Talent Management, and Executive Coaching Firm Helping Companies Assess, Select, Coach and Retain Emotionally Intelligent People; Succession Management; Competency Modeling; Performance-Based Interviewing and Selection; Multi-Rater 360-Degree Feedback; Career Coaching; Change Management; Corporate Culture Surveys and Executive Coaching.

Dr. Maynard Brusman

Consulting Psychologist and Executive Coach Trusted Advisor to Senior Leadership Teams

Professional Biography

Dr. Maynard Brusman is the president of Working Resources – a transformational leadership consulting, talent management, and executive coaching firm. He is a full professor in counseling psychology in the Northern Arizona University Statewide Education Program where he has taught summer courses in self-management and career development. As an instructor in the U.C. Davis Extension Human Resource Development and Management Certificate Program, he taught interpersonal skills and techniques. While a post-doctoral fellow in Psychological Services at U.C. San Diego, he developed and directed the stress and wellness clinic. He is currently an instructor for The College of Executive Coaching, where he teaches “How to Use Assessments in Coaching”. He specializes in offering customized individual and organizational collaborative consultation services and workshops on hiring, coaching and retaining emotionally intelligent people; executive selection and assessment;  emotional intelligience-based interviewing and selection; multi-rater 360-degree feedback; interpersonal skills; career development; change management; and executive coaching. He specializes in working with attorneys and law firms.  For over twenty years, Dr. Brusman has trained and coached hundreds of people in companies, law firms, health care organizations and educational institutions.  He facilitates leadership retreats nationally and in Costa Rica.

At Working Resources our mission is to help our clients assess, select, coach and retain high performing people. We specialize in creating a great culture and values fit between individuals and organizations where high-level commitment and high performance thrive.

Among the organizations he has conducted workshops or provided coaching for are Accounting Solutions, Army Corp of Engineers, American Express, CAMICO Mutual Insurance, Chevron, CopTech West, Dolby,  Executive Renaissance Forums, Faricy & Roen LLP, Fenwick and West LLP, Hanson & Bridgett LLP, Hitachi America, Internal Revenue Service, James River Corporation, Kaiser Aluminum, Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group, Marin General Hospital,  McCutcheon, Doyle, Brown and Anderson LLP, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, RINA Accountancy, Skylonda Health Retreat, State Compensation Insurance Fund,  Smith & Hawken, Sybase, and Zomax.

Dr. Brusman has been chosen as an expert to appear on KTVU FOX, Brian Banmiller “On the Money” discussing “Surviving And Thriving after Corporate Downsizing”... KGO ABC, “Bay Area Focus” discussing “Getting Fired”... KALW 91.7 Information Radio discussing Workplace Problems and Solutions... KFRC Radio Magic 61 “In the Medicine Cabinet” discussing Stress and Your Heart... K101 Radio, “Blue in the Morning” discussing How to Cope with the Stress of the Gulf War... and was quoted in the articles, “Surviving When You Get The Ax”, in the San Francisco Chronicle, “Driven To Distraction - Are Your Bad Habits Driving People Crazy?”, in Business Start Ups magazine, “Successful Strategies for Holiday Job Hunters”, in The Wall Street Journal National Business Employment Weekly,  “How To Cut Interruptions, Get Work Done”  in Investor's Business Daily. “How to Get Job Stress Under Control” on MSNBC, “Downsizing at Work May Hurt Your Health” in CBS Health Watch, and “Betrayed at Work” in Fast Company.

Dr. Brusman is a member of the American Psychological Association, American Society for Training and Development, Bay Area Association of Applied Psychologists, Bay Area Organization Development Network, California State Psychological Association, Institute of Management Consultants, the International Coach Federation, Marin Coaches Alliance, the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the Northern California Human Resources Association, the Professional Coaches & Mentors Association, and San Francisco Coaches.