Hello. I'm Your Career Coach for June!

I am Andrea Zintz and happy to be your resource as you pose questions, concerns, ideas, and goals abo ut leading, navigating workplace, relationships and career.

A little about me: I specialize in executive and high potential leadership strategy, succession and developme nt. I have over 30 years experience in Leadership Development, Change Management, Human Reso urces Development and Training. I am the president of Strategic Leadership Resources.

I cultivated my experiences as a coach and in the development of executives and hi-potential leaders within the diversified healthcare and pharmaceutical, defense, and retail industries. As Vice President of Human Resources and Management Board member of the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Or tho Biotech, Inc., I helped lead the growth of the company from $40 million to $500 million in a 6-year period, and launched breakthrough biotech products. I also led executive leadership development for North America from J&J Corporate. My special interests include executive women advancement, diversity/inclusion, and mentoring. My doctoral dissertation was about mentoring: What constitutes effective mentoring for women who are stuck in their careers within large corporate settings? I received my M.A. and Ph.D. from Fielding Graduate University.

Today I work primarily with senior leaders and leadership teams in business units of Fortune 500 corporations to develop high potential and senior leaders through team alignment/development strategies and coaching. Some of my current clients include J&J, Lockheed Martin, Nokia Siemens Networks, Sepracor, and GE. A specialty of mine is crafting powerful and strategic questions we can ask ourselves (and others) to access the best thinking. Since all thought, feelings, and actions are answers to   questions that we ask ourselves at all times, and we’re not always conscious of, questions are a strong leverage point for thinking – if we change our questions, we can change everything that flows from them - our decisions, actions, and results!

I enjoy coaching. I am always honored to be involved with the wonderful people who are trying to make a difference at work every day, pursuing their vision, shaping results, and creating meaning for themselves and others. As other coaches have said in their intros, my goal is to make a difference every day.

I live in New Jersey, am married to an elementary school teacher and have two wonderful daughters,15 and 17. I feel very fortunate to work with a great team at SLR, with challenging companies, wonderful leaders, and to have great friends.

Warm regards,

Andrea Zintz, Ph.D,

Strategic Leadership Resources

Shaping the Future!