Sharon Melnick, Ph.D. is a psychologist who "helps talented and successful people get out of their own way". Her award-winning research at Harvard Medical School described how parents from difficult childhoods can avoid repeating the mistakes of their own parents. She transformed this intergenerational understanding to a broader study of how formative
experiences affect and limit career success, relationships, and parenting.
She now works with entrepreneurs and business leaders to achieve rapid
business growth and effective leadership. She has taught her methods at
Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurial organizations, and government
agencies as well as at the Walter E. Carroll School of Management at Boston
College . Her training is from Yale University (B.A), U.C. Berkeley (Ph.D.),
Harvard Medical School, and the Institute for Management Studies. She
can be reached at www.sharonmelnickcoaching.com

Blog Entries by Sharon Melnick

How Your Heart Can Make More Money Than Your Mind

Posted November 30, 2007 | 08:00 AM (EST)


The last week has seen a lot of talk about gratitude. Most people I know are pretty grateful for all they have. However, as a psychologist, it's not infrequent I hear from clients "I know I have a lot to be thankful for, but I'm so stressed out right now...

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Learning Life Lessons From Gore's Playbook

Posted October 18, 2007 | 10:10 AM (EST)


Pundits have commended Gore's moral vision and effective dissemination of his environmental message. I do too, but I would argue an equally important lesson is the process by which he went from 'loser to laureate' (NY Times, October 12). He moved beyond being a 'people pleasing politician' to 'in...

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