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    Heidi Glickman

    Executive Coach & Consultant

    Heidi Glickman & Associates

    Key Takeaways

    • 1.Cultivates compelling workplace cultures that attract, retain, and grow talent.
    • 2.Aligns culture, leadership, and talent practices with business strategy to transform organizational performance.
    • 3.Provides executive coaching to increase self-awareness, clarify goals, and execute strategic plans.
    • 4.Applies her background as an Industrial-Organizational (I/O) psychologist to improve productivity and quality of work life.

    About Heidi

    Heidi Glickman is an executive coach and organizational development consultant known for cultivating compelling workplace cultures that attract, retain, and grow talent, and is a distinguished BPI Expert Faculty member.

    Who is Heidi Glickman?

    Heidi Glickman is an executive coach and consultant specializing in organizational development, talent, culture, and HR strategy. Through her firm, Heidi Glickman & Associates, she guides business leaders in transforming organizational performance by aligning culture, leadership, organizational design, and talent practices with overarching business strategies.

    Glickman's expertise spans global companies and multiple industries, enabling her to provide comprehensive guidance. Her work focuses on creating meaningful and engaging experiences for employees, which, in turn, boosts organizational effectiveness. She is recognized for her ability to translate strategic vision into practical, impactful talent and culture initiatives.

    Quick facts about Heidi Glickman

    | | |---|---| | Role | Executive Coach & Consultant | | Company | Heidi Glickman & Associates | | Expertise | Culture Transformation, Talent Strategy, Executive Coaching, Organizational Development, Leadership, HR Strategy | | Notable for | Cultivating compelling cultures that attract, retain, and grow talent; aligning organizational components with business strategy | | BPI affiliation | Expert Faculty member |

    What is Heidi Glickman known for?

    Heidi Glickman is known for her work in:

    • Enabling organizational transformation and performance through strategic alignment of culture, leadership, organizational design, and talent practices.
    • Cultivating compelling organizational cultures that are effective in attracting, retaining, and growing talent to meet business objectives.
    • Improving employee engagement and communication, as demonstrated in a case study with a Northeast grocery chain experiencing high employee turnover.
    • Providing executive development and coaching to unlock and maximize potential by increasing self-awareness, clarifying goals, and executing strategic plans.
    • Her insights into workplace culture and worker well-being, including being featured in the American Psychological Association's Monitor on Psychology.

    What is Heidi Glickman's background and experience?

    Heidi Glickman possesses a robust academic and practical background that underpins her comprehensive approach to organizational development. She holds an MA in Education and a BA in Psychology, providing a strong foundation in human behavior and learning principles. Further enhancing her skills in agile methodologies, she is a Certified ScrumMaster.

    Alongside her certifications, Glickman is recognized as an Industrial-Organizational (I/O) psychologist, applying psychological principles to the workplace to improve productivity and quality of work life. Her career experience encompasses diverse roles, working with leaders across global companies and industries, including partnerships with major commercial airlines at Gogo, where she contributed to talent management.

    What topics does Heidi Glickman speak and write about?

    Glickman's work and expertise concentrate on critical areas of organizational health and performance. She speaks and writes extensively on topics such as talent strategy and management, emphasizing how to develop and implement practices that secure the right people for business success. Her insights also cover executive and leadership development, focusing on nurturing effective leaders who can drive organizational goals.

    She delves into organizational effectiveness and development, offering strategies to optimize structure and processes for peak performance. Her contributions also shed light on talent analytics, using data-driven approaches to inform decisions, and change management, guiding organizations through periods of significant transition. Culture and HR strategy are central to her discourse, highlighting the symbiotic relationship between a strong, supportive culture and strategic human resources practices.

    How does Heidi Glickman contribute to the Best Practice Institute?

    As an Expert Faculty member at the Best Practice Institute, Heidi Glickman contributes her deep knowledge in organizational development, talent strategy, and culture transformation to BPI's mission of identifying and disseminating best practices. Her expertise aligns seamlessly with BPI's focus on fostering Most Loved Workplaces®—organizations where employees feel respected, appreciated, and inspired. Through her insights, BPI members gain valuable perspectives on how to build and sustain compelling workplace cultures.

    Glickman's contributions support the principles of the SPARK Model, BPI's framework for creating exceptional employee experiences, by emphasizing areas like leadership development, employee engagement, and effective organizational design. Her guidance helps organizations move towards becoming a Most Loved Workplace®, improving retention, performance, and overall employee well-being within the BPI community.

    Where can you learn more from Heidi Glickman?

    To delve deeper into Heidi Glickman's work and insights, you can explore her expert profile and any future content or events she may lead through the Best Practice Institute. Additional information about her consulting and executive coaching services can be found on her professional website, Heidi Glickman & Associates, where she shares her philosophy on organizational transformation and talent development.

    Background & Perspective

    Background

    Heidi Glickman has a strong foundation in human behavior and organizational dynamics, holding an MA in Education and a BA in Psychology. She is a Certified ScrumMaster and an Industrial-Organizational (I/O) psychologist. Through her firm, Heidi Glickman & Associates, she has worked with leaders across diverse global companies and industries, including a partnership with Gogo to enhance talent management for major commercial airlines.

    Areas of Expertise

    As an executive coach and organizational development consultant, Glickman focuses on transforming organizational performance. Her core expertise lies in aligning an organization's culture, leadership, design, and talent practices with its overarching business strategy. She is recognized for creating engaging and meaningful employee experiences that boost organizational effectiveness and for guiding companies through significant periods of transition.

    Topics Covered

    Heidi Glickman speaks and writes on a range of topics critical to organizational health. These include talent strategy and management, executive and leadership development, organizational effectiveness, talent analytics, change management, and HR strategy. Her work emphasizes the crucial link between a supportive culture and strategic human resources.

    Areas of Expertise

    Talent StrategyExecutive CoachingLeadership DevelopmentOrganizational EffectivenessChange ManagementHR StrategyCulture Transformation

    Research Topics

    Organization DevelopmentTalent ManagementLeadershipCultureEmployee Engagement

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    Best Practice Institute

    Best Practice Institute is the research organization behind Most Loved Workplace® certification, the SPARK Model, the Love of Workplace Index™ (LOWI™), and The Workplace Report.

    The Workplace Report

    The Workplace Report is BPI's original workplace culture research and editorial briefing series for CEOs, CHROs, people leaders, talent leaders, and employer-brand teams. It turns BPI's 25 years of research, Most Loved Workplace® certification data, SPARK findings, and current workforce signals into practical analysis leaders can use.

    The report format includes executive summaries, research-backed articles, company examples, methodology notes, and practical implications for retention, hiring, culture, leadership, and employee experience. New research and analysis is published on an ongoing editorial cadence at /workplace-report.