About Donald Murphy

Donald S.Murphy, Ph.D. is the Principal of Renewal Strategies, LLC. Renewal Strategies is a consulting business providing solutions for improving the results of individuals, groups, and organizations.

Dr. Murphy serves as a leadership coach. He works with leaders, managers, and management teams to develop high performance capabilities. He has extensive experience coaching a range of individuals including high talent individuals, middle managers and executives in organizations such as SAP America, CIGNA, ACE USA, CertificatesNow.Com, AmeriQuest, Day & Zimmermann, The Rosen Group, Corcentric.com, Nordling Dean Electric Co. Virtua-West Jersey Health System, Crum & Forster.

Dr. Murphy's coaching approach begins with extensive assessment and continues with the development of the individual's personal awareness and interpersonal competence.

His unique approach also provides each individual with the opportunity to learn and master PRACTICES IN LEADING high productivity organizations and work groups. The approach emphasizes an individual development plan that is fitted to support each organization's leadership needs. The coaching is focused on opportunities for learning from implementing. It provides periods of individual learning about PRACTICES IN LEADING and in-depth learning from regularly scheduled, focused coaching sessions.

Don's organization development approach to leadership development results in more personal awareness, new knowledge, skills and behaviors in timeframes that surpass therapeutic, traditional training and coaching interventions. It results in competencies that enable leaders to manage and to create work environments conducive to high productivity and motivation. He brings this perspective from over 25 years of experience in organization and management development roles working with leaders, senior managers, and executives in organizations including CIGNA and American Express.

Don is currently an instructor in the graduate program at the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University. He teaches courses related to strategic management of human resources and leadership development. He also conducts workshops related to leadership for corporate, nonprofit and educational institutions.

He earned his Ph.D. in organization behavior from Temple University in 1995. He completed his MBA from Pace University (1973) and received formal training in psychology and counseling as part of his bachelor's degree at Saint Joseph's Seminary and College in New York (1967).

Don is a member of the International Coach Federation, American Society for Training and Development, Human Resources Planning Society, Organization Design Forum, Organization Development Network, Chamber of Commerce of Southern Jersey, and New Jersey Technology Council.

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Email Don Murphy directly at: dmurphy@renewalstrategies.com

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