Josh Broder

Summary

Josh has more than 20 years of experience teaching, coaching, and consulting in the corporate, nonprofit, and public sectors. He draws on his skills in theater, and as a journalist and business writer when coaching. His coaching work is about people interacting with people. (1:1, in small and large groups, formal and informal settings.) In both workshop and coaching settings, Josh enjoys creating an environment where leaders can safely explore their learning edges and expand their capacity to build relationships that get results.

Training Experience

Josh has led numerous successful workshops and coaching engagements for clients in a variety of industries. His industry specialties include financial and professional services, executive education, aerospace, insurance, pharmaceuticals, media, manufacturing, and technology. His clients include: Apple, Dolby, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan, Columbia University, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Hearst, Conde Nast, Prudential, and Harvard University.

Business Experience

Josh is the Executive Producer at Good Egg and was the Chief of Staff at the Irondale Ensemble Project. He is also a former Teaching Artist at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and was a guest lecturer on Theater and Aesthetic Education at Princeton, Trinity (RI), Hartwick, Bennington, SUNY Plattsburgh, and on several CUNY campuses.

Theater Experience

• Is a Moth Mainstage storyteller whose work has been heard on Public Radio’s Moth Radio Hour
• Co-adapted and directed Spoonbread & Strawberry Wine, an autobiographical one-woman show. Productions in New York City, Philadelphia, Annapolis, and Phoenix.
• Toured Russia as Uncle Vanya in an adaptation of the Russian classic
• Appeared in the film The Silence of the Lambs

Education and Credentials

• Chapter author The Moth Presents All These Wonders (Crown Archetype) and Community In the Making (Teachers College Press)
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Theater and Political Science from Bennington College

Sample Coaching Assignments

• Worked with the Senior Vice President of a Fortune 100 consumer products company on adopting a more forceful leadership style to better manage a dysfunctional team.
• Helped a C-Level executive at a major utility company learn to incorporate the use of storytelling as a tool for inspiring leadership.
• Coached Chief Legal Counsel at a global financial institution on customizing his communication to different audiences. For example, to concisely communicate complex legal questions for senior management steeped in finance, but not in law.
• Consulted with a female senior executive in manufacturing on adapting messaging for a skeptical audience, as she was moved from corporate to production side.
• Supported CHRO in pharmaceuticals as she began keynoting at global conferences.