GILBERT L. HOFFER, PHD

Since 1974, Dr. Hoffer has honed his professional skills in the areas of executive selection and development by working with very talented individuals and senior executives in nearly every functional discipline and industry. His clients have ranged from start-ups to global corporations.

He rapidly establishes rapport and provides insightful advice and counsel to people with varied backgrounds, expertise and levels of responsibility. Dr. Hoffer tailors his approach to the person and the reasons prompting a coaching relationship. In the process, he essentially helps his clients to focus on facing and appropriately dealing with the gap between the present and a more desired future by increasing self knowledge and interpersonal perceptiveness, developing needed skills and formulating perspectives that effectively address the alignment needs of the organization. He expertly interprets behavioral data, encourages the formulation and self-monitoring of action plans, and emphasizes the on-going need to solicit and incorporate constructive feedback from appropriate sources.

His expertise is derived from continuing professional development and extensive executive assessment, training, consulting and coaching activities, which have included financial service institutions such as Chase, Cigna, Citicorp/Citibank, Dean Witter, E. F. Hutton, European American Bank, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Guarantee, Philadelphia National Bank, and the Swiss Bank. Recently, he was engaged for over a year in a system wide performance management and professional development coaching assignment for a major global financial services organization.

Dr. Hoffer is the founder and president of PsyCor, Inc., a firm that advises a wide range of executives on matters of individual and team effectiveness where psychological insight and an understanding of organizational needs and development processes can be helpful. In addition to executive assessment and coaching the firm also conducts employee research and facilitates leadership team development activities.

Prior to establishing his firm in 1976, he was a Staff Psychologist for the Industrial Services Division of The Psychological Corporation, an Officer in the United States Air Force, and a Research Consultant to the Army Research Institute.

Dr. Hoffer earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from Columbia University, his M.A. from Bucknell University and his B.A. from Wheaton College. He is a licensed psychologist, a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is also an adjunct faculty member of LaSalle University, where he teaches "Assessment in Organizational Settings" to graduate students in psychology.