Anita Goldin is the founder and director of Goldin Leadership Group. She is a leadership coach and team development specialist with over twenty years of hands-on experience as human resource director and executive team member for Hyatt Hotels, Hilton Hotels and Merrill Corporation. This...

Anita Goldin is the founder and director of Goldin Leadership Group. She is a leadership coach and team development specialist with over twenty years of hands-on experience as human resource director and executive team member for Hyatt Hotels, Hilton Hotels and Merrill Corporation. This background has given her deep insight into the practical problems faced by organizations as they work to mold diverse individuals into highly motivated leaders and productive teams. Through targeted assessments, individual coaching, training and group facilitation, she helps both managers and staff members achieve their professional potential.

Anita has earned a reputation as the “Communication Coach.”

Her coaching process focuses on the core role of communication and interpersonal skills as they relate to a manager’s effectiveness. Her central message is that skills such as motivation, delegation, direction and conflict resolution all depend on the leader's ability to understand and connect with the people they lead. Through the coaching process she provides direction, encouragement and accountability while motivating her clients toward confidence, competence, action and growth.

Anita is passionate about rebuilding difficult workplace relationships into productive partnerships. Combining her mediation skills with behavioral assessment tools, she has developed a “Relationship Repair” process. Her relationship building sessions have helped many leaders and staff members improve their ability to communicate and collaborate and work together more effectively.

With her rich service background, Anita is recognized as an expert in both the hospitality industry and other service-driven businesses.  Her experience allows her to integrate service philosophies and strategies into her coaching process when working with service industry leaders.  She has provided consultation to a wide variety of organizations, including hotels, universities, medical and real estate. Several representative clients include:

• Hilton and Sheraton Hotels
• La Costa Resort & Spa
• Chapman University
• University of Phoenix
• Biomed Development Corp
• Anthem WellPoint
• BMW North America
• Raintree Partners (Real Estate)

Anita received her BS in Animal Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA.  She holds her SPHR (Senior Human Resources Professional) certification from HRCI which is an affiliate of the SHRM (Society for Human Resources Management). In addition, she holds mediation certifications from the state of Virginia and Orange County, CA. She received her coach training from Coach University and achieved her ACC coaching credential through the ICF.  Anita is currently working on her Team Coaching credential through Team Coaching International.