Mari Frank Interviews Lawrence Polsky & Antoine Gerschel, Managing Partners at PeopleNRG

Lawrence Polsky & Antoine Gerschel have traveled the world assisting thousands of leaders on 5 continents to navigate change and conflict. As Managing Partners at PeopleNRG, a global leadership consulting firm in Princeton, New Jersey, they re-energize leaders and teams by helping them address the fundamental barriers to organizational performance: unclear objectives, inadequate communication, misunderstood roles and responsibilities, and poor decision making processes. Antoine has 15+ years of experience developing award-winning programs improving business communication and leadership within global, multi-cultural settings. He has firsthand experience as an entrepreneur and corporate leader in the U.S., Europe and Japan. Lawrence specializes in coaching leaders to improve their Emotional Intelligence. This expertise was developed through his postgraduate work at the Institute for Human Development, under the direction of Dr. Wilson Tilley, focusing on the impact of emotions on communication, problem solving, and relationships. Highly entertaining speakers, they have received high ratings at conferences such as SHRM, Prosci and the Global HRD Conference in Mumbai India. Lawrence earned his M.S. in Organization Development from The American University with NTL Institute, a leading institution in experiential learning. His B.S. is in Management, with a minor in Industrial Psychology, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Originally from Switzerland, Antoine has the equivalent of a BA in Economics and a MBA from the St. Gall Graduate School of Business, Economics, Law and Public Administration (the highest rated business school in German-speaking Europe). He is fluent in English, French, German and Spanish and has basic knowledge of a number of other languages. www.peoplenrg.com