Richard H. Wexler, PH.D.,CPC
 |
Dr. Wexler, President of Personnel Systems Inc (PSI), is a licensed psychologist, certified personnel consultant, Executive Coach & trainer, dynamic speaker, and a recognized leader in Industrial, Organizational & Personnel Psychology (IOP), Mind/Body Health & Fitness and cross-cultural human behavior issues. He is also President-Elect of the NY State Psychological Association (3,000 members), and teaches Organization Assessment and Diagnosis at Graduate University level. Formerly a Management and Organization Development Specialist for a multi-billion dollar organization (23,000 employees), then Manager of Executive Staffing for a major cable television company (6,500 employees), then promoted to a Vice President of Human Resources, Dr. Wexler managed departments and personnel on both corporate and field levels before creating PSI in 1984. As President of PSI he assists large and small organizations in a wide variety of projects, including talent management; executive assessment; Executive Coaching & development (including CEOs); conducting extensive Organization Development, Management Development and Succession Planning projects, staffing organizations; developing psychologically healthy workplaces to improve productivity & teamwork & reduce stress; forensic projects; assessing & testing candidates for all levels of positions; and developing hundreds of policies and manuals (including the American Express Human Resources Policy Manual). Providing services internationally (e.g. Sweden, France, Denmark, China, Italy, Chile), he is particularly experienced in working with executives, managers and staff from diverse cultural backgrounds. With a passion for Sports Psychology, he also created and is President of Mind Body Harmony International, Inc., a Company promoting health, fitness, stress management, productivity & performance development programs for organizations, teams and individuals. Award winning programs include Executive Leadership & Team Development, Overcoming Obstacles & Achieving Visions, and Increasing Productivity By Promoting a Psychologically Healthy Workplace.
Dr. Wexler is the author of a number of management systems books and articles, including Prentice Hall's (later Macmillan's) annually updated "Personnel Policies Workbook", "Work and Family Life", “Aids In The Workplace”, "Aids In The Workplace: A Manager’s Guide", “Effective Succession Planning”, “The Emotional Stability Components of Human Performance Problems”, “Personnel Policy Workbook Supplements”, and co-author of "Life Management". He created & published the Cogeneration Human Resources Newsletter, has presented many seminars, and has been interviewed on many TV shows.
He received four graduate degrees: a Ph.D. in Psychology from Columbia University in 1981; a M.Ph. in Psychology from TC, Columbia University in 1980, specializing in assessment, tests and measurement; two M.A. degrees in Psychology, one from TC, Columbia University, and one from the New School for Social Research. He also received certification in psychoanalytic psychotherapy from New York State following completion of a three-year program in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at Washington Square Institute for Psychotherapy & Mental Health. Dr. Wexler is a member and officer for many professional organizations. He is President-Elect of the NY State Psychological Association, a past President of the Personnel, Industrial & Organizational Division of NYSPA, a past President of the Hudson Valley Chapter of the Association of Personnel Consultants of NY, and teaches at Milano The New School University for Management and Urban Policy. He is active in many organizations, including the American Psychological Association (e.g. Society for Industrial & Organization Psychology; Consulting Psychologists; Exercise & Sports Psychology; International Psychology; Media Psych; & Society for Psychology of Creativity & Arts). Recent honors include the Presidential Award in 2005 and Distinguished Service Award in 2006 from the NYS Psychological Association.
<< Back |
