Katzman Consulting

Refining strategy. Resolving conflict. Fostering trust.

Katzman Consulting, founded in 1999, identifies and reconciles conflict within teams, builds trust, and galvanizes performance while sharpening clients’ awareness of the personalities, group dynamics and cultural distinctions that shape decision-making.

Melanie and her associates ensure the right conversations happen, facilitating meetings for organizations, boards and teams that activate the promise and potential of individuals while stimulating enterprise success.

Team Meetings ~ Corporate Offsites ~ Family Business ~ Succession Planning ~ Crisis Management ~ Talent Assessment ~ Gender Parity Programming.

Recent engagements

 
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Carolyn Yim
“Melanie is one of the top executive coaches working today.”
Carolyn Yim
“Melanie is one of the top executive coaches working today.”

Carolyn Yim,
Head of HR Centre of Excellence, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

“Melanie is one of the top executive coaches working today.”
Sarah Iooss
“Melanie is psychologically clairvoyant—anticipating impacts and preparing the people she works with to make tough decisions and succeed with grace.”
Sarah Iooss
“Melanie is psychologically clairvoyant—anticipating impacts and preparing the people she works with to make tough decisions and succeed with grace.”

Sarah Iooss,
Director of US Agency, Amazon

“Melanie is psychologically clairvoyant—anticipating impacts and preparing the people she works with to make tough decisions and succeed with grace.”
Leonid Sudakov
“Melanie has been a real partner in multiple contexts—building a cohesive leadership team that combines the best of corporate and startup worlds in a multi-billion-dollar global org, to aligning a large senior leader community in a multi-unit digital platform business. Melanie's deep expertise in psychology and her boundless curiosity, are the foundation of what has made our dynamic partnership so valuable.”
Leonid Sudakov
“Melanie has been a real partner in multiple contexts—building a cohesive leadership team that combines the best of corporate and startup worlds in a multi-billion-dollar global org, to aligning a large senior leader community in a multi-unit digital platform business. Melanie's deep expertise in psychology and her boundless curiosity, are the foundation of what has made our dynamic partnership so valuable.”

Leonid Sudakov,
President, Growth, Digital and Platforms, Mars Petcare.

“Melanie has been a real partner in multiple contexts—building a cohesive leadership team that combines the best of corporate and startup worlds in a multi-billion-dollar global org, to aligning a large senior leader community in a multi-unit digital platform business. Melanie's deep expertise in psychology and her boundless curiosity, are the foundation of what has made our dynamic partnership so valuable.”
Nisha Rao-Schiller
“In this radically changing world, Melanie’s extensive experience as a trusted advisor to senior executives offers a wealth of actionable insights grounded in neuroscience and psychology.”
Nisha Rao-Schiller
“In this radically changing world, Melanie’s extensive experience as a trusted advisor to senior executives offers a wealth of actionable insights grounded in neuroscience and psychology.”

Nisha Rao-Schiller,
Global Head of Leadership Planning & Development, Deutsche Bank.

“In this radically changing world, Melanie’s extensive experience as a trusted advisor to senior executives offers a wealth of actionable insights grounded in neuroscience and psychology.”
Chris Colabella
“Our work with Katzman Consulting on building, growing, and transforming our business while smoothly resolving outstanding family and generational transition concerns has paid off for us in multiple dimensions—from our bottom line, to our personal happiness, to our professional expectations for the future.”
Chris Colabella
“Our work with Katzman Consulting on building, growing, and transforming our business while smoothly resolving outstanding family and generational transition concerns has paid off for us in multiple dimensions—from our bottom line, to our personal happiness, to our professional expectations for the future.”

Chris Colabella,
President, Construction Information Systems (CIS).

“Our work with Katzman Consulting on building, growing, and transforming our business while smoothly resolving outstanding family and generational transition concerns has paid off for us in multiple dimensions—from our bottom line, to our personal happiness, to our professional expectations for the future.”
Daniela Nascimento Fainberg
“Melanie has searchlight intelligence that readily discerns connections across spheres and sees opportunities to cross-pollinate.”
Daniela Nascimento Fainberg
“Melanie has searchlight intelligence that readily discerns connections across spheres and sees opportunities to cross-pollinate.”

Daniela Nascimento Fainberg,
Head of Latin American Philanthropy, Synergos Brazil.

“Melanie has searchlight intelligence that readily discerns connections across spheres and sees opportunities to cross-pollinate.”
Ron Rudzin
“Dr. Katzman seamlessly incorporated our entire office into a conversation addressing the concerns of our rapidly growing business. She resonated to our values and provided visionary and creative guidance to strengthen our relationships with each other and our customers.”
Ron Rudzin
“Dr. Katzman seamlessly incorporated our entire office into a conversation addressing the concerns of our rapidly growing business. She resonated to our values and provided visionary and creative guidance to strengthen our relationships with each other and our customers.”

Ron Rudzin,
Founder and CEO, Saatva Mattress.

“Dr. Katzman seamlessly incorporated our entire office into a conversation addressing the concerns of our rapidly growing business. She resonated to our values and provided visionary and creative guidance to strengthen our relationships with each other and our customers.”
Shannon Totten
"It never ceases to amaze me how impactful Melanie can be in 24 hours on the ground!”
Shannon Totten
"It never ceases to amaze me how impactful Melanie can be in 24 hours on the ground!”

Shannon Totten,
EVP, Chief Underwriting Officer, N.A., Sompo International, Bermuda

"It never ceases to amaze me how impactful Melanie can be in 24 hours on the ground!”