Bruce Hammer, Ph.D.
President

Bruce Hammer is a seasoned executive coach and organizational consultant whose clients value his ability to effect lasting change. Drawing on over 30 years of assessment and counseling experience, Bruce applies up-to-date trends and best practices in the fields of psychology, organizational development, and coaching to his work.

Bruce's capacity to communicate sensitive information in a straightforward yet empathic fashion enables his coaching clients to integrate and utilize challenging 360o survey feedback. His ability to gain the client's trust and to quickly identify and resolve personal or situational factors impeding change allows clients to make and sustain difficult behavioral modifications.

Bruce believes that effective coaching always takes place in the context of an organization's culture and values, and that coaching leads to success only when the client's goals align with the company's business strategy and organizational expectations. He customizes his coaching approach to help the client meet these expectations - be it to step up to expanded responsibilities, to adopt the management style suited to the business situation, or to achieve specific remedial/ developmental goals.

With extensive experience in interpersonal psychology and organizational culture, Bruce is also highly effective working with groups - leadership teams, business partners, and organizations undergoing leadership or strategic transitions. His group processes include Team Alignment, a process that develops high-performance leadership teams committed to achieving shared business objectives; and Succession Management, enabling smooth transfers of leadership from one executive to another. Bruce also specializes in helping second-generation family businesses migrate to a more institutionalized structure and management approach.

Bruce's clients range from Fortune 500 companies and large non-profits to family firms and small businesses. His client list includes Prudential Financial, BNY Mellon, First Data Corporation, the National Football League, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Viacom, Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, Catholic Health Services/Good Samaritan Hospital, Wiley and Sons, Southern Star Shipping, Eisner LLP, Weiss Peck & Greer, Medical Action Industries, Telmar/Peaktime, The Alcott Group, Norman Hecht Research, Burmax, and Vartest.

Before founding Hammer Associates in 2002, Bruce served as Executive Vice President of Lurie Executive Development. Earlier in his career, Bruce founded and served as Executive Director of Suffolk Institute, a not-for-profit training institute chartered by NYS. He is currently a full faculty member at the Suffolk Institute for Psychotherapy (SIPP), an adjunct assistant professor at C.W. Post University, and an active member of the Family Firm Institute (FFI). He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Hofstra University and has completed four years of postdoctoral training at Adelphi University. Bruce is also fully certified in the Hogan assessment suite and the Clark Wilson 360. On a personal note, Bruce is an avid runner and cyclist who has competed in many races, including triathlons and marathons; he credits much of his coaching passion and expertise to his lifelong involvement with endurance athletics.

Shulamit Falik
Vice President, Marketing and Communications

With over twenty years experience in corporate consulting, Shulamit Falik brings to Hammer Associates a rich and varied background in organizational development, project management, communications and technology.

Shulamit is involved with a wide range of organizational development activities at Hammer Associates, including the design and implementation of organizational assessments and surveys; meeting design and facilitation; and creating customized competency models for performance management. She also supports clients' communications needs by developing customized reports, presentations, marketing materials, position papers, and other communications vehicles. In addition to her work with clients, Shulamit is responsible for all of Hammer Associates marketing and communication initiatives as well as internal project management.

From 1998-2002, Shulamit served as Vice President of Lurie Executive Development, where she was responsible for culture change and organizational improvement initiatives for Prudential Financial, Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase, and the National Football League. Prior to 1998, she spent fifteen years as an independent consultant in Information Technology, working as a project manager, business analyst, and software developer, for AXA/Equitable, Cigna, and TIAA/CREF.

A graduate of Brooklyn College, Shulamit studied Organizational Development at the New School Leadership Center, marketing and small business development at Hofstra University Business Development Center, and is currently enrolled in classes at Gotham Writers' Workshop.