For over two decades, I have worked
as a consultant and executive coach to organizational
leaders and their teams in the finance, media, insurance,
and advertising industries to improve interpersonal
relationships, foster communications and heighten self-awareness
in the workplace, with the goal of enabling my clients
to capitalize on their strengths and improve their impact
and influence. I specialize in cross-cultural, cross-sector
relationship building, group and board facilitation,
strategic organizational design and leadership development.
I have worked extensively with multinational companies,
governments and individuals in the United States, China,
Hong Kong, India, South Africa, Brazil, England, Italy,
and Germany.
I think it is critical to understand
people as they are, not as they think they are, and
to reconcile the two. I gather data from multiple sources
and provide feedback in a way that allows for discussion
of "the real issues." By challenging the beliefs
and behaviors that stand between action and inaction,
communication and thought, understanding and impression,
my clients gain a renewed sense of purpose and engagement.
I remove relational barriers and enhance alignment across
multiple stakeholders to achieve desired results, providing
or helping source the tools needed to do so.
My work is conducted through three
separate but interrelated platforms. My consulting firm,
Katzman Consulting (www.katzmanconsulting.com)
, is an international consortium of consultants and
coaches, each with a minimum of 15 years' experience,
most of whom are Ph.D. psychologists. We help organizations
become more successful by developing a better understanding
of the impact of individual psychology and group dynamics
on performance. As a result, companies make better hiring
and staffing decisions, configure teams more effectively,
and reduce interpersonal and intergroup conflict. KC
coaches provide executive coaching to high potential
executives, facilitate off-site programs and board meetings,
and create training and development curricula. Our clients
include Viacom's Nickelodeon, Logo, VH1 and MTV online,
Hearst Corporation, WPP, Ketchum, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche
Bank, Credit Suisse, Northern Trust, UBS, Carnegie Bank,
The London Financial and Futures Exchange (LIFFE), United
Health Group, Endurance Services, Stonebridge (political
consultants), and non-profit organizations and governmental
bodies worldwide.
I am also a partner in Leaders' Quest
(www.leadersquest.org)
, a non-profit consultancy that conducts leadership
focused immersion experiences for senior business, government,
civic and non-profit executives. We work in the U.S.,
U.K., China, India, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Turkey,
Russia and Brazil (where I am the country head). We
focus on the interconnectedness of our world and understanding
the complex issues changing people's lives. I joined
LQ when we were only four partners around a kitchen
table - we now boast a team of over 70 professionals,
have led over 100 programs and have over 4,000 people
in our 'global community' ranging from presidents, CEOs
and entrepreneurs to community leaders and social activists.
We span all generations and many cultures. Leaders'
Quest clients include Apax, Actis Private Equity, TPG,
Ernst & Young, Bain & Co., British Airways,
Daimler, GlaxoSmithKlein, Russell Reynolds Associates,
SAB Miller, Thompson Reuters, United Business Media,
Bayer MaterialScience AG, GoinGreen, Oxfam, and the
UK government. Leaders' Quest's unique methodology for
promoting collaborative global leadership and creating
transformational experiences has recently been the focus
of a study at the Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania.
Finally, there is my clinical and academic side. For over
twenty years, I have had a private clinical psychology
practice in New York City, and as adjunct faculty at the
Weill Cornell Medical Center, I train psychiatry residents
in group therapy techniques, and the importance of understanding
both the socio-cultural context of individual psychological
issues and the intended and unintended consequences of
medical interventions. In addition, I have been visiting
faculty for Bocconi Business School in Milan, Henley School
of Management in Henley-on-Thames, England, Kings College
in London, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. I
also sit on the Trustees' Council of Penn Women at the
University of Pennsylvania, where for three years I co-chaired
the committee on the Advancement of Women Faculty.
I have been a co-author/editor of five books (on group
process, treatment of eating disorders, cultures in
transition, and the communication of neurobiological
advances to general audiences), and I have written or
co-written dozens of peer-reviewed scholarly articles
on women's advancement, power dynamics in health care,
socio-cultural influences on diagnosis and treatment,
and gender issues in the boardroom. I was a pioneer
in the diagnosis and treatment of bulimia nervosa, first
in the U.S. and later around the world, writing some
of the first treatment manuals and helping create the
conferences and professional associations that have
defined the field. My research has illustrated that
eating disorders are a global marker of social and economic
transformation. I have lectured worldwide on science
and activism, women's empowerment, diseases of modernization
and the magic of convening groups to multiply personal
impact.
Each of these spheres feeds each of the others, and
enables me to use knowledge gained in one area to then
advise across the rest of my practice. Through this
portfolio professional life, I have a window on business,
government and societal attitudes, customs and pressures
in the developed and developing worlds; a wide variety
of leadership styles and practices; the different psychologies
of peoples and places; and how companies and people
can work effectively together across time, distance
and international borders.
Katzman, M.A., Bara-Carril,
N., Rabe-Hesketh, S., Schmidt, U., Troop, N., Treasure,
J. (2010) A randomized controlled two-stage trial
in the treatment of bulimia nervosa, comparing CBT
versus motivational Enhancement in Phase 1 follow
by group versus individual CBT in phase 2. Psychosomatic
Medicine Vol. 72 Download
PDF (580 kb)
Katzman, M.A. (2010) Eating
disorders: Global marker of change in Latzer,
Y., Merrick, J., Stein, D., (Eds). Understanding
eating disorders: Integrating culture, psychology
and biology. New York: Nova Science.
Katzman, M.A. (2009). Foreword
in Malson, H. & Burns, M. (Eds). Critical
feminist approaches to eating disorders. London:
Routledge Press.. Download
PDF (2.7 Mb)
Katzman, M.A. (2009). On
eating disorders and midlife. Women’s Voices
for Change website: www.womensvoicesforchange.org. Download
PDF (21 kb)
Katzman, M.A., Nasser,
M., & Noordenbos, G. (2007). Feminist therapies
in Nasser, M., Baistow, K., & Treasure, J. (Eds.).
The female body in mind. London: Routledge
Press. Download
PDF (3.8Mb)
Katzman, M.A., Nasser, M. Sociocultural theories
of eating disorders: An evolution in thought.
In Treasure, J., Schmidt, U. & van Furth, E.
(2003). Handbook of eating disorders. Second
Edition. John Wiley & Sons: London. 139-150. Download
PDF (12Mb)
Katzman, M.A. (2002). Barbie
in the boardroom in Bauer, B. (ed.). Puoi
anche dire no.
Lee, S., & Katzman, M.A.
(2001). Cross-cultural perspectives on eating
disorders in Fairburn, C., & Brownell, K.
(Eds.). Eating disorders and obesity: A comprehensive
handbook. New York: Guilford Press
Meehan, O., & Katzman,
M.A. (2001). Argentina: The social body at
risk in Nasser, M., Katzman, M.A., & Gordon,
R. (Eds.). Eating disorders and cultures in transition.
London: Routledge Press. Download
The Preface. PDF (3.6Mb) Download
PDF (5.9Mb)
Davis, C. & Katzman, M.A.
(1999). Perfection as acculturation. International
Journal of Eating Disorders. Vol. 25, No. 1, 65-70. Download
PDF (105 kb)
Davis, C. & Katzman, M.A.
(1998). Chinese men and women in the U.S.A. and
Hong Kong: Body and self esteem ratings as a prelude
to dieting and exercise. International Journal
of Eating Disorders. Vol. 23, No. 1, 99-102. Download
PDF (460 kb)
Sesan, R., & Katzman,
M.A. (1998). Empowerment and the eating disordered
client: Differentiation within feminist therapy
in Heenan, C., & Seu, B., (Eds.). Feminisms
and psychotherapies. New York: Sage Publications.
Bauer, B., Gehrke, B., & Katzman,
M.A. (1997). Problem-solving in multi-cultural
work teams. Paper given to the European Association
for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Venice,
Italy.
Katzman, M.A. & Lee,
S. (1997). Beyond body image: The integration
of feminist and trans-cultural theories in the understanding
of self-starvation. International Journal of
Eating Disorders. Vol. 22, No. 4, 385-394 Download
PDF (50 kb)
Katzman, M.A. (1997). Getting
the difference right: It's power not gender that
matters. European Eating Disorders Review. Vol.
5, No. 20, 71-74. Download
PDF (80 kb)
Katzman, M.A. (1997).
Creating high-powered patients. Paper given
to the European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive
Therapies. Venice, Italy.
Katzman, M.A. (1996).
Empowerment for clients and therapists. Workshop
given at the Sheffield Conference on Qualitative
and Feminist Research. Sheffield, England.
Katzman, M.A. (1995). Women
and their peers. Part of symposium: Treating
Eating Disorders: What Have We Learned About the
Psychology of Women? Presented to the American Psychological
Association, New York, NY.
Katzman, M.A. (1995). The
woman who puts others before herself: A case discussion
in Cheng, L., Baxter, H., & Cheung, F., (Eds.).
Psychotherapy for the Chinese. Shatin, Hong
Kong: Chinese University Pres
Weiss, L., Katzman, M.A.,
& Wolchik, S. (1986). You can't have your
cake & eat it too: A program for controlling
bulimia. Phoenix, Arizona: Golden Psych Press.
Hoek, H.W., Treasure, J.L., &
Katzman, M.A. (Eds.). (1998). Neurobiology
in the treatment of eating disorders. West Sussex,
England: John Wiley & Sons.
Tchanturia, K., Troop, N.A. &
Katzman, M.A. (2002). Same pie, different
portions: Shape and weight-based self-esteem and
eating disorder symptoms in a Georgian sample.
Paper. European Eating Disorders Review, 10, 110-119. Download
PDF (803 kb)
Tchanturia, K., Katzman, M.A., Troop, N.A.,
& Treasure, J. (2002). An exploration of
eating disorders in a Georgian sample. Paper.
International Journal of Social Psychiatry. London,
Thousand Oaks & New Delhi: Sage Publications,
Vol. 48, 220-230. Download
PDF (774 kb)
Connan, F., Campbell, I.C., Katzman, M.A.,
Lightman, S.L. & Treasure, J. (2003). A neurodevelopmental
model for anorexia nervosa. Paper. Psychology
and Behavior: Elsevier Science., Inc. 13-24. Download
PDF (1.8Mb)
Katzman, M.A. (1993). The pregnant therapist
and the eating-disordered woman: The challenge of
fertility. Eating Disorders, Vol. 1, No. 1,
17-30. Download
PDF (1.4Mb)
Leung, F., Geller, J. Katzman, M.A. (1995).
Issues and concerns associated with different
risk models for eating disorders. International
Journal of Eating Disorders. Vol. 19, No. 3, 249-256:
John Wiley & Sons. Download
PDF (750 kb)
Katzman, M.A. (1995) The last word: Asia
on my mind: Are eating disorders a problem in Hong
Kong? Eating Disorders, Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter
1995, 378-380. Download
PDF (211 kb)
Katzman, M.A., Davis, C. (1997). Charting
new territory: Body esteem, weight satisfaction,
depression, and self-esteem among Chinese males
and females in Hong Kong. Sex Roles, Vol. 36,
Nos. 7/8. 449-459. Plenum Publishing Corporation. Download
PDF (1.2Mb)
Le Grange, D., Louw, J., Breen, A. & Katzman,
M.A. (2004) The meaning of 'self-starvation'
in impoverished black adolescents in South Africa.
Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry. Vol.28, 439-461. Download
PDF (130 kb)
Katzman, M.A., Hermans, K.M.E., Van Hoeken,
D., & Hoek, H.W. (2004). Not your 'typical
island woman': Anorexia nervosa is reported only
in subcultures in Curaçao. Culture, Medicine
and Psychiatry. Vol 28, 463-492. Download
PDF (160 kb)
Garcia-Vilches, I., Badia-Casanovas, A., Fernandez-Aranda,
F., Turon-Gil, V., Vallejo-Ruiloba, J., & Katzman,
M.A.Characteristics of bulimic patients
whose parents do or do not abuse alcohol. (2002).
Eating Weight Disorders. Vol. 7, 232-238. Download
PDF (96 kb)
Treasure, J.L., Katzman, M.A., Schmidt, U.,
Troop, N., Todd, G., de Silva, P. (1999) Engagement
and outcome in the treatment of bulimia nervosa:
First phase of a sequential design comparing motivation
enhancement therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Behaviour Research and Therapy. 37, 405-418 Download
PDF (1.7Mb)
Troop, N.A., Allan, S., Treasure, J.L., Katzman,
M.A. (2003) Social comparison and submissive
behaviour in eating disorder patients. Psychology
and Psychotherapy. Vol. 76 (3), 237-249. Download
PDF (203 kb)
Hoek, H.W., van Hoeken, D., Katzman, M.A.
(2003). Epidemiology and cultural aspects of
eating disorders: A review. Eating Disorders.
John Wiley & Sons. Chapter 2 Download
PDF (153 kb).
Katzman, M.A. (2007) Women
and Money. Invited Speaker, Alumni Weekend, University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Katzman, M.A. (2006) Power,
Passion and the Privilege to make Career Changes.
Talk given to 100 Women in Hedge Funds, New York,
N.Y.
Katzman, M.A. (2005) Cultural
Comparisons and Inspirations in the treatment of
Eating Disorders. St. Charles University Conference.
Prague, Czech Republic
Katzman. M.A. (2002) Integrating
multi-cultural lessons for a feminist understanding
of anorexia nervosa. Universidad International Menendez
Pelayo, Valencia, Spain. (Nov)
Katzman, M.A. (2002) Cultures
within Cultures: Lessons from Epidemiological work
in Curacao. Royal Society of Physicians, Edinburgh,
Scotland.
(2001) Thinking for Success. Presented
at the Bucconi Business School in Mian, Italy (Nov)
Katzman, M.A. (2000) Creating
motivational cultures. Workshop given at the International
Congress of the Egyptian Mental Health (NGOs). (Feb)
Cairo, Egypt.
Katzman, M.A. (1999) Power,
Gender and the West: What does it mean? Keynote
given at the Gastro-Politics of Food, Women and
Nation Caucus at the University of British Columbia.
Vancouver, British Columbia.
Katzman, M.A. (1999) Changing
worlds, challenging women. Address given to the
Jerusalem Institute for Adolescents. Jerusalem,
Israel.
Katzman, M.A. (1998) Harnessing
power and culture to create systems of change. Plenary
panel given at the 10th Biennial Congress of the
Society of Psychiatry, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Katzman, M. A. (1998) Cultural
Curiosities: Questions for the next millennium.
Plenary Address given at the eighth international
conference on eating disorders. New York, N. Y.
Katzman, M. A. (1998) Creating
a culture of experts. Plenary address to given at
the
Conference on Developing Local Services, London,
England.
Katzman, M.A. (1995). Discussions
for professional renewal. Conducted at the Renfrew
Foundation Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November.
Katzman, M.A. (1995). Personal
obstacles to power. Workshop given to the Hong Kong
Association of Business and Professional Women.
Katzman, M.A. (1995). Creating
a female style of management: Leadership for the
90s. Keynote Address given to the Hong Kong Association
of Business and Professional Women.
Katzman, M.A. (1995). The
ugly duckling becomes a swan: Group therapy in the
managed care era. Workshop given at the A.N.A.D.
Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
Katzman, M.A. (1993). Women
helping women: The bright and dark side of female
relationships. Seminar presented at the Renfrew
Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Katzman, M.A. (1993). Understanding
the difference in male and female communication
styles. An employee education seminar presented
at Chase Manhattan Bank N.A., Brooklyn, NY.
Katzman, M.A. (1993). The
intersection of body and mind. Workshop presented
at the Women's Caucus of the Society of General
Medicine, Washington, DC.
Katzman, M.A. (1993). Women
in groups: Experiments in taking up space. Plenary
address presented at the National Association of
Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders, National
Eating Disorders Conference, Chicago, IL.
Katzman, M.A. (1992). A
perspective on the future: When the personal is
political. Holliswood Hospital, Holliswood, Queens,
NY.
Katzman, M.A. (1991). Body
image treatments: A feminist appraisal. Grand Rounds,
St. Vincent's Hospital, Harrison, NY.
Katzman, M.A. (1991). Changing
the focus of our body image: Every woman's right
to have a value beyond the number on the scale.
Lecture given at Gracie Square Hospital, New York,
NY.
Katzman, M.A. (1988). Making
stress work for you. Seminar presented at the Daily
News, New York, NY.
Katzman, M.A. (1987). How
to succeed in business without burning out. Lecture
presented to the Association of Women in Legal Departments,
New York, NY.
Interpersonally
adept at building teams and maintaining
momentum, even
when working virtually (long history of leading
cross border research teams and coaching/developing
multi-national corporate teams
Extensively published
researcher (five co-edited/co-authored
books, multiple
peer reviewed articles, book chapters-focus
on cross cultural, cross disciplinary research
and its application to issues of mental health,
societal change and institutional /governmental
support in the US and in the developing world
Over a decade
experience consulting with Public Affairs groups
in
Finance and
Media sectors to merge fiscal success with social
responsibility
Able to communicate
complex data to diverse audiences ( orally
and in writing)
-20 plus years of public speaking to US and
international academic, corporate and community
audiences
Media friendly
and experienced-have done print, TV and radio
interviews in
North and South America, Europe and Asia
Lateral thinking
and creative partnering (in academic, advocacy
and not for
profit work)
Initiated pioneering
research on the definition, treatment and
understanding
of eating disorders-starting just before bulimia
was even a diagnostic term-continue to advise
on women’s mental health, body image, competency
building and eating disorders (on academic as
well as advocacy issues).
Committed to
knowledge generation as well as transfer and
application-over
past 15 years, mentored and partnered with students
and faculty in Eastern Europe , Asia and Curacao
Intellectually
curious and high energy
Can work hard,
laugh even harder (first at self, then with
others)
