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Fortinberry Murray Consulting founders, Dr Alicia Fortinberry and Dr Bob Murray apply their 20-year experience and practical, research-based techniques as consultants, trainers, speakers and executive coaches for top-tier international organizations including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ford Motor Co, McDonald's, Macquarie Bank, Bain & Co, Stockland and PepsiCo.
Award winning authors of the international bestseller Creating Optimism (McGraw-Hill), Bob and Alicia are sought out by leading international media including New York Times, Entrepreneur, Australian Financial Review, Effective Executive, Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, and Woman's World.
Articles
Building Employee Engagement and High Performance in Times of Stress: Aug 2011
Organizations can make use of the human need to socialize to reduce stress. In order to cope with the stressful arena in which most corporations operate, management must, paradoxically, look at the same time into the distant past to see how humans are hard-wired to operate.
Mixing Friendship and Business: Jan 2011
Dr Bob Murray explains why productivity, flexibility, engagement, staff and customer loyalty depend on the strength of interpersonal relationships at work. Article in Effective Executive.
Social Intelligence: June 2010
Studies show that socially intelligent leaders stand way above the rest when measured in terms of their peoples' performance, engagement, and productivity and their company's profits. This article talks about what makes a socially intelligent leader.
Alicia Fortinberry, among other leading happiness experts, uncovers the key components of lasting happiness in this Health Smart feature article.
A Framework for Optimistic Organizations: Oct 2009
Fostering an optimistic environment can lead to positive outcomes. Dr Bob Murray and Dr Alicia Fortinberry show how an organization can become optimistic and resilient by maximizing five principles. Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management journal cover story. Also published in Chinese.