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Dr. Zachary is president of Leadership Development Services, LLC. She is an internationally recognized expert in mentoring and leadership. Multinationals, Fortune 100 companies, national associations, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies use her models and approaches to raise the bar on personal and organizational leadership performance.

Zachary is author of The Mentor’s Guide (Jossey-Bass, 2000), a best-selling book that has become the primary resource for organizations interested in promoting mentoring for leadership and learning. Her latest book, Creating a Mentoring Culture: The Organization’s Guide, provides a comprehensive resource for promoting organizational mentoring sustainability.

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She has published extensively on the on the topics mentoring, leadership and board development, staff development, consulting and adult development and learning. She co-edited The Adult Educator as Consultant (Jossey-Bass, 1993) and co-authored Creating and Sustaining Collaborative Partnerships (2002).

Zachary received her doctorate in Adult and Continuing Education from Columbia University. She holds a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University and a Master of Science degree in Education from Southern Illinois University. She served on the faculties of several colleges and universities and frequently guest lectures around the country.

She is the immediate past chair of the Phoenix Athena PowerLink Governing Board, a program sponsored by the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, that helps women-owned businesses expand profitably and success. She currently sits on the Advisory Board of the School of Global Management & Leadership of Arizona State University and holds leadership positions in other community and national organizations.

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Prior to joining Leadership Development Services, LLC as Senior Associate in 2001, Ms. Fischler was principal of Team Training Consultants.  An award winning workshop leader and training facilitator, she has been training and consulting for 25 years and was the first recipient of the Motorola University West's Instructor of the Year Award. Her areas of expertise include teamwork, effective meetings, conflict management, communication skills, negotiation, decision-making, presentation skills, and facilitation. Fischler specializes in leadership development for health care leaders and has extensive experience working with high tech manufacturing companies.

Her six years experience as Assistant Director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center at the University of Arizona Heath Sciences Center provides substantial grounding for her current coaching and consulting work with hospitals, medical practices, medical staff leaders and hospital administrators.

Fischler created Leadership Development Services’ unique Effective Meeting Model© and the support training materials widely used by clients to improve the quality and efficiency of their meetings. Her Workstyle Inventory Instrument promotes self understanding and team interaction.

She co-authored with Dr. Lois Zachary, Creating and Sustaining Collaborative Partnerships (2002). Her curriculum, Negotiation: Achieving a Win-Win Result has been adopted by Motorola for its North American facilities.

She graduated from Lake Erie College and studied at the University of Grenoble. She pursued post graduate work in counseling at both Boston University and Boston State University. Fischler is an annual guest lecturer at the  Arizona State University School of Business.

Ms. Fischler is an active community volunteer, having served in major leadership positions. She has spearheaded major fund raising drives and strategic planning initiatives.

Eric Ng

Mr. Eric Ng, is the President & CEO of ESSN International Pte Ltd and serves as Leadership Development Services, LLC’s representative in the Asia Pacific. He specializes in enabling professionals with critical life skills in learning, thinking and performing. Eric is a Certified Master Trainer for the Positive Power and Influence®, Negotiation Strategy and Tactics™, Project Management: Tools, Principles and Practices ® and Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument®.

Eric has more than 25 years of working experience and has customers in the Government, Construction, Banking/Finance, Pharmaceutical, Telecommunications, IT, Retail, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Technology, Service, Transportation, Chemicals and Oil/Gas industries.

His belief in being a student for life has enabled him to achieve postgraduate qualifications in Computer Science and also an MBA in Strategic Marketing with practical application in Training and Development.

He participates in Triathlon, Marathon and Ironman races. He enjoys traveling, fishing and spending time with his wife and two children.