Rebecca Setliff, PhD

Rebecca Setliff, PhD, founded Setliff and Associates to help organizations develop and maintain a capable, productive workforce. She understands how people work together, how organizations are managed, and how leaders can dramatically affect group outcomes. She has extensive experience consulting with corporations, government agencies, and non-profits to design and implement executive, management, and professional development curricula, and she works with companies to find solutions to improving workplace performance.

Dr. Setliff is no stranger to learning in the business environment. She spent several years managing executive education centers at both the Goizueta Business School, Emory University in Atlanta, and the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh. During those years she worked collaboratively with diverse organizations to provide high quality learning opportunities to their workforce's, and she honed her facilitation skills in the executive education classroom. In addition she has international experience and knowledge gained from several years directing the Language and Culture Institute at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Setliff has strong relationships with talented, ethical, and experienced consultants who assist with her clients as necessary and appropriate.

Setliff and Associates offers leadership and management solutions to improve workplace performance. Organizations face many challenges to developing a competent, effective workforce, including:

• Efforts do not link to business goals or expected work performance;
• Training is based often on erroneous assumptions about what personnel need;
• Programs do not fit organizational culture;
• Individuals do not believe efforts are worth the time;
• Initiatives are not evaluated