Developing people and Culture

Robert’s expertise in developing a high-performance culture has helped our company to develop our team to be better in all of the areas that really matter. His emphasis on Emotional Intelligence has placed our focus on the relationships of our… Read more “Joel G. Block”

Thank you for your excellent presentation on Practicing Emotional Intelligence.  I found your development tips tremendously helpful.
I teach Emotional Intelligence to students, unfortunately, EQ literature is often strong on good intentions rather than solid practical advice.
I can… Read more “Diana Lenko, MBA”

Robert has a wonderful style that disarms and makes one lean in to learn. The fellow participants were all high level, high performing successful professionals. The caliber of the individuals created an atmosphere of a higher level of dialogue. This… Read more “Brenda Allison”

I attended an executive briefing delivered by Robert Grossman, head of Black Diamond Leadership, on “Creating Culture of High-Performance. Robert brings extensive experience from the field of running and operating businesses, and certifications field of emotional intelligence, leadership, psychological safety,… Read more “Tom Oser”

Recently, I attended an Executive Briefing on How to Create a Culture of High-Performance. As a professional advisor, I knew the culture was important, but I did not realize the impact on the bottom line a negative culture has on… Read more “Marc Levin”

I hired Robert to help clarify career options after selling my business. I was initially focused on the “what” but Robert expertly refocused the discussion on “why” and helped me evaluate my options in a more holistic way. We worked… Read more “Chad Hill”

My CEO and I have been seeing Robert for almost a year. Since working with Robert, I’ve had a lot of eye-opening experiences that have made me a stronger leader. He’s helped me achieve a new level of management and… Read more “Emily Stellick”

Robert has impacted my business and my life more than I could have ever imagined. I have had a successful company for 10 years now. It was until a few months ago that I realized, I did need help to… Read more “Brianna Rooney”

Robert was truly instrumental in helping me get to the next level in my career. His coaching style is both pragmatic and proactive which worked very well for me. I have an extremely busy schedule as I’m sure many of… Read more “Lacie Romano”

I started working with Robert and his coaching and strategies have really helped me see things outside the box which has been extremely helpful in helping my business grow and hit the results I want. I strongly recommend using Robert… Read more “Stephanie Massman”

I had the pleasure to attend a presentation by Robert on Friday, June 7, 2019. His presentation was engaging, stimulating and entertaining. He is in command of the information and produced a presentation that allowed the attendees to interact and… Read more “Douglas J. Wolf, APLC”

I thoroughly enjoyed Robert’s webinar, “The Link Between Being a Top Performer and High Emotional Intelligence”. Robert is an excellent presenter – measured, clear and friendly. He includes relatable personal stories that reinforce his messages. I learned useful, easy-to-implement action items… Read more “Amy Evans, HIP”

I engaged Robert Grossman, owner of Black Diamond Leadership to help me with a speech I gave at a charity gala. I never enjoyed speaking publicly and I was really nervous about this speech. Robert worked with me to understand… Read more “Alissa Morton”

I engaged Robert to guide me as I took my business in a different direction. Robert provided a blend of coaching and leadership development which played an important role in my professional growth. Robert provided an empathetic ear and challenged… Read more “Shirley Wiliani”

Robert is a powerful and highly effective business coach. I worked with Robert to clarify my goals, next steps, and to break through the barriers preventing me from taking decisive action. With Robert’s help, I was able to identify a… Read more “Jennifer Leighton”

Robert provided an engaging seminar on Developing a Culture of High Performance for our senior management team. The team learned quite a bit in just a few days and we are now “speaking the same language” when it comes to… Read more “Tom Gilman”

Initially, I imagined that the role you would play for Deloitte would be to allow us to produce the best annual partner retreats we could.  What I didn’t imagine were all of the other contributions that you personally made. You… Read more “Tony Buzzelli, Vice Chairmen, RET.”

Robert is a thoughtful person with insights and support that come from the heart. At the same time he is not hesitant to tell you what you may not want to hear but NEED to know. He has demonstrated to… Read more “Ted Whetstone”

I met Robert about ten years ago. Robert was instrumental in me “thinking out of the box” and beginning my recruiting and sales training firm. He is incredibly creative and provided many insightful ideas. I have been thoroughly impressed with… Read more “Dean Gould”

Robert and his team are true collaborators, who worked with me to find out what my organization really needed to get done — what our objectives were — and helped us focus on how we could get the best results,… Read more “Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik”

Robert’s enthusiasm for his work and for his clients’ satisfaction is outstanding. He is strategic, always thinking, and focused on delivering best-of-class service.

Robert works to assist high-performing leaders in reaching their full potential by enabling them to see the possibilities that they had overlooked and most importantly holding them accountable. He works individually and with leader groups through CEO peer groups to… Read more “Mark Goulstone”

Robert led a workshop this morning on high-level executive leadership for one of our Business Round tables. The program was engaging and highly interactive. Everyone participated. An attendee said it was one of our best programs ever and how soon… Read more “Dianne Gubin”

I hired Robert to help me figure out the best possible outcome for a difficult situation with a client. I thought for sure the client relationship was going downhill and I was going to lose the account. He helped me… Read more “Marc Levin”

Robert is a very strong business coach who I am happy to say has helped me in many ways over the years. Since 2007 when Robert first acted as Vistage Chair and my business coach, my decisions and results have… Read more “Ellen K. Wolf”