ABOUT DEBORAH

Deborah Grayson Riegel, MSW, PCC, is an internationally recognized expert in presentation and interpersonal communication skills. Her training, coaching, speaking and consulting consistently result in improved productivity, professionalism and morale.

Deborah’s clients range from Fortune 100 companies to entrepreneurial start-ups, and span the industries from financial services, internet and advertising to academia, law and government in North and South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Europe. Her clients include American Express, Dell, IBM, Monster Worldwide, Nokia, Novartis, NASDAQ, Pfizer, Toyota and the United States Army.

Deborah is a visiting Professor of Executive Communications at the Beijing International MBA (BiMBA) Program of Peking University, China, where she trains and coaches international business leaders from multinational corporations in the art and science of presentation skills, business writing, and executive presence for a growing global marketplace.

Deborah is a popular conference speaker for the American Society of Training and Development and Training Magazine. Deborah was awarded membership into the exclusive National Speakers Association, and is a credentialed, certified member of the International Coach Federation. In addition, Deborah is a graduate of Coach U. and the Coaches Training Institute and is a certified DiSC® Behavioral Inventory trainer and coach.

Deborah’s unique, energetic and results-driven style combines her background and experience in behavioral and cognitive psychology, adult learning, presentation skills, group facilitation and improvisational comedy. As the High School National Champion in Public Speaking, Deborah became the youngest-ever visiting instructor of public speaking instructor at several academic institutions while she herself attended college at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor and earned her Master’s Degree from Columbia University.