About Paul Bernard

Paul Bernard is an innovative executive coach, recruiter, and small business consultant with more than 25 years of experience. He is the founder and principal of Paul Bernard & Associates, an executive coaching and management consulting firm. Before opening Paul Bernard & Associates in 1989, Mr. Bernard held senior management positions in both the financial services and publishing industries.

Mr. Bernard has recruited and coached CEOs, CFOs, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Credit Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, investment bankers, financial analysts, currency traders, commodity traders, attorneys, physicians, scientists, publishers, editors, marketing executives, creative directors, television producers, sales managers, college administrators and professors, and not-for-profit executives. His unique executive coaching services have helped hundreds of executives in the United States, Canada, and Europe find jobs and advance their careers after landing a position.

Mr. Bernard has discussed career and recruitment issues on many television and radio programs, including Today in New York (WNBC-TV), Financially Speaking (WEVD-AM), and CNN. Business Week Online regularly quotes him on career issues. His work with clients has also been featured in The New York Times, The Financial Times, and Newsday. Mr. Bernard holds a B.A. from Fordham University, an M.A. from Duke University, and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the International Coach Federation, the American Society for Training and Development, the Association for Psychological Type, the Human Resource Planning Society, and the Society for Human Resource Management.

Paul Bernard lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Our Services

Recruitment

Despite the popular belief that the role of the executive recruiter is becoming obsolete, it is now more necessary than ever for a recruiter to have valuable contacts in various industries, excellent interviewing skills, and the ability to match employers and candidates based on fit rather than just skill. Mr. Bernard’s extensive background in advising both large and small companies on their current and emerging staffing needs makes him a valuable asset that cannot be replaced by electronic recruitment systems.

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Executive Coaching

Mr. Bernard uses coaching as an important tool to help talented executives and managers meet and exceed performance expectations and enhance their reputations as high-performing leaders. Throughout the coaching process, Mr. Bernard will develop and implement, in partnership with the client and their employer, a personalized and customized coaching plan based on short-term and long-term developmental needs.

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Small Business Consulting

With over 25 years of consulting experience, Mr. Bernard has seen successes and failures, and knows what business plans work for companies of different sizes and industries. He can evaluate each situation from an external perspective, and act as the catalyst for business development by helping businesses to brainstorm solutions, and consider new ways to expand or reinvent themselves.

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Outplacement

Mr. Bernard works to assess a client’s skills, values, and behaviors and help them find their best fit in the job market. Outplacement services can benefit individuals by helping them make optimal career decisions and providing the resources and path to an optimistic employment future. Outplacement services can also be beneficial to companies by helping them maintain positive relationships with past employees.

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Blogposts and Articles by Paul Bernard

Gig economy is not watching out for the well being of workers

“The gig economy exploits workers who are struggling to find traditional employment in the post-recession market, many of who are young and poor minorities.”

Hiring Outlook

Paul Bernard gives an outlook on hiring trends for MBAs in financial services, health care, and medicine.

Guru from the good times now gives lessons in survival

“Clients are very anxious. I’m getting a lot of emergency calls from people I haven’t worked with in a long time,” Mr Bernard says. ” My job is to help them survive.”

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