Barbara Nussbaum is an author, lecturer and executive coach and consultant. Originally based in South Africa, she is the Liaison for Africa for the World Business Academy - www.worldbusiness.org - a cutting edge think tank, based in California. The Academy is a network of individuals exploring the leading edge of business and a pre-eminent publisher of new paradigm business literature. Barbara is an adjunct faculty member of the Spiritual Leadership Institute, which is housed in Memorial Hermann Hospital, the largest hospital chain in Houston, Texas. She has pioneered the use of the arts, and in particular, the use of music as a leadership development tool, a methodology for negotiating transitions and for embracing individual and organizational resilience.

Barbara has authored a series of articles on new paradigm thinking in business. She has co-authored with Dr. Ronnie Lessem Sawubona Africa: Embracing Four Worlds in South African Management. She also authored the book Making a Difference: Stutterheim: Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Development.

Past and Current Clients include:
Barbara has consulted for a number of businesses in South Africa, Europe and America including the University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Schlumberger Wellness Program (New York); Tools for Change (Ojai, California); CIDA City Campus (Johannesburg, South Africa); Deloitte and Touche (Employment Equity Initiative, (South Africa) Quality Life (South Africa); Netactive, PG Glass (South Africa); Wits Vaal Regional Peace Secretariat; (South Africa); South Africa; Zimtrade, Zimbabwe; C-Cell, Munich Germany.

Education:
Barbara has an M.Sc Econ from the London School of Economics in England and also received a Master’s in Creative Arts Therapies from Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA. For more information see www.Barbara-Nussbaum.com.

Personal Information
Barbara is based in Ojai, California. She is passionate about music, nature and movies.

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